[Magdalen] What are we reading

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/24/2015 12:03:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu writes:

sequel  to Stephen King's The
> Shining. It's...wait for it...The  Farting.>>>
 
The Mayo Clinic has bought out most of the independent
medical facilities in the western portion of Wisconsin, and
some of the older, more colorful names have disappeared.
Among them would be the Midelfart, which means something
like "middle of the trip" in Norwegian.  The latter clinic had
Anglicized the name some decades ago to "Midelfort"
but now that regional color is gone.
 
On a related tangent, "ausfahrt" in German means "exit",
and is frequently seen on the autobahns. 
 
 
David Strang remembering the infamous farting scene from
Ingamar Berman's "Fanny and Alexander".