# burp smoke **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675 "2014-08-02T21:02:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shcom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@shcom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shcom)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675/1 "2014-08-02T21:02:45Z")
I sat down at the computer, having just eaten and taken my usual handful of pills, including some supplements. A gentle burp ensued, and what appeared to be smoke came from my nostrils. I was startled, felt for sure my eyes were deceiving me, but then burped yet again, and the same smoke appeared. I was rather freaked out, my wife started worrying about spontaneous human combustion. I don’t smoke at all. I wasn’t in a cold room. I didn’t create a low pressure area with my mouth. But I did find some internet stories about this happening to other people. The best explanation is, that some capsules containing powder started to dissolve in my stomach and my burp carried the fine powder up through my nose. Sure looked like smoke, though. If I don’t post any more, maybe it was the start of spontaneous human combustion. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675/2 "2014-08-03T00:22:36Z")
Since I don’t see a question here, let’s move this to MPSIMS. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675/3 "2014-08-03T06:13:53Z")
This is hilarious! I laughed so hard my cat ran! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675/4 "2014-08-03T06:47:08Z")
Your soul is trying to escape. Better consult a Reiki healer, stat. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675/5 "2014-08-03T07:44:58Z")
You let the magic smoke out! ---
**Author:** ![MsBatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@MsBatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsBatt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675/6 "2014-08-04T06:55:56Z")
I’ve done this a few times, when I was taking my calcium in capsules. Sure did freak me out the first couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675/7 "2014-08-04T16:51:02Z")
Band name! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675/8 "2014-08-04T17:06:34Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Since I don’t see a question here, let’s move this to MPSIMS. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator There’s the extremely strongly implied question of how this happened. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675/9 "2014-08-04T18:45:54Z")
I told you not to eat that cherry bomb :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Lydia\_Phalfav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lydia\_Phalfav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lydia_Phalfav)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp-smoke/694675/10 "2014-08-04T18:58:41Z")
I’ve had this happen a couple of times too when I took calcium supplements. My husband & I got a kick out of it too & laughed our butts off.