# What do you call a fart on fire? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564 "2004-08-12T18:21:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564/21 "2004-08-13T02:46:10Z")
Hm. OT Answers (thanks for the responses!): 2 Blue Angels (1 US, 1 CAN) 2 Blue Flame (US) 1 Blue Darts (US) And a whole bunch of other suggestions that I’m going to collect and peruse for later use…don’t ask. More regional colonic combustion terms people! ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564/22 "2004-08-13T02:53:09Z")
We used to call them blue flamers. ---
**Author:** ![Von\_Erich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@Von\_Erich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Von_Erich)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564/23 "2004-08-13T14:38:48Z")
I’ve only heard them called Blue Flames. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564/24 "2004-08-13T14:38:53Z")
**What do you call a fart on fire?** A pain in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564/25 "2004-08-13T15:25:08Z")
**bughunter** , I just realized that maybe my post didn’t come off as I’d hoped it would. I think it’s great people are making up names - they are _funny_! I’m just a little horrified that my upbringing included learning things like how to light farts. My dad did a great job of raising a cultured lady, didn’t he? :dubious: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564/26 "2004-08-13T19:26:30Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > And those Seattle Dopers must never have watched the _South Park_ movie, where this happens Just for the record, we weren’t surprised by the _act_ of lighting farts (hey, it rains all fall and winter, and we’re trapped indoors with nothing to do), but by the _terminology_ employed by our resident Far-Norther. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564/27 "2004-08-13T20:23:08Z")
I sincerely hope our esteemed poster doesn’t take offense at the fact I just noticed that another good name for a lit fart would be a “Ferret Herder”. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564/28 "2004-08-13T20:43:40Z")
**Fire in the Hole**? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564/29 "2004-08-13T20:56:26Z")
Hot Lips ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564/30 "2004-08-13T21:38:51Z")
I don’t recall whether I’ve really heard a formal name for lit farts, but for some reason the term “afterburners” sticks in mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-fart-on-fire/259564.md?page=1)