I’m not sure who’s worse: the writer for writing this; the website for publishing it, or; me for bringing it to your attention.  You see, I was on my iGoogle page and the headline jumped out at me.  I knew that no one would really publish something like this as “news,” but I was curious.  Now, I realize that men (especially boys) and women have very different senses of humor and propriety, so I wasn’t surprised that I didn’t find this funny but some male person did.  This is short and so I will quote the whole thing here:

Apple CEO Steve Jobs Blamed for Farting
Friday, 03 July 2009 21:55

Two Apple Inc employees, who choose to remain anonymous, told us that in addition to his
usual health problems, CEO Steve Jobs also suffers from uncontrollable farts.

Jobs’ recurring flatulence tends to cause uncomfort to people who come in contact with him.
Our source, we will call him “Joe,” experienced one of Jobs’ persistent releases on Thursday
afternoon.

“When I entered the copy room on the first floor, Jobs said hello, excused himself and then
quickly dissapeared. The smell of flatulence made me noxious,” said our source.

“The room on the first floor is located in B section. It has several printers, fax machines, and
other equipment. The room is not as properly ventilated and is sometimes quite warm, which
tends to make noxious fumes last longer. I almost collapsed.”

Jobs goes a long way to hide his problem. If he is forced to blast in a company of other people,
Jobs usually rips a piece of paper, clicks his binder back together, smacks the stapler, or clacks
his feet on the floor during smelly eruptions.
 

This is from Palluxo.

When I ask myself why I’m bothering to bring this to someone’s attention, my justification is that I’m hoping others will be as offended and pissed off as I am.  The extremes of meanness that some Apple/Jobs-haters will go to are pretty severe.  I wish a pox on this author’s house.

Of course it has to be a joke, do you think that Steve would actually go to the copy room himself?  No way! 

Something about this story just stinks…

*coaten hangs and shakes head in bewilderment*