# Farting in the shower **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 31, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175 "2004-10-31T17:48:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/1 "2004-10-31T17:48:08Z")
So why is it that farts in the shower smell much more…potent than farts in “normal” conditions? I asked an expert and she said that “it’s like farting in the rainforest; the heavier air keeps it from dissapating so quickly.” I presume she meant the humidity is the factor, but is there another explanation? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/2 "2004-10-31T17:55:27Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > I asked an expert and she said that “it’s like farting in the rainforest; the heavier air keeps it from dissapating so quickly.” There’s a “fart expert” out there? I think we might add that to our “resources” page. 🙂 [sub]Unsless she’s just blowing smoke, or full of hot air[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/3 "2004-10-31T20:20:38Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > There’s a “fart expert” out there? I think we might add that to our “resources” page. 🙂 > [sub]Unsless she’s just blowing smoke, or full of hot air[/sub] She might have just been pulling it out of her ass. ---
**Author:** ![mitchythekid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@mitchythekid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mitchythekid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/4 "2004-10-31T20:36:47Z")
Being you take a hot shower,the steam which rises,is mixed with that gas at ass level,then rises kwikly to the old shnozolla,all with one big rush of steam.Better soap that ole boby again afterwards. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/5 "2004-11-01T01:10:53Z")
Plus you don’t have the filter effect from your clothing. ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/6 "2004-11-01T02:04:57Z")
Hmmm… makes me wonder if soap and shampoo maufacturers take this into account and adjust scents accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/7 "2004-11-01T02:07:10Z")
Doesn’t the confined space play a role in this? ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/8 "2004-11-01T02:35:40Z")
I always found the effect to be the exact opposite. My theory was that the flowing water was constantly entraining air and providing ventilation. In a car on a winter morning with the windows up and the heater running full blast on recirc - now you have a problem. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/9 "2004-11-01T03:44:28Z")
I always thought it was because the fart molecules dissolved in the water vapour are carried to and deposited more effectively on the olfactory epithelium. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/10 "2004-11-01T04:13:56Z")
> [@antechinus](#): > > I always thought it was because the fart molecules dissolved in the water vapour are carried to and deposited more effectively on the olfactory epithelium. bing-bing-bing, I think we have a winner. ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/11 "2004-11-01T06:48:26Z")
Do you take your showers first thing in the morning? It may just be that the gas in your colon has been “ripening” all night. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-in-the-shower/272175/12 "2004-11-01T07:48:44Z")
> [@MikeS](#): > > Do you take your showers first thing in the morning? It may just be that the gas in your colon has been “ripening” all night. Will your body not fart for you? I wouldn’t think that your farts would spend any more time “ripening” over night than any other time.