# Assisted Farting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-farting/241832>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 24, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-farting/241832 "2004-04-24T19:47:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-farting/241832/21 "2004-04-25T07:03:53Z")

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> [@indecisive1](#):
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> There is something about that toothpaste tube analogy that really gives me the creeps!

Squeeze from the _bottom_, damn it!

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**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-farting/241832/22 "2004-04-25T10:13:42Z")

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> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#):
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> If a patient is unable to expell their own flatus, squeezing them could cause colonic rupture.

So in an emergency assisted farting situation, you’re saying that you don’t recommend using an upside-down Heimlich Maneuver…?

😉

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-farting/241832/23 "2004-04-25T20:05:49Z")

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Seeing how, if properly done, your face would be directly in the line of fire, I’d _highly_ recommend not trying that one.

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**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-farting/241832/24 "2004-04-26T07:56:18Z")

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> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> Seeing how, if properly done, your face would be directly in the line of fire, I’d _highly_ recommend not trying that one.

And if, for some reason, you do, put your cigarette out first…

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