# Men and their Asses (TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 5, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-their-asses-tmi/159263 "2003-03-05T16:09:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-their-asses-tmi/159263/21 "2003-03-05T19:46:00Z")
The only response that comes to mind is, “Are you SHITTING me?” ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-their-asses-tmi/159263/22 "2003-03-05T20:07:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Man, mention a fart one time and nobody will let you forget. \*\* Yeah, right. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-their-asses-tmi/159263/23 "2003-03-06T05:38:06Z")
Boy, was I mislead by the title. I thought this would not be about average run-of-the-mill BM & windage, given TMI at the end. It had to be about those underwear rotting, call out the HazMat team to decon the bathroom, nuclear reactor core meltdown events emanating from the evil sphincter of Hades (people in Central PA think Three Mile Island). :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-their-asses-tmi/159263/24 "2003-03-06T05:49:24Z")
> [@](#): > > kabbes wrote: > > When I saw the title, I thought we were back onto the subject of Satan again… And you know, anyone who was not here in 2000 (or whever that famed thread started) will have NO clue what you are talking about! They’ll think you mean the Satan (as in horns and a tail) rather than the banned Doper who started a rather bizarre thread, which I won’t go into here, because I’m a petite delicate flower who won’t discuss such things. Damn. And because of you, I almost had to type out “takin’ it up the ass” and “strap-on”. Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-their-asses-tmi/159263/25 "2003-03-06T05:55:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MissBungle \* > \*\*Men can’t squeeze out babies… so maybe crap is all they have to brag about. \*\* I think this may be it. Just be glad we don’t show you photos and compare Apgar scores. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-their-asses-tmi/159263/26 "2003-03-06T06:54:38Z")
I guess it’s all in how you were raised. If your father was a proud farter, chances are his son will be, and so will the grandson. Perhaps there’s a genetc propensity for “pride farting,” but, thus far, scientists have neglected to research this possibility. Perhaps accentuated farting was once a bizarre mating ritual display among our species which clings to the subconcious in the primitive, “reptile” brain. It could be that at one time, the man who could achieve the loudest, longest passage of gas proved his superior fitness as a mate, due to the durability and control of the sphincter muscles. Maybe those who could achieve a musical tone were prized as mates. (I’m sure the chicks were all over Le Petomaine.) It also could be that farting was a way to “mark one’s territory” especially in the presence of other males, who could be counted on to be impressed and intimidated by the passage of particularly noisy wind. By befouling the air in the cave, primitive man claimed a space as his own, most likely by driving potential rivals away with the stench. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-their-asses-tmi/159263/27 "2003-03-06T10:41:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yosemitebabe \* > **And you know, anyone who was not here in 2000 (or whever that famed thread started) will have NO clue what you are talking about! They’ll think you mean the Satan (as in horns and a tail) rather than the banned Doper who started a rather bizarre thread, which I won’t go into here, because I’m a petite delicate flower who won’t discuss such things.** Damn - I guess you’re right. I did wonder why noone else had mentioned it first. _Three years_ ago, the thread that got me into the SDMB (in a “this is funny” kinda way, before you make any unreasonable inferences)? Time does, seriously, fly. > [@](#): > > \*\*Damn. And because of you, I almost had to type out “takin’ it up the ass” and “strap-on”. Oh, wait… \*\* Yes, but you would never mention those things. So that’s OK then. pan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-their-asses-tmi/159263.md?page=1)