# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/81 "2008-08-13T15:29:07Z")
No matter how stupid a Pit thread is, it always seems there is someone who comes along and agrees with the OP. Until today. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/82 "2008-08-13T15:33:45Z")
[QUOTE=woodstockbirdybird] Similarly, just because you’re in the Pit doesn’t mean you have to start a retarded thread. [/QUOTE] Did you see the user name? He does, he really does. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/83 "2008-08-13T15:36:15Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] **2.5** – the SDMB’s very own lingering fart who just wafted back onto the boards. [/QUOTE] I notice that he’s not even bothering to waft back into this thread, though. Isn’t there a word for that? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/84 "2008-08-13T15:37:05Z")
“There once was a man from Rangoon Who tried to fart his way to the moon. He failed as a rocket, Shat in his pocket, And died in a rectal typhoon.” -attributed to Jim Weaver Collection ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/85 "2008-08-13T15:37:44Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] No matter how stupid a Pit thread is, it always seems there is someone who comes along and agrees with the OP. Until today. [/QUOTE] Does [five and a half years ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=154720) count? FTR, I’m older and wiser now. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/86 "2008-08-13T15:44:04Z")
[QUOTE=Dante] Does [five and a half years ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=154720) count? FTR, I’m older and wiser now. [/QUOTE] hehe, Bobby Loosesphincter? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/87 "2008-08-13T15:45:07Z")
[QUOTE=Dante] Does [five and a half years ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=154720) count? FTR, I’m older and wiser now. [/QUOTE] Man, how time flies. Seriously, I can’t believe that thread was so long ago! It’s the “Hoo, boy” that I remembered most fondly. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/88 "2008-08-13T15:51:41Z")
This thread is screaming, “Lock me”. The OP is screaming, “Ban me”. With all of this screaming, I can’t even hear myself fart. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/89 "2008-08-13T16:00:46Z")
**2.5** , I’m going to cook something for dinner today with extra beans and garlic and all the stuff that makes me gassy, all in your honour. 🙂 Any suggestions, anyone? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/90 "2008-08-13T16:05:38Z")
Throw in a smokie with hot mustard and sauerkraut. That always does it for me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/91 "2008-08-13T16:09:53Z")
Seconding the sauerkraut, both for volume and, ah, olfactory enhancement. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/92 "2008-08-13T16:09:57Z")
Cashews and lentils? ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/93 "2008-08-13T16:28:48Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Throw in a smokie with hot mustard and sauerkraut. That always does it for me. 😃 [/QUOTE] A smokie? i.e. hot dog? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/94 "2008-08-13T16:42:42Z")
[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] Come on–we all know it was YOU! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/95 "2008-08-13T16:43:47Z")
Maltitol ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/96 "2008-08-13T17:01:00Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Seriously, **Two and a Half** - are you even trying? 'Cause you don’t have to feel obligated to start these threads. [/QUOTE] It’s kind of weak. How about one on anal lubrication on 12 year old boys? Welcome back dog! ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/97 "2008-08-13T17:25:18Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] > [@](#): > > “We shall go on to the end, we shall fart in France, we shall fart on the seas and oceans, we shall fart with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fart on the beaches, we shall fart on the landing grounds, we shall fart in the fields and in the streets, we shall fart in the hills; we shall never surrender…” - Winston “Rip” Churchill. [/QUOTE] That was so beautiful it made me want to stand up and proudly wave a British flag in the air while shouting, “Hurrah!” And I’m American. Tell you what, I’ll fart the chorus to “My Country 'Tis of Thee” and our Limey friends can pretend it’s “God Save the Queen”. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/98 "2008-08-13T17:32:26Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I’ve heard of going out with a bang, but this isn’t it. :smack: [/QUOTE] Naww, he’s aiming to go out with more of a PRRROOOOOOOOOOT **PFF** fffttttt…twee. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/99 "2008-08-13T17:58:51Z")
[QUOTE=Švejk] A smokie? i.e. hot dog? [/QUOTE] Well, a smokie works much better than a plain hot dog - let’s see if I can find a good picture of one. Hmm, lots of pictures of an unknown hair metal band - that’s not it. Ah, [here we go](http://www.spaghettifactory.com.ph/sausage_images/smokie_sausage.jpg) - more of a sausage than a weiner. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782/100 "2008-08-13T18:01:25Z")
It doesn’t happen to me, but it seems like every other guy on the planet MUST fart when pissing at a urinal. Is this a territorial thing? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-fart-at-will-in-restrooms/459782.md?page=6)