# little tiny farts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tiny-farts/2532>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 14, 1999, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tiny-farts/2532 "1999-08-14T03:30:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 1999, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tiny-farts/2532/1 "1999-08-14T03:30:00Z")

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Is it just me… but why do little tiny bubbles of flatulence kill anyone within 20 feet, while the large, obnoxious soundy blatts offer nothing to the olfactories??? W

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You sound reasonable…it must be time to up my medication

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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 1999, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tiny-farts/2532/2 "1999-08-14T18:10:00Z")

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Ahhh yes, the SBD (silent but deadly) or SBV (silent but violent) variety…  
Maybe its that the small ones are more concentrated and the big ones more diluted?

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**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 1999, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tiny-farts/2532/3 "1999-08-14T23:58:00Z")

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Sound ain’t got nothing to do with the odoriferous strengths of a fart. Rather it’s the amount of sulfur expelled that indicates how bad the smell will be.

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Tim  
“My hovercraft is full of eels.”

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tiny-farts/2532/4 "1999-08-15T00:09:00Z")

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From a restaurant ad (with a typo):  
“The seafood at Constantino’s is as refreshing as a seat breeze.”