# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/21 "2008-08-12T23:09:49Z")
What if I’m a shower in a locker room, and you can’t hear the fart, is that bad too? In other words, if a bear farts in the shower but no one is there to hear it, does it make a stinky poo? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/22 "2008-08-12T23:10:24Z")
When I am at a restaurant, I actually go into the washrooms TO fart. Next time I suppose I’ll just do it right at the table. ---
**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, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/23 "2008-08-12T23:10:34Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] So, who wants to take bets on how many days it will be until **2.5 inches** is suspended again? [/QUOTE] Suspended? I wouldn’t be surprised to see him _banned_ by the end of the night, judging from this thread. ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/24 "2008-08-12T23:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=Jayn\_Newell] Suspended? I wouldn’t be surprised to see him _banned_ by the end of the night, judging from this thread. [/QUOTE] Nah, 2.5 knows just how much noxious gas he can expel before he crosses the line. I don’t think he’ll be banned. ---
**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, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/25 "2008-08-12T23:15:11Z")
[QUOTE=Jayn\_Newell] Suspended? I wouldn’t be surprised to see him _banned_ by the end of the night, judging from this thread. [/QUOTE] Wait, you can be banned for noxious stupidity now? 'Cause otherwise this thread isn’t even offensive. Heck, I can barely smell it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/26 "2008-08-12T23:16:09Z")
Hell, I fart at my desk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/27 "2008-08-12T23:17:09Z")
_poot_ ---
**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, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/28 "2008-08-12T23:17:57Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] Nah, 2.5 knows just how much noxious gas he can expel before he crosses the line. I don’t think he’ll be banned. [/QUOTE] I don’t think he’ll get suspended again though. Don’t the mods only give one second chance? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/29 "2008-08-12T23:19:24Z")
Great to have you back, **Two and a Half Inches**. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/30 "2008-08-12T23:20:56Z")
Dude, I fart _all over_ the place. (I am one classy gal!) ---
**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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/31 "2008-08-12T23:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=Jayn\_Newell] I don’t think he’ll get suspended again though. Don’t the mods only give one second chance? [/QUOTE] Hmm, you may be right. Eh, I still think he won’t get bounced for a few weeks yet. Unless he has a VCO3-style meltdown. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/32 "2008-08-12T23:22:13Z")
Where else should they pass gas. The one safe and polite place and someone still whines. Poor baby. Maybe you should not use the work bathrooms. Not nice things happen there and it upsets your whole day. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/33 "2008-08-12T23:22:48Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] Instead of us all flying off the handle in response, why don’t we just let Will come in and defend himself? [/QUOTE] I don’t think he should be wasting his time defending himself online when he should be defending himself against people farting in his general direction. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/34 "2008-08-12T23:24:49Z")
I drink copious quantities of beer, therefore I fart, frequently. Too bad for the OP. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/35 "2008-08-12T23:25:30Z")
So, while sitting on a public restroom toilet, it is okay to expel fecal matter out of your rectum, but flatulence shows poor etiquette? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/36 "2008-08-12T23:27:45Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Just because are in a restroom, it does not mean that the [/QUOTE] Shut the fuck up… Oh, fuck it. ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/37 "2008-08-12T23:29:51Z")
[QUOTE=jtgain] So, while sitting on a public restroom toilet, it is okay to expel fecal matter out of your rectum, but flatulence shows poor etiquette? [/QUOTE] What!? You can’t do that! Public restroom toilets are for sitting on while composing poems or arranging flowers or doing origami (with the provided roll of paper squares); not _expelling fecal matter_, you barbarian! The proper places to expel fecal matter are in a _private_ restroom, at one’s home, or outside. ---
**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/38 "2008-08-12T23:29:58Z")
How fucking stupid are you? Yes, it’s rhetorical, because we know the answer. Next time, I’ll just fart loudly while chatting with someone and pretend nothing happened. Fuckwad. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/39 "2008-08-12T23:31:05Z")
[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] Congrats 2½, you are a damn good troll. One lame pit thread that should have been ignored and you got [del]35[/del] 38 responses in no time flat. You must be proud of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/40 "2008-08-12T23:32:08Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] Hell, I fart at my desk. 😃 [/QUOTE] I was going to suggest pissing in your wastepaper basket, shitting in your desk drawer and farting in your boss’ coat closet to avoid offending **2.5**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782.md?page=3)