# Thats One Expensive Fart! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803 "2020-06-16T21:34:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/1 "2020-06-16T21:34:45Z")
> **[Vienna police fine man €500 for 'massive intestinal wind'](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53072756)** > > Austrian police found he violated public decency when he broke wind in their presence in a park. Vienna man fined 500 euro for farting at police. They were not amused. > [@](#): > > Responding after a photo of the charge sheet - issued for “violating public decency” - was shared on social media, the police department said the suspect “had already behaved in a provocative and unco-operative manner” when he was approached by police in the early hours of 5 June. > > He then rose from a park bench, “looked at the officers and apparently intentionally released a massive intestinal wind in the immediate vicinity of the officers”. > > And, as the suspect found to his own cost, members of the city’s police force “prefer not to be farted at”. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/2 "2020-06-16T21:54:00Z")
You’re not supposed to fart directly at the police. Just fart in their general direction. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/3 "2020-06-16T22:04:46Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > You’re not supposed to fart directly at the police. Just fart in their general direction. Aw man, I need to read faster. That’s the first thing I thought of.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/4 "2020-06-16T23:02:04Z")
How does one prove intent? > [@](#): > > “Of course no-one will be reported for accidentally ‘letting one go’ once,” Vienna’s police department said on Twitter. So it was more than one? Or did they take into account duration, intensity and odor? Do showings of “Blazing Saddles” violate the public decency law in Vienna? There’s gotta be a lawyer over there who could get this judgment overturned on appeal. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/5 "2020-06-16T23:17:10Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > You’re not supposed to fart directly at the police. Just fart in their general direction. Their mother was a hamster and their father smelt of elderberries. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/6 "2020-06-17T12:45:08Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > How does one prove intent? The suspect then began laughing hysterically. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/7 "2020-06-17T13:50:29Z")
I’m more impressed with the purported size of the fart- it had to be large enough that the cops were well aware they’d been farted at. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/8 "2020-06-17T14:11:26Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > How does one prove intent? So it was more than one? Or did they take into account duration, intensity and odor? > > Do showings of “Blazing Saddles” violate the public decency law in Vienna? > > There’s gotta be a lawyer over there who could get this judgment overturned on appeal. :mad: I wonder how many lawyers there got a whiff of this case? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/9 "2020-06-17T14:21:06Z")
I’m more impressed with the purported size of the fart- it had to be large enough that the cops were well aware they’d been farted at. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/10 "2020-06-17T16:24:55Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I’m more impressed with the purported size of the fart- it had to be large enough that the cops were well aware they’d been farted at. Maybe, maybe not. It could just be a case of “It takes one to know one”. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/11 "2020-06-17T16:42:56Z")
I thought that farting at will was a cartoon power. Are there people who can actually fart at will? ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/12 "2020-06-17T17:08:18Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I’m more impressed with the purported size of the fart- it had to be large enough that the cops were well aware they’d been farted at. It’s all that Vienna Sausage they eat over there. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/13 "2020-06-17T17:12:36Z")
Maybe should have used that Vienna Sausage to plug it up ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/14 "2020-06-17T19:00:49Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I thought that farting at will was a cartoon power. Are there people who can actually fart at will? If Will was one of the cops then, yes. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/15 "2020-06-17T19:06:59Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I thought that farting at will was a cartoon power. Are there people who can actually fart at will? This guy can. The Pride of the UK, Mr Methane. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/8/8a072c97cec4d48eb3d03b7ef3c6b742a89117f7.jpeg "Macclesfield Fartman Mr Methane on Britain's Got Talent") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Fo1zHJIQc) ---
**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/16 "2020-06-17T19:09:45Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > How does one prove intent? If he asked the officer to pull his finger first, the prosecution should be a slam-dunk. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/17 "2020-06-24T00:45:13Z")
Y’all gotta stop. I’m hurting here. I havn’t laughed so hard in weeks. Siamese cats flew to the beams. They don’t like me to laugh at bathroom humor. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/18 "2020-06-24T01:14:45Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I thought that farting at will was a cartoon power. Are there people who can actually fart at will? Ah, c’mon. How could you forget Cecil’s classic column on [Le Petomane](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/363/did-a-french-vaudeville-star-once-specialize-in-trained-flatulence/)? The guy made a _career_ of farting at will (amongst other things). Man, that Moulin Rouge was one kinky place. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/19 "2020-06-24T17:44:47Z")
I’m sure the cops in this other Austrian town would be far more easy-going: [Fugging - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803/20 "2020-06-24T21:50:45Z")
Imagine telling that story at a dinner party. “I got a ticket for farting at a cop in Fucking Austria” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-one-expensive-fart/855803.md?page=2)