# Fun with farts and other harmless pranks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002 "2013-03-04T16:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/1 "2013-03-04T16:00:19Z")
Now, being a lady, I don’t officially do anything as base and crude as “fart,” but if _you_ do, here is a harmless little prank I recently learned from my 15-year-old son. (This age of boy, as everyone well knows, is a perfect wellspring of this sort of information.) What you do is, let slip a “SBD” in a car or other crowded place and immediately ask aloud: “Hey! Do you smell popcorn?!” ::everyone inhales deeply:: Profit! 😃 We’ve been laughing about this for days. Any more? - SBD is “silent but deadly,” for those of you who didn’t attend middle school. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/2 "2013-03-04T16:02:59Z")
It’s even more fun if you’re the driver and you have control of the electric windows. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/3 "2013-03-04T16:05:35Z")
_Mmmm… what’s that I smell? Fresh bread? Did someone just cut a loaf of fresh bread?_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/4 "2013-03-04T16:12:11Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > It’s even more fun if you’re the driver and you have control of the electric windows. I like the way you think. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/5 "2013-03-04T16:20:35Z")
It’s also good if you can SBD someone that’s getting sleepy so that they yawn in your essence. It’s like taking a powerhit off a fartbong. ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/6 "2013-03-04T16:28:24Z")
SBD is a misnomer because farts are really never deradly. SBV - silent but violent accurately describes a violent assault on one’s sense of smell. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/7 "2013-03-04T17:02:14Z")
Oh I don’t know. I once let one off sitting at my desk at work, a long time ago, and the poor woman behind me said “What is that? It smells like death! Oh…” when she realized what it was, and I guess she didn’t want to embarrass me further. I didn’t respond, but I got enough of a whiff to know that she was right, it was if not deadly at least foul enough to simulate death. I wish I could remember what I ate that produced that result! Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/8 "2013-03-04T17:28:53Z")
> [@FrankJBN](#): > > SBD is a misnomer because farts are really never deradly. SBV - silent but violent accurately describes a violent assault on one’s sense of smell. Well, explain why my son’s gas is now registered with the FBI, mister! **lieu** , I laughed out loud. No quarries involved. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/9 "2013-03-04T17:36:28Z")
I was helping my son with his science project on the topic of Jupiter. some of the storms are caused by hydrogen sulphide and methane. “Oooh, I said that’s what farts are made of.” Well, now imagine a nine year old boy with a project on “a gas giant” with “storms that smell like farts!” Such enthusiasm for a project has never been seen before! For the past week the “Hey can you smell Jupiter!” is our new “Someone farted” euphemism. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/10 "2013-03-04T17:47:58Z")
Not Jupiter, Uranus. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/11 "2013-03-04T17:54:01Z")
Dutch Oven - taught to me by a delightful ex-boyfriend. Fling the covers over your partner’s head while letting one go. Nudge your bedmate to make sure they are awake. Much laughter ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/12 "2013-03-04T17:58:59Z")
Here ya go, Skeletor’s Fart Trap from Robot Chicken: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AT3XVnKcl2Y/hqdefault.jpg "Skeletors Fart Trap") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT3XVnKcl2Y) ---
**Author:** ![tallcoldone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tallcoldone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallcoldone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/13 "2013-03-04T18:17:55Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > … I wish I could remember what I ate that produced that result! > Roddy To avoid that episode, or recreate it at will? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/14 "2013-03-04T18:55:30Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Oh I don’t know. I once let one off sitting at my desk at work, a long time ago, and the poor woman behind me said “What is that? It smells like death! Oh…” when she realized what it was, and I guess she didn’t want to embarrass me further. > > I didn’t respond, but I got enough of a whiff to know that she was right, it was if not deadly at least foul enough to simulate death. I wish I could remember what I ate that produced that result! > > Roddy _Roderick Femm and the Deathly Flatus_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/15 "2013-03-04T18:57:45Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > _Roderick Femm and the Deathly Flatus_ _Femm fatale_ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/16 "2013-03-04T19:00:55Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > _Femm fatale_ Femme Fartale ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/17 "2013-03-04T19:16:51Z")
Femm Flatalle ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/18 "2013-03-04T19:17:22Z")
Anytime I’m with a particular friend and I comment that something smells good, he NEVER misses the opportunity to say, “oh thanks! I just farted.” Kind of a reverse-fart prank, huh? It always makes us laugh. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/19 "2013-03-04T19:25:34Z")
Fart threads are magnetic to me. Love 'em! A coworker really got me. He said, “hey, I think there is a mouse or rat or something under my desk! It is just sitting there, staring at me. It might be sick or dying. **Toofs** , get here quick, you gotta see this!” He slides his chair back and points to the deep, dark back corner on the right and tells me to poke my head in there and I will see it staring out at us. Dutifully I take a knee and put my head under the desk looking for this sick or dying mouse. “I don’t see a…_sniff_…_sniiifffffff_…” ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002/20 "2013-03-04T19:29:15Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Anytime I’m with a particular friend and I comment that something smells good, he NEVER misses the opportunity to say, “oh thanks! I just farted.” > > Kind of a reverse-fart prank, huh? It always makes us laugh. **drewtwo99** , I had to double-check and make sure it wasn’t you who started this thread. 😉 There’s apparently a [candy](http://www.amazon.com/Jokester-Fart-Candy/dp/B0006GK0WG)you can buy that will make you fart. I’m tempted to buy some and use it on myself, to see what happens. It could potentially facilitate some of the pranks mentioned in this thread. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-farts-and-other-harmless-pranks/652002.md?page=2)