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<\/p>\nJoker Sir Elton John loved dropping silent but deadly farts.<\/p>\n
His songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, 73, revealed his love of pranks in his hit-making heyday. It wasn\u2019t just letting rip that got the Rocket Man giggling \u2013 he once tried to \u201cdrown\u201d his lyricist and lifelong pal.<\/p>\n
In his brand new book Scattershot, Bernie said of a recording session on the Caribbean island Montserrat: \u201cI\u2019m not really sure what my friend was imbibing at the time, but it was most assuredly something that had him amped up to the max.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne night after work in the studio was completed, or at least Elton\u2019s input was, we retired to the pool for a little extracurricular aquatic recreation. Elton being Elton (intoxicated and possibly as high as Saturn), he tried to drown me.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThese sort of jousting tournaments between the two of us went all the way back to the days when he took great pleasure in placing a hot teaspoon on the back of my hand at any given opportunity.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis along with farting silently in the back seat of a car and awaiting my reaction with a silly grin on his face were early juvenile but harmless party tricks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bernie admitted that Elton, 76, got more out of control when his addiction problems took hold of him and playful jostling became more serious. He said: \u201cThey, however, tended to get a little more aggressive as we aged, and when alcohol and drugs came into play.<\/p>\n
\u201cPoint in fact was an evening at LA\u2019s Le Dome restaurant when after a bucketful of martinis he slapped me so hard across the face that I almost fell over. I might add that Elton was Herculeanly strong and built like a proverbial brick s***house.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, liberally soused and not knowing his own strength, what was meant as a loving tap felt like a sucker punch. When he called me the next day, he had no recollection whatsoever of the incident and was sincere in his apology.\u201d<\/p>\n