# What's your favorite thing about farts? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108 "2012-12-15T14:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/1 "2012-12-15T14:07:43Z")
In light of the fact that my “I just farted” thread was too mundane and pointless even for MPSIMS (an utter shame, really), I figured I’d create a more structured thread conducive to worthy discussion. In my humble opinion, everyone likes at least something about farts. Whether it’s the way they sound, or the feeling of relief after letting one rip, there’s something for everyone to enjoy about a good fart. So, what’s your favorite thing about a fart? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/2 "2012-12-15T14:25:18Z")
Really, I like most of these things. But the feeling of relief after you unload a really big gas vent, man, that’s fantastic, isn’t it? Scaring a pet with a fart is a wonderful thing but now the only pets I have are fish and a gecko, neither of whom give a shit. I’m not sure sure geckos can hear. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/3 "2012-12-15T14:28:55Z")
_I like. Good. FartsandIcannot lie…_ Actually, I’ve come to think of farting as one of my hobbies. I’m good at it and I enjoy it; it let’s me be me. There are lots of different kinds of farts: the full throaty ones (my favorite,) the thin balloon-neck ones, the wet ones (uh-oh) and the ones that sound like a comment in a conversation (maybe are.) If farts had color I’d paint the full throaty ones yellow. Don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/4 "2012-12-15T14:33:18Z")
P.S. My farts don’t smell anymore. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/5 "2012-12-15T14:38:11Z")
I enjoy making my family gasp and run away from me while saying Stinky Mom! Plus they can warm up the bed on a cold winter’s night. Hey, my husband always tells me to warm up the bed for him, he didn’t specify how. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/6 "2012-12-15T14:45:54Z")
The sound of course! Most good humour stems from the sound rather than the smell. ---
**Author:** ![cougar58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/7 "2012-12-15T17:03:31Z")
With my ex, I would often play “turtle”. Thats where, while shes asleep in bed next to you, when you feel the big one on its way, you quickly encapsulate her with the bed sheets in an airtight manner, then let it rip. (like a turtle retreating in its shell). Ps i miss my ex…very pretty, and we never argued. No idea why she left. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/8 "2012-12-15T17:47:32Z")
they incorporate all the sciences; especially biochemistry, chemistry, physics, geology. ---
**Author:** ![HairyCactus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2bfe46/32.png) [@HairyCactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HairyCactus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/9 "2012-12-15T22:03:46Z")
> [@cougar58](#): > > With my ex, I would often play “turtle”. > > Thats where, while shes asleep in bed next to you, when you feel the big one on its way, you quickly encapsulate her with the bed sheets in an airtight manner, then let it rip. (like a turtle retreating in its shell). > > Ps i miss my ex..very pretty, and we never argued. No idea why she left. Otherwise known as a Dutch oven > **[Flatulence humor](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_oven_(practical_joke))** > > Flatulence humor (more commonly known as fart jokes) refers to any type of joke, practical joke device, or other off-color humor related to flatulence. > Although it is likely that flatulence humor has long been considered funny in cultures that consider the public passing of gas impolite, such jokes are rarely recorded. It has been suggested that one of the oldest recorded jokes was a flatulence joke from the Sumerians that has been dated to 1,900 BC. > Something which has never occurred since ti... ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/10 "2012-12-15T22:13:27Z")
They help spread Whirrled Peas. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/11 "2012-12-15T23:48:19Z")
I always heard the smell was so the hard-of-hearing may also enjoy them. ---
**Author:** ![bot3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/12 "2012-12-16T00:04:10Z")
> [@cougar58](#): > > With my ex, I would often play “turtle”. > > Thats where, while shes asleep in bed next to you, when you feel the big one on its way, you quickly encapsulate her with the bed sheets in an airtight manner, then let it rip. (like a turtle retreating in its shell). > > Ps i miss my ex..very pretty, and we never argued. No idea why she left. Could it be that you gassed her? ROTFLMAO ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/13 "2012-12-16T04:27:44Z")
Before my first prostate exam, my farts sounded like a oboe. Now they sound like a french horn. I like the sound. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/14 "2012-12-16T04:43:41Z")
The relief. Especially one of those long ones that make your pants fit a bit better. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/15 "2012-12-16T04:50:07Z")
I chose “sound.” I’ve been known to make a stuffed chair seat resonate like a drumhead when I activate the ole ass annunciator. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/16 "2012-12-16T11:10:33Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > The relief. Especially one of those long ones that make your pants fit a bit better. HO man… those are the best (and kind of the worst in a way too) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/17 "2012-12-16T19:00:01Z")
As George Carlin once said “Farts are shit without the mess.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/18 "2012-12-16T20:22:00Z")
I like to startle the cat. He’ll be sleeping on my lap, and I’ll need to get up so I let one rip. He jumps up, looks around like WTF?? then runs off. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/19 "2012-12-16T21:00:14Z")
A good fart can be life saving. Really. Intestines keep producing gas during a scuba dive. The added water pressure at depth compresses those gas bubbles, but as the diver ascends the gas starts to expand. If not released the gas _does_ cause pain and _might_ cause injury. A good fart is just what the dive instructor ordered. See: [Gastrointestinal Barotrauma](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1272787/?page=1) > [@Gastrointestinal Barotrauma](#): > > … It is manifested by by eructation, flatus expulsion, abdominal fullness and colicky pain. Although it is rarely severe, it has been **known to cause syncopal and shock-like states**. … > > The only treatment that is usually needed for bowel barotrauma is slowing the rate of ascent or stopping ascent entirely **until the excess bowel gas is vented**. … **emphasis** mine Losing consciousness underwater is not good. Friends don’t let friends scuba dive without farting. The life you save may be your own. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/20 "2012-12-16T21:07:31Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > I like to startle the cat. He’ll be sleeping on my lap, and I’ll need to get up so I let one rip. He jumps up, looks around like WTF?? then runs off. Yep, when you force your dog (known for his own brand of stinky farts) to move off the couch, you know you have achieved victory. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108.md?page=2)