# So I'm sitting at the bar...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 17, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-sitting-at-the-bar/41599 "2000-11-17T15:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-sitting-at-the-bar/41599/1 "2000-11-17T15:57:49Z")

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So I’m sitting at the bar, waiting for some friends to show up, and the guy next to me starts a conversation with me. Now, it just so happened that he was deaf, but could speak and could read lips, so we talked for a while about sports, work and what not. I also asked him about Gallaudet and “deaf culture” and it was a fairly interesting and informative conversation, seeing as I have never had any close friends in my life who were deaf.

A while later that evening, I was thinking about the conversation and what it would be like to be deaf, and it occured to me, do deaf people think that farts are funny?

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**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-sitting-at-the-bar/41599/2 "2000-11-17T16:05:42Z")

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Of course… as far as I know being deaf doesn’t affect one’s sense of smell or sense of humour.

I was once standing at the subway station and was approached by a very large drunk guy. He started talking to me and was making rude comments towards a group of asian teens suggesting that WE go beat them up. I ignored him for as long as I could but when he persisted I looked at him and said in a muffled voice “I’m sorry… I am deaf… I can’t understand you” with the accompanying sign language. He snorted and walked off. A couple who witnessed this were looking at me funny so I told them I wasn’t really deaf and that the guy was simply being an asshole. We laughed and laughed and laughed.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-sitting-at-the-bar/41599/3 "2000-11-17T16:37:23Z")

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I would wager to say that they might find their own farts funny. But having a real stinker sneak up on you with no fair warning…

I’ll wait for handy’s opinion.

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**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-sitting-at-the-bar/41599/4 "2000-11-17T17:55:24Z")

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Yeah, but only the sound of a fart is actually funny, not the smell.  
Unless it’s your own fart that is, then the smell is funny too.