Strike 1: ordering a chick pea roti.

Strike 2: ordering it at Indian scale medium spiciness

Strike 3: taking a good walk and long train ride to let it all brew

Now, I suppose none of these factors is enough to create horrible side effects on their own, but combined together the results are just terrible. All throughout the walk I was feeling like there was a veritable fire in my gut. When I was on the subway, I felt like my insides were going to explode. I had to loosen my belt a notch to get some room for bloat. And now that I’m at home, I swear, it’s been a really noisy night. This level of gassiness is high, even for someone with a reputation like me. I mean, wow.

What, TMI?

If you plan on being around polite company within a few hours, I would highly recommend staying away from anything laden with chick peas. Just saying.