# More than one little fart on the scene of latest Tom Cruise movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644 "2007-09-27T05:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lalenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lalenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalenin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/21 "2007-09-27T15:17:34Z")
If only there had been some movie cameras around they could have reshot the moment of silence. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/22 "2007-09-27T15:21:14Z")
Just another bloated, multinational movie production derailed by an explosive outburst. Too bad Cruise lacks the intestinal fortitude to weather the storm. I wonder if Conan O’Brien will be trotting out the Gaseous Weiner again? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/23 "2007-09-27T15:24:26Z")
So the moment of silence was to honor the German officers who tried to kill Hitler? Didn’t we have a thread a while back, where it was established that these officer’s weren’t motivated by saving the Jews, stopping reprisals taken on civillians, draining children in occupied territories to resupply the army’s blood bank, etc. You know - the stuff the army had been either doing itself or standing by watching the SS do for years by that point. No, they just wanted somebody smarter in charge of the war before it was too late (which it was by then anyway). You bet I’d fart on Tom Cruise’s moment of silence to these guys. I’d only wish he’d hold it in a small elevator. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/24 "2007-09-27T15:31:54Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Ah yes, the _Zapooter Film_. [/QUOTE] _applauds_ The timing of the moment would make is seem like an intentional diss of Tom, however sometimes you just have to fart and when this occurs in public the timing is always bad. It’s like that phenomena where you’re at a loud party trying to talk to someone and as soon as you say something tremendously embarrassing or that could easily be taken out of context the room will go quiet a nanosecond before so you end up shouting it out for all to hear. The same applies to farts. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/25 "2007-09-27T15:43:15Z")
> [@](#): > > “Quite rightly, Tom is furious. …” The source added, “So for somebody to pass wind in a situation like that is unforgivable.” You know, even Miss Manners knows that in situations like this, you simply ignore “unmentionable sounds”. Oh, what, you did you say, Tom? You were _filming_ this moment of silence? Then that moves it from a moving tribute (or whatever) to filming a P.R. spot. In which case, you use the standard industry practice for such situations, known colloquially as “take two”. What a lame, uptight, self-righteous asshole he is. Like _his_ farts don’t stink. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/26 "2007-09-27T16:31:40Z")
If it was being filmed for some P.R. spot couldn’t they just remove the offending sound? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/27 "2007-09-27T16:34:11Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] If it was being filmed for some P.R. spot couldn’t they just remove the offending sound? [/QUOTE] Maybe, but what could they do about all the red faces trying to stifle laughter? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/28 "2007-09-27T16:36:47Z")
They’re going to dub over it with a recording of a Foley artist not farting. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/29 "2007-09-27T16:44:16Z")
“See, Matt, you don’t understand the history of farting and I do. There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance in a body. If you start talking about chemical imbalance and farting, you have to evaluate and read and smell the research papers on how they came up with these theories, Matt, okay? That’s what I’ve done. Did you know that Beano is now a street drug? Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, you don’t even – you’re glib. You don’t even know what Beano is.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/30 "2007-09-27T16:45:15Z")
I smell an Oscar for sound editing for this film! _sniffs_ Oh wait, that’s not an Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/31 "2007-09-27T17:05:45Z")
Maybe the fart represented the blast of the briefcase bomb, which similarly took everyone by surprise. Also the briefcase bomb plot failed, Hitler was furious and had the conspirators rooted out & executed. Similarly, Tom is going off on a tirade and threatening to root out and punish the culprit. Maybe they cast him in the wrong role. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/32 "2007-09-27T17:14:24Z")
To paraphrase Winston Churchhill: Would he have preferred chimes? ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/33 "2007-09-27T17:24:21Z")
[QUOTE=Jolly Roger] Well, a few German beers will make you gassy. I just really wish i could see Tom looking at footage trying to figure out who farted, though. If he pulls that off it’ll push the boundaries of forensic science. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] ``` This week on CSI Berlin... :eek: ``` ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/34 "2007-09-27T17:26:47Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I smell an Oscar for sound editing for this film! [/QUOTE] Just like **Gone With the Wind**. _sniff sniff_ Who Oscared? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/35 "2007-09-27T17:27:08Z")
[QUOTE=Kevbo] To paraphrase Winston Churchhill: Would he have preferred chimes? [/QUOTE] Wind chimes? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/36 "2007-09-27T17:29:56Z")
I bet it was Katie. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/37 "2007-09-27T17:30:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Maybe the fart represented the blast of the briefcase bomb, which similarly took everyone by surprise. Also the briefcase bomb plot failed, Hitler was furious and had the conspirators rooted out & executed. Similarly, Tom is going off on a tirade and threatening to root out and punish the culprit. Hoist on His Own Petard, you might say. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/38 "2007-09-27T17:30:38Z")
Hitler farted a lot. Maybe this should be a comedy instead: the _real_ reason Count Von Stauffenberg wanted to kill Hitler is because he couldn’t stop farting! ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/39 "2007-09-27T17:35:30Z")
Ten bucks to the Doper that sneaks into this movie’s premiere wearing [this.](http://www.incrediblegifts.com/whofabut.html) ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644/40 "2007-09-27T18:03:49Z")
I hope he wears that spiffy Nazi uniform while conducting his Captain Queeg-style investigation. That would be priceless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-one-little-fart-on-the-scene-of-latest-tom-cruise-movie/420644.md?page=3)