# How long until the guy starts farting up a storm?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-the-guy-starts-farting-up-a-storm/519518>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 30, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-the-guy-starts-farting-up-a-storm/519518 "2009-11-30T21:04:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-the-guy-starts-farting-up-a-storm/519518/21 "2009-12-02T01:07:27Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> Heh - that’s funny. My husband and I admire each other’s abilities - “Wow, good one!” Or I just blame the cats, wherever they are.
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> Oh yeah -“the guy?” What about the lady? Ladies fart too, you know. As my husband says about my smelly gas bum, “It’s not the smell so much as the burning of my eyes.”

Honestly. I didn’t think most guys were that concerned once in a real relationship, whereas I still know women who’ll hold in a bowel movement 'til they’re crying from the stomach cramps just so they don’t have to go in their boyfriend’s apartment. There’s got to be a gray area! I figure be polite as much as possible and light a match when possible, but know that loving someone through the stomach flu or Mexican Night can only make the bond stronger.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-the-guy-starts-farting-up-a-storm/519518/22 "2009-12-02T01:30:10Z")

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> [@Pulp\_Friction](#):
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> -George Carlin  
> (credit where credit is due)

Yup, that sounds familiar (Jim is a huge George Carlin fan, so please assume the mis-attribution was my error, not his.) 🙂

I might be completely out to lunch here, but it seems like US Americans are more sensitive about farting than other cultures. Course, I’m just seeing people discussing it here - I haven’t discussed the gassy issue with my friends and relatives.

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**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-the-guy-starts-farting-up-a-storm/519518/23 "2009-12-02T06:32:05Z")

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> [@elmwood](#):
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> Never Dutch ovened her, though. I’m a gentleman, after all.

😛 Been there, did that, spent the night on the couch!

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-the-guy-starts-farting-up-a-storm/519518/24 "2009-12-02T08:30:39Z")

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> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#):
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> I’m so glad we enabled the polling feature.

It’s done as much for ambience and culture as Sonny Bono did for skiing.

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-the-guy-starts-farting-up-a-storm/519518/25 "2009-12-02T16:40:06Z")

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No one’s chosen the “farting fetish” option yet? I’m so disappointed.

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