# Someone must have been trying for an Olympic record (TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492 "2004-11-18T17:35:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/1 "2004-11-18T17:35:12Z")
I swear it seems like whenever I happen to be in a public bathroom, there’s always some poor schmuck that sounds like he’s dynamiting his colon in the next stall. Yesterday in the library I was washing my hands and I hear this deafening fart, sounding someone was tearing fabric. It kind of startled me and I stopped washing my hands for a moment (stupidly enough because I didn’t know what the sound was at first). So it stopped when I shut off the water. I start washing my hands again, and PFFFFFFFFFFFF! :eek: So I stopped because the sound was getting kind of bloodcurdling, if you could imagine a ‘bloodcurdling fart’ anyway. So it stops again, and I wash my hands some more, and it goes again. This time it keeps going even after I dried my hands and threw away the paper towel. I kind of loitered for a moment and I swear the guy must have had a fart that lasted 2 minutes straight. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/2 "2004-11-18T17:45:19Z")
WHY am I drawn to any post that’s TMI?? I alway regret it! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/3 "2004-11-18T22:28:22Z")
I remember having that happen once at a previous workplace. I was sittin’ there midning my own business, and heard someone washing their hands, as people do… and I ripped this hellacious fart! I knew the guy outside the stall heard it, and maybe some people not even in the bathroom. It was all I could do to not laugh out loud in that exquisitely betiled echo chamber. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/4 "2004-11-18T23:43:27Z")
My favorite TMI anecdote is about the time I was sitting in the stall at work when the door flies open, I hear footsteps _running_ for the stall, and the person slams shut the stall door, drops trou and sits - all in one motion… followed instantly by a horrendously big wet _phbbblatWHOOSH_… and then I heard the toilet siphon “glug glug glug.” I wanted to applaud, but I felt it wouldn’t have been received well. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/5 "2004-11-19T00:09:12Z")
Ah, my kind of thread! 🆒 By the way, what is TMI? So my doctor tells me I should have a check up my bowel area. Apparently this is called a sigmoidoscopy. He assures me it is painless. On the day, the doctor introduces a trainee. She happens to be a **gorgeous** blonde. 😃 Things are looking up, I reckon. Well I am asked to disrobe and lie facedown. The trainee smiles sympathetically at me as a lengthy tube is inserted in my posterior. I remain **suave** and smile back. The tube contains a tiny camera, which shows that I am healthy for a long way up (so to speak). I decide **not** to watch the monitor. Now I should mention that the tube is kept open with blasts of air, and that jelly is used to make a seal to keep the air pressure up. (You may be ahead of me here.) So when I am given the all clear, I prepare a suitable chat-up line for the lovely lady. Just as I am about to speak, they remove the tube. :eek: And I fart continously for 1 minute and 47 seconds (yes, I timed it!). I’m still looking for Miss Right… ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/6 "2004-11-19T00:16:11Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > I swear the guy must have had a fart that lasted 2 minutes straight. Reminds me of this [movie](http://imdb.com/title/tt0285531/) . Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/7 "2004-11-19T00:21:37Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Ah, my kind of thread! 🆒 > By the way, what is TMI? At the risk of being whooshed by an SDMB veteran, I’ll answer: Too Much Information. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/8 "2004-11-19T00:28:50Z")
> [@glee](#): > > By the way, what is TMI? Taiwanese Monetary Infrastructure ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/9 "2004-11-19T00:54:32Z")
> [@glee](#): > > On the day, the doctor introduces a trainee. She happens to be a **gorgeous** blonde. Yep. Same deal with me, an Upper GI with Small Bowel Follow-through, and a very attractive radiology nurse. After the procedure (drink five or six pints of barium milkshake, watch it go thru your innards on the x-ray screen) I was sent to the changing room to get back in my clothes and I stopped to proposition the nurse: “It’s about noon - want to go grab lunch or something?” She _laughs_ like I had told her the funniest joke in the world, and said “No, you go get your lunch,” and laughed again. Completely belittled, I dressed and got in the car to drive home. As soon as I turned out of the parking lot it hit me like a ton of bricks. Or more accurately, a ton of barium milkshake. I watched the damn stuff moving thru my small intestine… I should have realized the imminent neccessities. The nurse sure did. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/10 "2004-11-19T03:01:40Z")
Maybe you were sitting next to one of these 😃 [RoboDump](http://triggur.org/robodump/) ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/11 "2004-11-19T03:54:06Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > My favorite TMI anecdote is about the time I was sitting in the stall at work when the door flies open, I hear footsteps _running_ for the stall, and the person slams shut the stall door, drops trou and sits - all in one motion… followed instantly by a horrendously big wet _phbbblatWHOOSH_… and then I heard the toilet siphon “glug glug glug.” > > I wanted to applaud, but I felt it wouldn’t have been received well. That was \*you \* in the next stall? Sorry, bro’. Hope I didn’t splash your shoes. Dookie blood is after me! ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/12 "2004-11-19T03:58:41Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Ah, my kind of thread! 🆒 > By the way, what is TMI? > > So my doctor tells me I should have a check up my bowel area. Apparently this is called a sigmoidoscopy. He assures me it is painless. > > On the day, the doctor introduces a trainee. She happens to be a **gorgeous** blonde. 😃 Things are looking up, I reckon. > > Well I am asked to disrobe and lie facedown. The trainee smiles sympathetically at me as a lengthy tube is inserted in my posterior. I remain **suave** and smile back. > The tube contains a tiny camera, which shows that I am healthy for a long way up (so to speak). I decide **not** to watch the monitor. > > Now I should mention that the tube is kept open with blasts of air, and that jelly is used to make a seal to keep the air pressure up. (You may be ahead of me here.) > So when I am given the all clear, I prepare a suitable chat-up line for the lovely lady. Just as I am about to speak, they remove the tube. :eek: > And I fart continously for 1 minute and 47 seconds (yes, I timed it!). > > I’m still looking for Miss Right… Top story-telling! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-must-have-been-trying-for-an-olympic-record-tmi/275492/13 "2004-11-19T10:40:31Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > At the risk of being whooshed by an SDMB veteran, I’ll answer: Too Much Information. Thanks - I really didn’t know. 🙂 > [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Originally Posted by glee > By the way, what is TMI? > > Taiwanese Monetary Infrastructure Cite? 😃 > [@roger thornhill](#): > > Top story-telling! Most kind. I believe the custom is for me to now express gratitiude to the assembled company and inform them that I will be present for the next seven days…