Bill Munson caused quite a commotion on the 3100 block of Start Street in Baskerville last Saturday when he decided to hold a Fartacue.

“There I was on my porch,” Annie Mitchell, a neighbor of Munson, tells us, “I was chilling after a hard day of work when this smell came over. It was like something that a skunk would have puked up. It smelled so bad that my eyes were tearing up. I turned to my husband, and asked him if it was him. He was offended.”

Unbeknownst to Mitchell, it wasn’t her husband that had farted but her neighbor Bill Munson. He was holding a Fartacue with his friends. He had just let one huge fart out and set it aflame on his fartacue. “Yeah, I had beans for supper, and I was just rearing to let it rip. I did let it rip, and man, the stench!”

Authorities were soon called to the scene with reports of tear gas being used. Fire Chief Maxwell explains, “Someone suspected that tear gas had been used, because a lot of the folks were in tears over the smell. We soon realized however that it was Munson’s fartacue that stank up the place.”

Munson was fined $100 for disturbing the peace with his farts. “Lesson learned. Next time, I’ll hold my Fartacue indoors,” he told us, oblivious to the fire hazard.