# It's ok to fart in the bathroom, really. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 10, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-to-fart-in-the-bathroom-really/212437 "2003-11-10T18:20:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-to-fart-in-the-bathroom-really/212437/61 "2003-11-13T19:52:53Z")
Hey, I play solitaire on my PDA in the can as well. Well, actually I mostly play Freecell. I don’t see why people are appalled by this. I sit down, take the PDA out of my pocket, do my business, pocket my PDA again, and then begin the cleanup process. I’m not seeing how the germs are going to get on my PDA in any worse fashion than they would get in my hair or on my clothes. I haven’t touched any nasty bits before handling the PDA, and it is safely tucked away before the flush atomizes all the germs into the atmosphere. It’s not like I wipe with the thing. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-to-fart-in-the-bathroom-really/212437/62 "2003-11-13T19:59:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bottle of Smoke \* > \*\*It’s not like I wipe with the thing. \*\* Now **that’s** a Personal Digital Assistant! ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-to-fart-in-the-bathroom-really/212437/63 "2003-11-13T21:40:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\*Superdude, you too suffer from shy bowel syndrome! I just assumed all men were immune from this since I have seen and heard about men and their utter lack of modesty in this regard. For instance, a dude at my work walks to the bathroom with a newspaper in his hand every day at 12:30. CAN YOU IMAGINE? My brother-in-law, after a particularly productive visit to the bano, has even dragged his friend to the bathroom, exclaming: “Pete. You have GOT to see the size of this.” \*\* I suffer from a variant of **Shy Bowel Syndrome**. It’s called **Aline Bowl Syndrome**. Rather than being concerned with the other occupants in the head at the time, it concerns how you feel about taking a dump on a **new toilet bowl** which is for now, Alien to you. After the first few times, the Alienness wears off and I can go back to being a typical immodest man again 🙂 Sam ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-to-fart-in-the-bathroom-really/212437/64 "2003-11-13T21:40:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\*Superdude, you too suffer from shy bowel syndrome! I just assumed all men were immune from this since I have seen and heard about men and their utter lack of modesty in this regard. For instance, a dude at my work walks to the bathroom with a newspaper in his hand every day at 12:30. CAN YOU IMAGINE? My brother-in-law, after a particularly productive visit to the bano, has even dragged his friend to the bathroom, exclaming: “Pete. You have GOT to see the size of this.” \*\* I suffer from a variant of **Shy Bowel Syndrome**. It’s called **Alien Bowl Syndrome**. Rather than being concerned with the other occupants in the head at the time, it concerns how you feel about taking a dump on a **new toilet bowl** which is for now, Alien to you. After the first few times, the Alienness wears off and I can go back to being a typical immodest man again 🙂 Sam ---
**Author:** ![bayonet1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-to-fart-in-the-bathroom-really/212437/65 "2003-11-14T13:18:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by badmana \* > \*\*Holy cow, I thought I was the only one playing solitare on my PDA while doing my business! > > Although yesterday I was playing Scrabble…very bad game for the bathroom. I spent more time playing than pooping. > > BTW, is your PDA a pocket PC? Who makes freecell for your PDA? \*\* It’s a palm, and if you want a nice game of solitaire [here you go](http://www.palmtown.com/games/xgm131.php) , it has the added advantage of being freeware. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-to-fart-in-the-bathroom-really/212437/66 "2003-11-14T15:03:34Z")
I’m a bathroom reader. I think I inherited it from my dad. I can’t even go near a bathroom without a book. At home, I’m quite happy to go in the bathroom with a book and hang out for awhile. My fiance has been known to knock on the door during our weekends together to ask if I’m okay. However, in a public bathroom, I’m shy - I’m also phobic about coming out of the stall if there’s anyone else at the sinks. Mostly at work - I don’t know why. But I refuse to come out of the stall until the bathroom is empty - I can’t stand being at the sinks with anyone else. Of course, half the time, I end up with the idiots who stand in front of the mirror fluffing their hair or making faces for minutes on end. Ava ---
**Author:** ![lurksfromwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-to-fart-in-the-bathroom-really/212437/67 "2003-11-15T06:36:27Z")
Kind of not related, really just bragging, but i’m definately not “fart shy”. Once, on a training course conducted by a really old and boring ass badger whose name sounded similar to brownass, i farted in front of the entire group of 18 coworkers. Said boring old coot was demonstrating statistics that would be equivalent to high school level to a group of university graduated research scientists that live and breath statistics. The group, Including myself, was a little bit pissed off and bored to tears. When he left the room, i got up, went to the lecturn, got his coffee cup, placed it against my ass and farted into it while it was still half full of hot coffee, then replaced it and returned to my seat in front of a group of startled and amused “lab rats”. The group fell silent, then the giggles started only to be stifled by Brownass’s return. When he did have a quaff of his coffee the group broke out in hysterics, He still doesn’t know why…revenge on old brownass complete. My reputation was nearly ruined…nearly, I am still regularly reminded of that day by workmates and i threaten to fart in new workers cups if they piss me off!! ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-to-fart-in-the-bathroom-really/212437/68 "2003-11-15T12:55:02Z")
> [@](#): > > What was I supposed to do now? Apologize for my own previous bodily noises? In the bathroom? I believe that Ms. Manners advises that you should utter a humungous grunt like you were benching a 700 pound barbell, then make as loud a fake farting noise as possible followed by standing on the toilet rim and dropping a canteloup into the bowl from 7 feet up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ok-to-fart-in-the-bathroom-really/212437.md?page=3)