# "Ya know, Jane, sometimes the elevator smells like ass." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671 "2012-06-19T18:56:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/1 "2012-06-19T18:56:01Z")
I just had such a Roseanne Rosannadanna moment. I got on the elevator at my office to go downstairs, and it totally smelled like ass. I thought I was gonna _die_. I thought, “Oh, \*please \*don’t let anyone else get on.” So of course, the very next floor, the door opens and this Very Handsome Man gets on. I wanted to say, “I \*swear \*to you the elevator smelled like this when I got on! It wasn’t me!” And the more I thought about him going, “Hey, Roseanne Rosannadanna, this elevator smells like ass–whaddaya tryin’ to do, make me _sick?_” the more I started to laugh, which of course only made things worse. Oh, well, it just goes to show you, it’s always somethin’. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/2 "2012-06-19T19:00:09Z")
See, thats when you should have stuck both your hands under your armpits, then pulled out and sniffed them long and hard. To show the guy you have some class. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/3 "2012-06-19T19:08:31Z")
If it makes you feel any better, last week my dog farted in somebody else’s car while we were carpooling. We had to roll all the windows down and it was, wow, one of the most amazing farts I have ever smelled. It was humiliating. He was proud. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/4 "2012-06-19T19:12:18Z")
**Eve** , whatever you did, I’m sure it was classy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/5 "2012-06-19T19:21:49Z")
**Eve** you missed a great opportunity. You should have said, “What a relief! I held that one in all during lunch with Olivia DaHaviland!” **Zsofia** of course your dog was proud. Good Boy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/6 "2012-06-19T19:30:27Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **Eve** you missed a great opportunity. You should have said, “What a relief! I held that one in all during lunch with Olivia De Haviland!” Damn! _L’esprit de l’escalier!_ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/7 "2012-06-19T19:39:18Z")
Or maybe burst into a rockin’ rendition of “Love in an Elevator”: stinkin’ it up til we hit the ground! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/8 "2012-06-19T19:43:09Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > See, thats when you should have stuck both your hands under your armpits, then pulled out and sniffed them long and hard. To show the guy you have some class. Or stick one hand under your other armpit and smoosh it down with your other arm, then sniff the air, and say “Yeah, I’m really good at this.” ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/9 "2012-06-19T19:43:53Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > If it makes you feel any better, last week my dog farted in somebody else’s car while we were carpooling. We had to roll all the windows down and it was, wow, one of the most amazing farts I have ever smelled. It was humiliating. He was proud. My dog set of the propane detector in my camper…about 3AM! Guess it is sensitive to hydrocarbons besides propane. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/10 "2012-06-19T20:10:27Z")
Best. Thread. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/11 "2012-06-19T20:24:29Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Or maybe burst into a rockin’ rendition of “Love in an Elevator”: stinkin’ it up til we hit the ground! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qs7xYqIAT2g/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgWChNMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBLn4sHSMdyIQN26ISx9usxZAqP7A "Aerosmith - Fart in an Elevator ( Parody )") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs7xYqIAT2g) One of the best song parodies of all time. Barry and the Bookbinders. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671/12 "2012-06-19T20:59:59Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs7xYqIAT2g](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs7xYqIAT2g) > > One of the best song parodies of all time. Barry and the Bookbinders. I should have known. 😃