Well, everyone within a two mile radius usually says, “Bless you” whenever someone sneezes and blows snot all over the place, so perhaps SDMB should be the first ones to officially begin the “Bless you Fart”. Next time someone farts, quickly yell as loud as you can, “Bless you!”
I absolutely hate the antiquitated practice of acknowledging sneezes. I mean, we aren’t supposed to acknowledge OTHER bodily expulsions, why sneezes???
I’m pretty sure you should acknowledge a fart if it comes out at 200 mph.
Do you think that would blow a hole through someone’s (the fartee’s) pants? That makes me wonder though…how fast does a fart exit the body? A cite would be necessary to properly answer this question, of course.
As reluctant as I am to admit it, on the subject of rectal emissions I believe lieu trumps Miss Manners. Especially on the SDMB.
What about the virulent ones that sneak quietly into the room?
There was a thread a couple of years back, something along the lines of The Velocity of Flatulence. I did a search but it seems to have disappeared.
???
It disappeared? Well, that stinks.
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Well, everyone within a two mile radius usually says, “Bless you” whenever someone sneezes and blows snot all over the place, so perhaps SDMB should be the first ones to officially begin the “Bless you Fart”. Next time someone farts, quickly yell as loud as you can, “Bless you!”[\QUOTE]
Too late, I’ve already heard someone in a public bathroom say “God bless you, mate”, to a farter. Everyone laughed.
Shout “Safety!!!” as loud as you can - to avoid a call of “Doorknob” (see below)
Shout “Doorknob!!” and start chasing the person - if you catch them before the reach the sanctuary of grabbing hold of a doorknob, you can hit them on the shoulder as many times as you like…
Well, that’s what we used to do in our family. 
Grim
Oh man… the doorknob game. We did that in college. I got to where I found an old doorknob in my family’s garage, and carried it around with me!