# 72 year old man allegedly pulled gun on neighbor who "farted at him" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500 "2012-06-27T20:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/1 "2012-06-27T20:03:16Z")
[Story here](http://gossiponthis.com/2012/06/27/old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-out-neighbor-who-farted/) Sometimes living in New Jersey is a real gas. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/2 "2012-06-27T20:05:40Z")
Meh, who hasn’t wanted to blow away a Norn from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/3 "2012-06-27T20:08:04Z")
The thread title makes it sound even worse. I wondered what “fated at him” meant. Was that like some kind of fortune-teller predicting his fate? ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/4 "2012-06-27T20:08:33Z")
Well he was ass-aulted, wait til the board gets wind of this, they will have a gas **CAPT** ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/5 "2012-06-27T20:10:07Z")
It wasn’t a direct ass-sault; he only farted in his general direction. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/6 "2012-06-27T20:14:18Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > The thread title makes it sound even worse. I wondered what “fated at him” meant. Was that like some kind of fortune-teller predicting his fate? Same here. The thread title totally confused me. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/7 "2012-06-27T20:16:10Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Same here. The thread title totally confused me. Just fixed it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/8 "2012-06-27T20:18:25Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > It wasn’t a direct ass-sault; he only farted in his general direction. Yeah, but it smelled of elderberries. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/9 "2012-06-27T22:35:45Z")
He should have responded with a wedgie, a wet willie, or… the dreaded Rear Admiral. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/10 "2012-06-28T01:06:51Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Yeah, but it smelled of elderberries. Go away, or I shall taunt you again! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/11 "2012-06-28T18:03:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Go away, or I shall taunt you again! “Go away, or I shall taunt you a second time-a.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/12 "2012-06-28T20:42:42Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “Go away, or I shall taunt you a second time-a.” I told them we already got one. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/13 "2012-06-28T22:37:04Z")
It is an ill wind that blows across New Jersey… ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/14 "2012-06-29T19:37:35Z")
Talk about a grumpy old man! Doesn’t he know that “Fart equals funny?” It just blows me away. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/15 "2012-06-29T20:26:19Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > He should have responded with a wedgie, a wet willie, or… the dreaded Rear Admiral. Forgive my ignorance, but what is a “Rear Admiral?” And is this something I really want to know? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/16 "2012-06-29T21:16:49Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Forgive my ignorance, but what is a “Rear Admiral?” And is this something I really want to know? You probably don’t want to know. 😃 (It’s a _Simpsons_ reference BTW - something Milhouse says he’s afraid of if he turns his back on Bart, along with the wedgies and wet willies, an unexplained act but presumed cromulent.) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/17 "2012-06-29T21:26:13Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > You probably don’t want to know. 😃 > > (It’s a _Simpsons_ reference BTW - something Milhouse says he’s afraid of if he turns his back on Bart, along with the wedgies and wet willies, an unexplained act but presumed cromulent.) The answer is pretty disappointing. ☹ [http://www.snpp.com/guides/rear.admiral.html](http://www.snpp.com/guides/rear.admiral.html) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/18 "2012-06-30T04:49:56Z")
Wow, that must have been one horrendous fart! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/19 "2012-06-30T04:55:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Collins was subsequently arrested and charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and **making terroristic threats**. bolding mine Terroristic Threats? ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500/20 "2012-06-30T13:34:35Z")
‘Terroristic threats’ are terrorising, fantastic, futuristic, ballistic threats, **Zebra**. ‘Terriftic threats’ just sounded stupid. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500.md?page=2)