# I farted and my laptop fan came on **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810 "2014-01-14T20:18:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/1 "2014-01-14T20:18:24Z")
The laptop is actually sitting in my lap. I’ve heard that computers are becoming more sentient, but this is ridiculous. And a bit creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/2 "2014-01-14T20:22:44Z")
I congratulate you on what must have been a truly epic fart. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/3 "2014-01-14T20:24:10Z")
Sounds like a good place for a StickUp. Hope you didnt melt anything. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/4 "2014-01-14T20:26:48Z")
Perhaps the funniest thing I have heard this week! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/5 "2014-01-14T21:32:27Z")
That’s nothing. I once prompted a pop-up that read “Hey! Can we get a courtesy flush?” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/6 "2014-01-14T21:41:31Z")
Good first effort. Now try to set off the smoke alarm. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/7 "2014-01-14T21:43:34Z")
I used to have a CO detector under my dining room table (up against a wall) and a couple times I was sitting there and had a toot and the detector went off. I got rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/8 "2014-01-14T22:25:11Z")
SMOKE, I said. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/9 "2014-01-14T23:36:07Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I used to have a CO detector under my dining room table (up against a wall) and a couple times I was sitting there and had a toot and the detector went off. > > I got rid of it. it is supposed to alarm when deadly gas is detected. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/10 "2014-01-15T00:32:43Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I congratulate you on what must have been a truly epic fart. Even the cat gave me a dirty look, got up and left the room. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/11 "2014-01-15T03:09:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Even the cat gave me a dirty look, got up and left the room. ☹ Wow! Just wow! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/12 "2014-01-15T03:34:38Z")
I laughed. I’m _still_ laughing. My gf said that one time they were getting ready in the morning and she farted and her daughter called out “What?” Maybe soon your laptop will work on sound recognition alone. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/13 "2014-01-15T17:50:34Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Wow! Just wow! :eek: At least I didn’t get an “ERROR 3194” message on the screen, cuz that would have really freaked me out. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/14 "2014-01-15T17:58:02Z")
You know it’s a bad fart when your PC opens Windows. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/15 "2014-01-15T17:58:20Z")
Every time I see this thread title I laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/16 "2014-01-15T20:08:25Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > You know it’s a bad fart when your PC opens Windows. Well crafted, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/17 "2014-01-16T01:00:30Z")
YOU are seriously talented! 😃 ---
**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:** [January 16, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/18 "2014-01-16T01:59:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Even the cat gave me a dirty look, got up and left the room. ☹ That is bad… my cat could clear the room with his farts when he was a kitten. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/19 "2014-01-16T02:28:38Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Wow! Just wow! :eek: > [@Chefguy](#): > > At least I didn’t get an “ERROR 3194” message on the screen, cuz that would have really freaked me out. Ah, that’s your goal? A man should have something to strive for. Good luck in your endeavor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810/20 "2014-01-16T03:17:11Z")
My wife asked me if I got a pop-up ad for Gas-X. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810.md?page=2)