The funniest fart came out on top in a public vote with a mean score of 8.27 out of 10 - also being described as "unfortunate" and "potentially messy".

Because a perfectly timed comedic fart is always funny. No matter what’s going on in the world, at least we can all take solace in the fact that farts are — and forever will be — funny.

The "world's funniest fart" has been revealed by scientists in a specially commissioned study. The Flatulence Report, for The Beano, has worked out a mathematical formula that was tested for 176 ...