# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/21 "2012-12-17T02:17:12Z")
I took 2 codiens tablets for a tooth ache, I then ate a large bowl of ice cream ignoring my milk intollerance. My stomach blew up and I passed out. I woke up in the hospital with a Dr, and nurse standing over me. Suddenly the fart came and came and came, it mush have gone on for a full minute. Dr said I would be fine now and sent me home. I was apologising as it was comming out, nurse looked shock and Dr. was audibly laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/22 "2012-12-17T02:22:54Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > 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) > **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. Otherwise known as venting for negative bouyancy. You know what’s happening when your dive partner suddenly exhibits two sets of bubbles. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kezami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb8c5e/32.png) [@kezami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kezami)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/23 "2012-12-17T04:23:31Z")
Ever cupped a fart? Those don’t smell as bad (or good). Why? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/24 "2012-12-17T04:41:10Z")
A doctor was doing a sonogram on my stomach and guts once for something, forget what exactly, but he complained that whatever he was trying to view was obscured by gas. He and the assistant made some excuse, left the room and I thought hey, that must be my cue to bust ass. So you ever see a dolphin come to the surface and with a loud “Pffffaaaaa” expell all they got? That’s what I did on the gurney, blow like I was diving deep for squid and sure enough the doc comes back in, rubs the sensor over the missing organs and says “Oh, there it is!” ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/25 "2012-12-18T01:45:04Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I took 2 codiens tablets for a tooth ache, I then ate a large bowl of ice cream ignoring my milk intollerance. My stomach blew up and I passed out. I woke up in the hospital with a Dr, and nurse standing over me. Suddenly the fart came and came and came, it mush have gone on for a full minute. Dr said I would be fine now and sent me home. I was apologising as it was comming out, nurse looked shock and Dr. was audibly laughing. A patient was brought into Radiology in order to rule out an intestinal blockage. The patient was rather elderly and not too mobile. The Radiologist took a quick view under fluoroscopy, then had us (the techs) assist the patient to a prone position. After a minute or so like that, he had us slowly roll him toward his right side. That allowed the air in his colon to move toward his descending colon (on his left side). Then, he had us slowly flex his left knee bringing his thigh upwards. Oh, and what a success it was. A hippopotamus would’ve been proud of that fart. It had it all: volume, tonal quality, duration, and (from what I could tell from the other tech’s faces who were closer to ground zero), noisomeness. Another quick peek with the fluoro, and the patient’s problem seemed to have been resolved. Cured by x-ray. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108/26 "2012-12-18T05:34:10Z")
I just realized that farts really are “green.” Because they recycle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-farts/644108.md?page=1)