# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**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 4, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/21 "2019-09-04T14:54:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > What about job security? Kinda shitty. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/22 "2019-09-04T14:58:47Z")
Lift your cheek, ya animal! šŸ˜‰ ---
**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, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/23 "2019-09-04T15:30:37Z")
So I keep thinking, if there isnā€™t a song called ā€œFarting in a Leather Chair,ā€ there should be. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/24 "2019-09-04T15:32:51Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > So I keep thinking, if there isnā€™t a song called ā€œFarting in a Leather Chair,ā€ there should be. This could be your big break! ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/25 "2019-09-04T15:40:18Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > This could be your big break! Stand back! ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/26 "2019-09-04T16:04:13Z")
As far as damage, lingering stench or discoloration to the couch, donā€™t sweat it. None of that happens from farting on leather couches. Butā€¦ where they differ is that if you fart into a cloth couch, the fart gets somewhat trapped by the cushions and is released over time. Leather couches are more or less impermeable, so the fart gets loose faster and more intensely than on a cloth couch. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/27 "2019-09-04T16:40:26Z")
And now we know why Sheldon Cooper doesnā€™t want anyone sitting on his spot. They might fart. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/28 "2019-09-04T16:49:00Z")
Farts wonā€™t hurt your furniture as has been noted. But skin oil will make marks. My husband is bald, and the headrest on his recliner is very much darker than the rest of the chair. It will not clean off either. I refuse to be the little old lady who puts towels on the headrest to save the chair, though, so there it is. I think my husband likes it because it usually means that no one else will sit in his chair. I did once fart in my leather chair with a cat in my lap, and she would not stop smelling the chair for quite a long time. It wasnā€™t even a smelly fart either (not to me anyhow) but she seemed to find it fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/29 "2019-09-04T19:47:08Z")
Kind of a sneaky way of asking ā€œIf I fart while riding a horse, for how long can I blame the horse?ā€ ---
**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 4, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/30 "2019-09-04T19:53:46Z")
When horse quits galloping youā€™ll be fine. When your companions catch up deny, deny, deny. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/31 "2019-09-05T00:00:17Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Just your average old lady fweeeeeep that sneaks out on occasion. The kind that sometimes sound like a balloon animal asking a question? ---
**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 5, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/32 "2019-09-05T01:27:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Is there much money in that? What about job security? Retirement + age + diet = mucho fartismo en la sofa. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/33 "2019-09-05T03:09:05Z")
As the owner of a leather couch and a leather office chair, I can tell you that it will not damage the leather. It will however be much more difficult to sneak one out on leather than it is on cloth. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/34 "2019-09-05T04:31:04Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > The kind that sometimes sound like a balloon animal asking a question? Thank you so much for this delightful image. I can now go to bed with a slight grin. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/35 "2019-09-05T10:30:55Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Short of some scientific instrument that detects fart molecules (do they make those? Iā€™m sure thereā€™d be a demand for them), Iā€™m not sure how else you would tell. I wonder if a [gas leak detector](https://www.homedepot.com/p/HOME-FLEX-Electronic-Gas-Leak-Detector-11-810-001/301876827) would do the job? Farts are often flammable, so they may contain hydrocarbons that could trigger such a detector. Those hydrocarbons, if present in the initial effluence, would probably dissipate rapidly; a gas detector may trigger shortly after someone has farted, but my guess is that it wouldnā€™t trigger off of any enduring aromatics that remain in/on the seat cushion. ---
**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 5, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/36 "2019-09-05T13:58:25Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Thank you so much for this delightful image. I can now go to bed with a slight grin. It has literally made me laugh out loud repeatedly. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/37 "2019-09-05T19:28:59Z")
Farting aftermath in a leather chair? It hasnā€™t happened to me, Iā€™ve never done math in a leather chair. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/38 "2019-09-06T03:40:55Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Thank you so much for this delightful image. I can now go to bed with a slight grin. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > It has literally made me laugh out loud repeatedly. Full Disclosure: I saw it online, but sure wish Iā€™d thought of it. [https://me.me/i/dani-fernandez-msdanifernandez-911-whats-your-emergency-i-farted-on-20579759](https://me.me/i/dani-fernandez-msdanifernandez-911-whats-your-emergency-i-farted-on-20579759) ---
**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 6, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548/39 "2019-09-06T06:59:17Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > It has literally made me laugh out loud repeatedly. Oh, good. Iā€™m not alone. - giggle \* ā€œFfwweeeeeeep.ā€ - goes to other room so nobody hears me laugh so hard that I farted \* O.P. thanks for the most entertaining thread Iā€™ve seen in a while. For what itā€™s worth, I do cust. srvc. for a company that sells fancy leather furniture. Yes, youā€™ve heard of them. While I have not (yet) gotten this particular Q from a customer, I look forward to being fully prepared, when that day comes. And it will. Because holy guacamole, people ask the strangest things. Rest easy that you, my dear O.P. cannot touch - or fart on - the Qs Iā€™ve seen. (In the meantime, I can offer fancy-leather-furniture advice, should you need it. Just P.M. me.) Fwwweeeeeep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-question-farting-in-a-leather-chair/839548.md?page=1)