John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺<p>Today I learned that the modern whoopie cushion was invented in Canada, that its history allegedly dates back to the 10th century, and that it was popularized by the Johnson Smith Company, whose catalogues found their way into my own childhood.</p><p>I'm not kidding.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee_cushion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee_</span><span class="invisible">cushion</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AprilFoolsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AprilFoolsDay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WhoopieCushion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhoopieCushion</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Farts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farts</span></a></p>