# Flatulence etiquette in department stores? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-etiquette-in-department-stores/1010308 "2024-11-16T00:29:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-etiquette-in-department-stores/1010308/41 "2024-11-20T12:38:42Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Her reaction was legendary. In the calmest voice you can imagine, she simply said, “Oh, did you hear what that asshole said behind my back?” She’s obviously been sitting on that one for a while. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-etiquette-in-department-stores/1010308/42 "2024-11-20T17:01:52Z")
Mr VOW’s response to his own personal expression of gas is to say, “Did YOU do that?” He usually walks a little faster, afterwards. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-etiquette-in-department-stores/1010308/43 "2024-11-25T19:14:27Z")
This one strikes a nerve. 2 parter: Part1: our Lutheran confirmation class had a franks & beans supper with our pastor. After eating I could feel the gas building. The pastor gathered us into a side room for a quick talk, All metal chairs, While he spoke I tried to carefully to sneak one out. No dice. A pure rattle on the metal. Some laughed, some said rude things in my name. The pastor was cool and said, no problem, it happens. I could have died, Part2: Next day at Jr High: I’m relaying this story to a buddy while in study hall I told him I was so embarrassed about how loud it was. He says, how loud could it have been? Well, nature is an imp, and a large fart ripped out me without warning. Everyone in the study hall dropped what they were doing, including the teacher/monitor. Etiquette be damned. I inched my desk away from my friend shaking my head proclaiming “Oh man, Danny”. He was so stunned by my betrayal he didn’t say a word. Everyone just started laughing. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-etiquette-in-department-stores/1010308/44 "2024-11-26T07:40:36Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > I inched my desk away from my friend shaking my head proclaiming “Oh man, Danny”. He was so stunned by my betrayal he didn’t say a word. Everyone just started laughing. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-etiquette-in-department-stores/1010308/45 "2025-02-07T21:05:04Z")
I just recently saw a video on either youtube or instagram where a man of Indian descent is begging out loud to someone who must be sitting nearby on an airplane to please stop farting. His pleas are so damn funny. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-etiquette-in-department-stores/1010308/46 "2025-02-07T21:28:11Z")
If there is no way to easily, quickly , and calmly escape to a bathroom, remember what Benjamin Franklin Said- _Fart Proudly!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-etiquette-in-department-stores/1010308.md?page=2)