# Is there a better way to maxmize the enjoyment of the smell of ones own gas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900 "2007-08-17T04:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**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 19, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/61 "2007-08-19T02:49:47Z")
The only thing I can think of that comes even remotely close is sometimes smelling my pjs to see if they need to be thrown in the wash-I think it’s stupid to throw them in after one wearing. Oh, and if I’m wearing some really good smelling hand cream, sometimes I’ll smell my hands-like [Warm Vanilla Sugar](http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2095166&cp&pg=3&sr=1&origkw=warm+vanilla+sugar&kw=warm+vanilla+sugar&parentPage=search) from Bath and Body Works. It smells like freshly baked sugar cookies. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/62 "2007-08-19T12:03:08Z")
Has anyone here eevr successfully lit a fart? What did it do to the smell? Jebus…I just searched for “light a fart” on youtube and got 700 hits. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/63 "2007-08-19T15:08:32Z")
If I fart under the covers, I’ll poke my head in and see what it’s like. I’ll usually recoil in horror with a “damn, that smells like rotten camel ass”. I’ve lit a fart on fire. Nice, little blue flame (depending on the fart). I don’t remember much of a smell. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/64 "2007-08-19T15:54:26Z")
[QUOTE=TPWombat] Has anyone here eevr successfully lit a fart? What did it do to the smell? [/QUOTE] Saw a guy do it in the Army. Don’t remember any smell, but plenty of laughter. ---
**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 19, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/65 "2007-08-19T16:02:49Z")
[QUOTE=TPWombat] Has anyone here eevr successfully lit a fart? What did it do to the smell? Jebus…I just searched for “light a fart” on youtube and got 700 hits. :eek: [/QUOTE] According to my Uncle Craig, who majored in biology, it is indeed possible, and he’s seen some idiots in college who ended up singing off ALL of their ass hair. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/66 "2007-08-19T18:07:57Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] According to my Uncle Craig, who majored in biology, it is indeed possible, and he’s seen some idiots in college who ended up singing off ALL of their ass hair. [/QUOTE] Blowbacks must be a killer. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/67 "2007-08-20T01:03:37Z")
I think a most efficatious method of capturing farts would be to sit in a bathtub with a thin layer of scentless surficant on the surface, or maybe glycerine. Wait to fart, and capture the resulting bubbles, which should be pure fart. Hold one in your hand, and break it with your nose. I can’t image getting any closer. “hey, that’s fairly decent!” - George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/68 "2007-08-20T07:24:27Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Let’s be honest, everyone here has done the standard cupping you hands over your bottom, passing gas and then sniffing the fumes, but that method has been around since the dark ages. [/QUOTE] So, how did Bronze Age Man smell his own farts? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/69 "2007-08-20T10:25:15Z")
[QUOTE=T\_SQUARE] So, how did Bronze Age Man smell his own farts? [/QUOTE] Farting and quickly turning around I suppose. Perhaps farting into a goat bladder for storage? ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/70 "2007-08-20T12:15:49Z")
Another interesting site recently suggested standing over a ducted heating vent and letting the updraft take care of things. Ain’t ever tried it, ain’t ever likely to, but each to their own. M ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/71 "2007-08-20T21:54:57Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] (snip) Then _smoke the cut!_ (snip) [/QUOTE] I’ve contributed to many a fart thread in my day, but this is one of the most fascinating and distressing posts I’ve seen. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/72 "2007-08-21T08:44:57Z")
I’ll report that I have smelled my own farts many times, and I am sure that Wee Bairn isn’t alone in this. After all the negative comments, I think they are holding back. Although, in my case I smelled them because I was curious what they smelled like, and what I had eaten that caused them, not because I enjoyed the smell. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/73 "2007-08-21T08:55:30Z")
“Holding back”, nice one. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/74 "2007-08-21T08:57:14Z")
double post ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/75 "2007-08-21T11:03:26Z")
\*\* Guinastasia\*\*, change your sig. I don’t know what or where, but must be somewhere in this thread, ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900/76 "2007-08-21T11:11:02Z")
[QUOTE=T\_SQUARE] So, how did Bronze Age Man smell his own farts? [/QUOTE] Probably still using a method invented in the Stone Age, by Ayla. Dealt with in Jean M Auel’s new book. Suggestions for title? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-maxmize-the-enjoyment-of-the-smell-of-ones-own-gas/415900.md?page=3)