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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Alexis Petridis

It's Jay Kay v Johnny Fartpants at 30,000ft

Jay Kay and fellow passenger John Lydon
Ah, the smell of it . . . Jay Kay and fellow passenger John Lydon. Photograph: Rex Features and Getty Images

Spare a thought for Jamiroquai's Jay Kay – no, go on, try – who recently spent a business-class flight to Australia seated next to Sex Pistols' front man John Lydon. "The whole trip, he just kept farting," protested Kay. "It was totally foul. He kept saying, 'Oh, that wasn't me' or 'The meal smells a bit off, don't you think?'" He later went on to advise that "airlines should ban farting on planes". Lost in Showbiz awaits with interest Jay Kay's suggestions as to how his "mid-air fart ban" proposal might be implemented, but given that he also went on to suggest he would "rather have sat in economy" – apparently labouring under the erroneous belief that normal people don't actually break wind – it's worrying that he might not have entirely thought this one through.

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