# Farting at the urinal. Rude? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003 "2013-02-21T19:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/41 "2013-02-22T16:22:16Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > One of the men broke wind while peeing. Action, reaction. It’s the embodiment of the third law of motion, otherwise known as a _Fig Newton_. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/42 "2013-02-22T16:32:04Z")
I’m still trying to figure out how walking 3 feet over to the stall and farting there is better. Its not like there is a visual element to it. And the stall is not hermetically sealed. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/43 "2013-02-22T18:34:59Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I misread the thread title as “farting at the funeral” which is higher on the rudeness scale, if you can avoid it. At least there you have a cover - “Wow! They didn’t do a very good job embalming HIM!”. ---
**Author:** ![TheBori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@TheBori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBori)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/44 "2013-02-22T18:42:37Z")
I believe I read this quote somewhere in the SDMB, but it is apropos: “It’s a free-fire zone”. Amen brother. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/45 "2013-02-22T18:49:27Z")
I fart whenever and wherever I need to - everybody farts. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/46 "2013-02-22T18:50:44Z")
There was a former poster here who pitted a guy for passing gas and making audible gastrointestinal noise while taking a dump in a closed stall in a communal bathroom while the poster was at the sink washing his hands. Poster felt the guy should have waited to make the noises until all others had left the bathroom. If you were rigged for silent stooling, that was apparently ok, though. Poster had issues. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/47 "2013-02-22T19:29:35Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > \< silent stooling \> Was that the one where Bruce Dern has all those plants? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/48 "2013-02-22T19:33:36Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Was that the one with Bruce Dern? I prefer Stool Silent Stool Deep. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/49 "2013-02-22T19:42:05Z")
The farting man wasn’t rude. The guy over at the sink brushing his teeth? Unpardonable! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/50 "2013-02-22T19:52:04Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I misread the thread title as “farting at the funeral” which is higher on the rudeness scale, if you can avoid it. > [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > At least there you have a cover - “Wow! They didn’t do a very good job embalming HIM!”. Gah! Who died in here? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/51 "2013-02-22T20:14:07Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > In North America we call it the restroom, which is a ridiculous euphemism, because you’re’ not going there to rest, you’re going there to dump your urine and feces out. Yeah, if I’m at the urinal, I’m doing some heavy lifting. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/52 "2013-02-22T20:16:42Z")
What kinda wuss complains about a dude farting at a urinal? If anything he should be applauding the other guy for having such restraint. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/53 "2013-02-22T20:42:51Z")
\*\*Farting at the urinal. Rude? Advantages of smoothbore barrels. \*\* Actually, I’m kinda partial to the rifling. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/54 "2013-02-22T20:50:00Z")
Thanks to the thread title, I have a classic Brownsville Station song going through my head: _Posters don’t you fill me up with your rules Everybody knows that fartin’ ain’t allowed in school._ ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/55 "2013-02-22T20:54:34Z")
I sat next to the duchess at tea. She said, “Young man do you fart when you pee?” I replied, “Not a bit, do you belch when you shit?” Which I felt left the honors with me. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/56 "2013-02-23T00:52:25Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > What kinda wuss complains about a dude farting at a urinal? Thank you. Also keep in mind this was in casino, a location of adult vice. People are gambling, drinking, smoking, maybe even having sex for all I know. And that guy went all Victorian about a vapor biscuit in the mens john? Please!:smack: ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/57 "2013-02-23T02:54:29Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > One of the men broke wind while peeing. It wasn’t an unusually loud or long toot, and it didn’t sound like a juicer. > > But the other guy starts having a conniption about it. “Man, you can’t go in the stall and do that? We is standing right here. What kind of ape are you. Blah, blah, blah!” > > Over half a century on the planet and I’ve never seen anyone get crazy over a guy cracking one off at the pisser. > > So, is it rude to fart at the urinal? I say no. What say you? No, not rude. But if you and a friend are hitting the urinals at the same time and he lets one rip, you’re free to give him over-the-top shit about it. “Man, you can’t go in the stall and do that? We is standing right here. What kind of ape are you. Blah, blah, blah!” If a third person is also standing there, so much the better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/58 "2013-02-23T03:36:32Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > No, not rude. > > But if you and a friend are hitting the urinals at the same time and he lets one rip, you’re free to give him over-the-top shit about it. “Man, you can’t go in the stall and do that? We is standing right here. What kind of ape are you. Blah, blah, blah!” If a third person is also standing there, so much the better. > > 🙂 Yeah, but there was nothing to indicate they were aquainted. Later on I saw both of them in the building and they were not together at any time. That may or may not mean anything. I’m just saying. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/59 "2013-02-23T05:28:10Z")
The _fuck_? Farting anywhere in a restroom is fine. This is just bizarre. I tend to be a little more discreet about letting one rip at the urinal but, no, of course it’s not rude. That’s just insane. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003/60 "2013-02-23T13:48:55Z")
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