# I pit people who fart at will in restrooms **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 12, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782 "2008-08-12T22:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/1 "2008-08-12T22:34:49Z")
Just because are in a restroom, it does not mean that the rules of etiquette are suspended. If you are taking a dump, you should attempt to be as quiet as possible. If you are at the urinal, you need better manners. If you are at the sink, you should be shot. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/2 "2008-08-12T22:37:47Z")
If there is one place to fart at will, it’s the bathroom. Geez, anal much? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/3 "2008-08-12T22:38:01Z")
Uh… yeah, maybe you just need to be a little more tolerant. You’re in a shit-room. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/4 "2008-08-12T22:40:26Z")
Similarly, just because you’re in the Pit doesn’t mean you have to start a retarded thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/5 "2008-08-12T22:43:39Z")
I suggest that people take **2.5"**'s suggestion to heart. Instead of farting in the bathroom, I say we all fart in his car while he’s not there. (Nice one, **wood**!) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/6 "2008-08-12T22:47:58Z")
I’m with the OP. I can’t stand people who shit in restrooms either. Don’t they understand etiquette? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/7 "2008-08-12T22:48:37Z")
Instead of us all flying off the handle in response, why don’t we just let Will come in and defend himself? ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/8 "2008-08-12T22:49:48Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Just because are in a restroom, it does not mean that the rules of etiquette are suspended. [/QUOTE] So, according to “the rules of etiquette”, where people who need to fart should do so? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/9 "2008-08-12T22:55:41Z")
Wow, I think this is the first time I’ve been pitted! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/10 "2008-08-12T22:56:17Z")
[QUOTE=clairobscur] So, according to “the rules of etiquette”, where people who need to fart should do so? [/QUOTE] Outside (and away from others); or in a private restroom; or their homes. If they have to fart in public, it should be done as quietly as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/11 "2008-08-12T23:00:21Z")
Just the other day I saw some nasty motherfucker _pissing_ in one of the urinals. Disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/12 "2008-08-12T23:02:04Z")
Welcome Back! ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/13 "2008-08-12T23:02:06Z")
Let’s see - Farting in restroom vs Pit thread about farting in restrooms etiquette Which is the greater offense? I’m going to vote ‘pit thread’! ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/14 "2008-08-12T23:02:10Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Outside (and away from others); or in a private restroom; or their homes. If they have to fart in public, it should be done as quietly as possible. [/QUOTE] But what if I don’t _want_ to leave the building? I mean, that could be a long way to walk, pinching the buttocks, making little mini-farts as I go… ---
**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:** [August 12, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/15 "2008-08-12T23:02:31Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] I pit people who fart at will in restrooms [/QUOTE] Sorry, Will. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/16 "2008-08-12T23:02:36Z")
What if you have one of those situations where you’re not sure if what’s coming is a fart or a dump? Better safe than sorry, right? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/17 "2008-08-12T23:03:50Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] If they have to fart in public, it should be done as quietly as possible. [/QUOTE] Oh, one more thing - isn’t this the definition of Anal Retentive. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/18 "2008-08-12T23:07:31Z")
[US Patent 6221004 - Device for reduction of flatulence](http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6221004.html) > [@](#): > > device to reduce flatulence includes a shaft with at least one axial > groove in its outer surface. The shaft is enlarged and rounded at the > insertion end. This enlarged end is inserted beyond the sphincter muscle. > The muscle then closes in on shaft itself, but the grooves provides a path > for the continual relief of gas pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/19 "2008-08-12T23:08:47Z")
So, who wants to take bets on how many days it will be until **2.5 inches** is suspended again? I’ll put the early over/under at 46 days to give him until early October. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/20 "2008-08-12T23:09:38Z")
Ah, welcome back! We missed you! (ETA: didn’t that idiot **Wee Bairn** once start a thread condemning people for stinking up public restrooms-saying they should find an empty one?) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782.md?page=2)