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The Miasmic case of the Giardia Farting
I was unfortunate enough to have contracted giardia, more commonly known as ‘Beaver Fever’, as these aquatic rodents contribute to its spread, as do the birds who frequent their ponds.
I had taken a drink from a fast flowing river which i had mistakenly thought was free of the parasites…oops.
Giardia involves much cramping, loose stool and malodorous miasmic but especially malicious farts.
A former student had tried to inform me that in a Cantonese dialect ‘fart’ or ‘bom-pi’ can be translated to ‘trouser ghost’.
That made sense to me because during a sleep over at a friend’s country home, two days after my initial interaction with giardia, the woman of my dreams ‘Cherie’ was curled up across the spacious living room in her own sleeping bag.
At the time, I only had some cramping, which I put down to the dinner.
She smiled at me and asked if I’d like ‘just a cuddle mind you, nothing more.”
I was up in a flash or something like that because the damn zipper on my mummy sleeping bag was stuck, forcing me to strain and finally kick the damn thing free of my legs.