"strapped to your back"? Pshaw. Australian men place a rocket on each side of their heads, so that in case they accidentally survive the race, at least they'll be deaf in both ears.
One of the 94 signs must be "look out for single white guys who have done nothing wrong and already passed safely through a metal detector". Been hauled aside three times at different airports!
"The difference between loud farts and silent farts would appear to have nothing to do with the smell..." Obviously Miss C was never a boy scout. Spend a weekend cooped up in a tent with 4 other guys, while surviving on a diet of baked beans and Swiss Miss. Every scout learns that the noisy ones are harmless; it's the quiet ones you gotta watch out for.