# Mars is farting **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427 "2014-12-16T19:29:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/1 "2014-12-16T19:29:54Z")
> **[Methane 'belches' detected on Mars](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30456664)** > > Nasa's Curiosity rover has detected "belches" of methane gas on Mars - a gas that could hint at past or even present life on the planet. > [@](#): > > The Curiosity team cannot identify the source of its methane, but the leading candidate is underground stores that are periodically disturbed. Methane is normally generated from the breakdown of living organisms…interesting! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/2 "2014-12-16T19:33:15Z")
Well, Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/3 "2014-12-16T19:38:18Z")
in fact, it’s cold as hell ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/4 "2014-12-16T19:40:21Z")
> [@picker](#): > > in fact, it’s cold as hell I don’t see how with all that farting going on. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/5 "2014-12-16T19:48:48Z")
Mars says: Wind is from Mars, farts are from Venus. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/6 "2014-12-16T19:58:33Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Methane is normally generated from the breakdown of living organisms…interesting! Well, that’s true on Earth. Methane is found on every planet, though, and it is found in quite high concentrations on plenty of the gas giants and their moons. Titan even has lakes of it. Still, the living organisms angle is an interesting one, especially if we can locate where Martian methane is coming from. Even if it’s not produced by life, methane-ice clathrates wouldn’t be a bad place to look for Martian life. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/7 "2014-12-16T20:02:10Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Mars says: Wind is from Mars, farts are from Venus. Venus says: Ladies don’t fart. We queef. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/8 "2014-12-16T20:04:08Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Venus says: Ladies don’t fart. We queef. Don’t tell that to the Sutherlands at baby-naming time! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/9 "2014-12-16T20:07:05Z")
Queefer Sutherland? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/10 "2014-12-16T20:28:02Z")
Must be the nuts & caramel, because Musketeers don’t fart. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/11 "2014-12-16T20:29:57Z")
Fracking can’t be far behind. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/12 "2014-12-16T20:34:40Z")
Mars told Jupiter to pull it’s finger. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/13 "2014-12-16T20:35:54Z")
Apparently it didn’t learn its lesson from the former 5th planet. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/14 "2014-12-16T20:38:14Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Apparently it didn’t learn its lesson from the former 5th planet. I hereby vote to quit calling them asteroids and start calling them Marslets. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/15 "2014-12-16T21:11:21Z")
Oh, yeah? Well, **Mars** says _Uranus_ is farting! ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/16 "2014-12-16T21:14:55Z")
_sings_ “The chances of anything crop-dusting on Mars, are a million to one he said…” ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/17 "2014-12-16T23:28:00Z")
“Daddy, why is Mars “The Red Planet”…?” “I’ll tell you when your older…” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/18 "2014-12-17T13:21:52Z")
“What makes the red planet red?” – a song removed from the playlist for _Peter Pan in Space_ ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-farting/707427/19 "2014-12-17T23:35:42Z")
So, looks like the Canadians beat us to mars, that’s clearly evidence that they sent Terrence and Phillip to Mars…