# Do you like the smell of your own, uh, you know?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 29, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550 "2003-09-29T21:09:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/1 "2003-09-29T21:09:47Z")
I was shocked recently, when one of my good buddies told me that he loved the smell of his own flatulence. He actually tries to force the smelly air towards his nostrils so he can “enjoy the aroma”. I’m not sure any of you will be willing to admit this, but I thought it was very disturbing.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/2 "2003-09-29T22:00:37Z")
This thread is better suited for **IMHO**. I’ll move it for you.
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**Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator
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### Author:  [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/3 "2003-09-29T23:46:00Z")
One word… EWWW!
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### Author:  [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/4 "2003-09-30T00:06:32Z")
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> \*Originally posted by gotpasswords \*
> \*\*One word… EWWW! \*\*
I’ll second that!
Actually, I think most people would rather smell their own than somebody else’s.
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### Author:  [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/5 "2003-09-30T00:12:32Z")
My husband does enjoy his farts, bless his little heart. He waves them towards his face and giggles.
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### Author:  [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/6 "2003-09-30T00:15:22Z")
:eek: thats disgusting!!
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### Author:  [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/7 "2003-09-30T00:37:48Z")
Hmm, this isn’t about the “uh, you know” I thought it was going to be about. I don’t know if that’s reassuring or disturbing.
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### Author:  [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/8 "2003-09-30T00:43:00Z")
I’m puzzled by what you could have been thinking of…?
Well, we all have to smell our own farts when we go to the toilet - we have no choice. Maybe we are just conditioned to accept and even like our own farts. Other peoples farts we usually can avoid, so we are naturally disgusted by them. Thats my theory and I’m sticking to it.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/9 "2003-09-30T00:53:30Z")
Well, I don’t _enjoy_ them, per se, but they certainly don’t bother me as much as someone else’s would.
Except after I’ve eaten a lot of onions…
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/10 "2003-09-30T01:39:06Z")
I thought ya meant pee.
It can sometimes smell pretty good, after a coupla cups of very fine coffee.
Farts, though? Yuck.
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### Author:  [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/11 "2003-09-30T03:23:23Z")
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> \*Originally posted by karomon \*
> \*\*My husband does enjoy his farts, bless his little heart. He waves them towards his face and giggles. \*\*
I wave mine towards my _wife’s_ face and giggle.
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### Author:  [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/12 "2003-09-30T05:39:42Z")
Dutch oven!
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### Author:  [@RealTronic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealTronic)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/13 "2003-09-30T05:44:16Z")
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> \*Originally posted by CrazyCatLady \*
> \*\*Hmm, this isn’t about the “uh, you know” I thought it was going to be about. I don’t know if that’s reassuring or disturbing. \*\*
Hmmm… I’m not sure I even wanna ask what you thought it was about…
:eek:
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### Author:  [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/14 "2003-09-30T06:05:29Z")
Yes, yes i do:)
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### Author:  [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/15 "2003-09-30T10:09:01Z")
I don’t particularly enjoy the smell, but I smell it anyway to judge the strength of the odour and either approve or disapprove. 😃
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### Author:  [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/16 "2003-09-30T10:26:32Z")
I heard somewhere that our distaste at the smell of poo and farts is mostly psychological. As an example, if you entered a public toilet as someone was leaving it and there was a real strong aroma of hamburgers, your mind would assume the smell was ‘used food’ and be grossed out by it, while if you smelled the exact same smell in a restaurant you would be hungry.
When you think about it, a lot of farts pretty much smell just like food, though sometimes intensified. For instance, broccoli farts smell pretty much like cooking broccoli.
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### Author:  [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/17 "2003-09-30T11:21:52Z")
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> … our distaste at the smell of poo and farts is mostly psychological.
Maybe so, **Badtz Maru** , but I can still say objectively that a chicken fart is the nastiest thing _ever_.
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### Author:  [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/18 "2003-09-30T14:05:23Z")
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> \*Originally posted by skeptic\_ev \*
> \*\*…I can still say objectively that a chicken fart is the nastiest thing _ever_. \*\*
My dog’s farts are enough to make ya puke, but I’ve never heard any of my chickens fart at all.😛
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Blunty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Blunty)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/19 "2003-09-30T15:08:12Z")
I must have eaten something tonight… or a rat has crawled up my ass and died. My ass has been shooting lethal gas all night. I sent my flatmates screaming from the room earlier.
So you can safely say no, I do not enjoy the smell of my own ass. I can guarantee you that my flatmates don’t either.
However, I do recall an appropriate quote from \*\* Eddie Murphy… \*\*
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> I think, deep down, people want to smell other people’s farts. Because everyone always tells you they farted, and you don’t leave, you pause for a second… “Yeah you did!”
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### Author:  [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-your-own-uh-you-know/204550/20 "2003-09-30T15:16:59Z")
Funny thread.
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