# Do you have any "fart "skills ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392 "2010-08-25T13:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392/1 "2010-08-25T13:29:30Z")
Inspired by this [column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/363/did-a-french-vaudeville-star-once-specialize-in-trained-flatulence) from Unca Cecil . šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392/2 "2010-08-25T13:33:55Z")
I mastered the _ā€˜silent, but deadlyā€™_ technique at a young age but I donā€™t think that skill is all that rare. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392/3 "2010-08-25T14:11:45Z")
Iā€™m no [Fartinā€™ Gary](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR46ZaYSRbk), thatā€™s for damn sure (language warning). ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392/4 "2010-08-25T16:27:28Z")
I have a tendency to fart when my husband tries ambush-cuddling. Like when Iā€™m laying in bed and he more or less jumps on me. Farts are inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392/5 "2010-08-25T18:47:22Z")
In Blazing Saddles the Guv was La Petomaine. I knew the reference because I picked up a book on him in a book store years earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392/6 "2010-08-25T20:19:58Z")
\*\*Do you have any "fart "skills ? \*\* No, but [this guy does](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYMuhN7OZgM). šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392/7 "2010-08-26T00:21:59Z")
> **[What's your funny fart story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568588)** > > I have many but hereā€™s my favorite: One day, I had a really painful pimple on my butt. The way it was positioned, I couldnā€™t safely puncture it with a needle (my usual M.O.). So, I called my wife over: Me: Hey, come over here I have a pimple on my... ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392/8 "2010-08-26T03:31:39Z")
I used to be able to do the first few notes of ā€œDixieā€, but there was this terrible accident, andā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392/9 "2010-08-28T01:13:31Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I used to be able to do the first few notes of ā€œDixieā€, but there was this terrible accident, andā€¦ ā€¦now you can only do "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic? ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-fart-skills/551392/10 "2010-08-28T02:03:47Z")
Hey **Indian,** pull my finger.