# Embarrassing question- farting in a leather chair **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548 "2019-09-01T08:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/1 "2019-09-01T08:51:44Z")
We recently acquired a suite of leather furniture. How permanent is the aftermath of farting into fine leather? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/2 "2019-09-01T10:51:15Z")
Extensive research only came up with this from answers to much the same question on [Yahoo](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060707115423AAHvKf8&page=2:) > [@](#): > > it will smell bad, and after about ten minutes the leather will dissenigrate and there will be a little hole. hope you have a swimming pool because if you don’t soak the leather in chlorine for about 78 hours, it could blow up!!! I am not entirely sure what happens when leather dissenigrates but it doesn’t sound good. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/3 "2019-09-01T12:03:56Z")
And after that effort the poor cow did to keep it all nice and clean! ---
**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:** [September 1, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/4 "2019-09-01T15:22:52Z")
This sounds like one for Mythbusters. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/5 "2019-09-01T15:28:09Z")
If you don’t fart into the entire suite of leather furniture, you will no longer have a matched set. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/6 "2019-09-01T16:01:06Z")
Since I doubt there have been extensive scientific studies on this important question, and the ratio of jokes to factual answers will be excessively high, let’s move this over to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**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:** [September 1, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/7 "2019-09-01T16:24:09Z")
Was the farter nekkid at the time? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/8 "2019-09-01T20:35:51Z")
I had a cow skin rug. It got all kinda badness on it. Pets, kids s one grown up guy eho hasmt fogired out how to hold a beer. I cleaned it with saddle soap. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/9 "2019-09-01T21:23:14Z")
My parents had a leather & wood living room set from Ethan Allen, all of which held up pretty well for a couple of decades. Except for one panel on the sofa’s seat. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/10 "2019-09-02T00:04:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I had a cow skin rug. It got all kinda badness on it. Pets, kids s one grown up guy eho hasmt fogired out how to hold a beer. I cleaned it with saddle soap. Are you feeling ok? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/11 "2019-09-02T00:09:45Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Are you feeling ok? oh, Sunny you’re so sweet to ask. I’m not sure what happened there. I’m fine. Lots of people around. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/12 "2019-09-02T01:16:49Z")
Good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/13 "2019-09-02T04:18:47Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I had a cow skin rug. It got all kinda badness on it. Pets, kids s one grown up guy eho hasmt fogired out how to hold a beer. I cleaned it with saddle soap. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Are you feeling ok? Methinksssh ssshomeone sshet down her beer to posssht. \<_Hic_\> :o ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/14 "2019-09-02T05:53:10Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Methinksssh ssshomeone sshet down her beer to posssht. \<_Hic_\> :o Don’t imbibe.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/15 "2019-09-02T06:01:16Z")
I’m afraid to ask for clarification - because I’m sure I’ll regret this - but what evidence, exactly, has the O.P. left behind? Are we talking, like, a stench cloud? Or has this moved into the realm of solid remains? Did you shart? ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/16 "2019-09-04T10:20:40Z")
Oh, no, nothing like a frathouse competitive leg-lift trumpet blast in hopes of emptying a room. Just your average old lady fweeeeeep that sneaks out on occasion. I’ve never had really nice furniture, so I don’t know about its care. I also worry about perspiration, but I didn’t just burst into a layer of sweat, so I wasn’t thinking about that. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/17 "2019-09-04T11:50:44Z")
Since it’s been a couple of days now, have you had the opportunity (preferably when no one else is in the room) of sticking your nose close to the seat and taking a good whiff, to see if any lingering scent remains? Short of some scientific instrument that detects fart molecules (do they make those? I’m sure there’d be a demand for them), I’m not sure how else you would tell. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/18 "2019-09-04T12:55:18Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Short of some scientific instrument that detects fart molecules (do they make those? I’m sure there’d be a demand for them)… I’m married to one of those. Might need recalibration, though - can’t seem to detect those emanating from the instrument itself. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/19 "2019-09-04T13:34:42Z")
I have leather furniture and I fart for a living. No problems with the leather. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/20 "2019-09-04T13:44:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I have leather furniture and I fart for a living. No problems with the leather. Is there much money in that? What about job security? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548.md?page=2)