The National Flower of Sango Jingo

A malodorous perennial with a familiar bouquet, it has been traditionally used to adorn every bathroom in every home of Sango Jingo. In this way, anyone using the bathroom (toilet) will not be embarrassed as he or she lets the next person in, because it ALWAYS smells that way.

When it blooms, which is usually sudden, it makes a certain interesting sound that warms the heart of any Gutteral Utteral. In fact, it's considered good luck to have a fartblossom "cut the bloom," as it's translated from the native DiLingo. To this end, many Gutteral Utterals wear the flower on their lapels, hoping to share the good luck with any crowded elevator.

The flower grows in huge, densely-packed groves in an area of Sango Jingo called Pewess Refusis, that is fairly unpopular and only sparsely populated. In fact, the only population there is made up of the residents of the penal colonies in this area, and the "harvest" is usually gathered by volunteers who are offered commutations. Nevertheless, Sango Jingo still has the highest rate of full-time-served prisoners anywhere.

A site of religious pilgrimmage is a place called Mal'Odoro Jingo, where spring thaws cause melted snows to wash fartblossom nectar (as it's fondly called) into a lagoon, appropriately called the Lake of Frowns, because there people with irregularity bathe naked while inhaling the richly concentrated vapors. (You could just imagine.) It is hoped the curative vapors will make patent any obstruction they feel they may have. The water is also bottled and revered. Eau d'peauu is considered a wonderful fuel additive in France. In fact, fourteen years ago, 47 people died by a sudden explosion over the Lake of Frowns, heard a full 150 miles away from Mal'Odoro Jingo. Called "The fart heard round the world," it was set off by someone's jealous lover.