Wind in the willows!

Ladies and Gents react very differently: while a woman will be embarrassed and try to pretend it didn;t happen at all, men will offer a round of applause and cries of encouragement, as "I'll name that tune in one!", or "A bit more choke and she might start next time!" or (Goon fans) "No more curried eggs for me!"

Since I became diabetic I have had dreadful uncontrollable wind problems. I have to "scrunge" the emission outlet to try to control it but often to no effect. My husband says, after a fart, " Did you speak, dear?" I have been dreadfully humiliated when in company, but I think people are happiest pretending it never happened.

Quiet National Trust houses are the worst places for it to happen.

Does that explain your username, Jaxie?

Thanks so much for all the contributions to this thread, I haven't laughed so much for ages, hilarious.

Apparently wind is a problem of air travel. When DD was cabin crew, one of them would often say "I'm off down the cabin for a fart". I always think of that when I see a beautifully made up air hostess apparently checking all is well with the passengers.

Apparently teachers do this - they wander to the far end of the classroom, let fly, then return rapidly to the front.

For goodness sake Louella, can't you think of something more interesting to discuss than people breaking wind!. We all do at sometime and anyone who says otherwise is lying. It is just polite to ignore it as anything else would have put your friends in a most embarrassing position.

My dog has just farted, should I say something

S/he who smelt it dealt it gemmag!!

my dog does it and looks round at her butt in surprise....then wags her tail and shares it ,she also has a habit of scurfing her bum on the astro turf in front of company,then getting up and sniffing it....my mum would say she was expecting a message ..then say "speak up Brown ..you're through" after she let rip. she did it so often she could have been a switchboard operator

Hahaha! Haven't laughed so much in a while - dh keeps looking over and asking what I'm reading! Not telling him for fear it starts him off! He could win prizes.......!

Just been reading this thread. Glad I'm not the only one who finds farting funny!!

I want to know who decided it shouldn't be. Who decided that it had to be ignored. I once had a work colleague who could fart to order, and always picked boring moments in meetings. It certainly speeded up some of the men who were actually far greater windbags than he was.

I remember in the hall for school assembley,sitting cross legged on the parquet floor,the boys then let rip during a quiet moment and it used to echo around the room as it hit the floor......also had a colleague in my last job who would walk around ripping them out oblivious to the looks on the customers and managers face....I would silently point If I had the misfortune to be next to her so I didn't get the blame...she earned the name of Trumpet Trousers.. ...I have got to admit to fart humour as well..

my ex was responsible for his own hole in the ozone layer ...his son takes after him....