Have you farted in public by accident?

South Africa
December 13, 2009 3:06am CST
I'm walking through a busy mall one saturday morning and feel a sneeze coming one, I stop walking and let the sneeze buildup. As I sneeze, I accidentally fart as well, and its a beauty, loud and smelly. Feeling burning cheeks of embarrassment. I walk to the nearest shop and enter, hoping that no one realised what I had done, amid exclamations of disgust at the smell pervading the surrounding shoppers noses. This has happened to me a few times in my life and I wonder if any of you have had a similar experience and how you handled it?
17 responses
@BART78 (2927)
• Canada
14 Dec 09
i had that exprience and it was so embarrassing, it was one of the rush hour morning inside a public train, i thought it was just small one but when i released it i was a loud and smelly, everybody move away and left me in the middle..
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@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
14 Dec 09
LOL..sorry for laughing. That was a funny story.. and you are brave and honest to share that..
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
14 Dec 09
This is a very interesting discussion topic. I've never done that before in public, but I've witnessed many tiny 'incidents' and they range from the silent ones right up to the loud ones, LOL. Not really a cool experience and whenever I get the chance to take the public transport, I would occasionally get to experience these silencer and the la-bomb types.
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
16 Dec 09
Smelly farts! LOL.. you are funny. I like the way you started out this discussion and also the way you handled the comments; awesome.. Here's to a great start of many more awesome non-farty discussions from you, LOL....just kidding. I know you have great humor and that's something I look forward to in a mylot friend. From me to you; welcome to mylot, buddy and enjoy your stay..
• South Africa
15 Dec 09
Thanks guys. I must say I feel better now knowing that these little accidents happen to others as well, and I'm not talking about the guys who do it on purpose. I must say that my brother has a tendency to fart much more than I do even when I am sure that we have had the same meal/s for that day, I guess its a guy thing. I just afraid that the chair he favours in our sitting-room is ruined as I find it to be smelly, from all his farts. Likely no one sit there but him, even when we have visitors. I also know that eggs, garlic and cabbage has a tendency to build gas and leads to farting and I must say I do like having garlic with my meals. Zed and the others who haven't experienced a fart in public, I hope you never do, especially when surrounded by strangers, because it can be embarrassing. So here's to all and sundry; "A big apology for all the smelly farts that have assaulted your senses, have a good day".
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
15 Feb 10
Oh my lmao ,that has happened to me as well ,it seems that the sneeze forced it out the other end.And what is bad is thatthem smelliest farts always seem to come out when you are in public.I am glad you were able to take away yourself before being discovered
@tundeemma (894)
• South Africa
13 Dec 09
yes i have done this several times though in most cases i don't get caught in the act and i do thank my stars in such occassions but for the few times which i got caught, i do feel very bad about it, farting should not be condemned because its one of the things that happen naturally
• Mexico
13 Dec 09
Hi tundeema: Depends on the person. Lol. XD. You can't blame a person that farts for an accident, it's obvious he/she doesn't want that this happends but some other persons love to bother you with their farts, seriously! XD Lol. For example, my uncle loves to farts in public, he thinks that's funny even everybody know that's disgusting. He is like a clown i have to say. Thanks for your answer. Have a nice day. -Alvaro.
• South Africa
19 Dec 09
I agree, perhaps we should just watch what we are eating if we know that we are going to be out and about.
• United States
13 Dec 09
Hi elmare0699, It's normal for humans to fart, some people fart more than others. Partly it depends on what we consume when we're eating some foods are more prone to make gas build up. I've farted in public before and it's very embarrassing, sometimes I don't know whether I want it to make noise and not stink or be silent but deadly so to speak lol. I'd rather have neither but I've noticed certain foods I eat make me build up gas more than others, and of course it has to be some of the foods that I love that tend to do it to me. Nobody wants to smell others bodily functions but it happens, it's just the way we're wait and people need to realize everyone farts. I just don't like it when people fart and you know they did and they don't say excuse me, seriously c'mon, at least have some manners. I would hope that peoples parents brought them up better than that.
• India
18 Dec 09
Oh man the author is too shy to reply to your comment. LOL
• South Africa
19 Dec 09
As you say, its embarrassing and some people feel embarrassment more keenly than others and would therefore hope that nobody realizes that they are the guilty party and would therefore not apologize as the apology would draw attention to them. I am like that, but sometimes it happens that everybody immediately knows its you, in which case I do apologize.
@chriszh22 (432)
• China
13 Dec 09
Hi elmare0699, as a human being is quite normal that everyone needs to fart when neccessory, we can not totally control when to let it go for sure. When in public and I feel for fart, I'll choose some wide place having few people around. If I did the same thing like yours, I might say 'excuse me' and walk away asap. Don't blame for youself for it pal.
• South Africa
13 Dec 09
Thanks, I think Garfield would agree to that too.
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
14 Dec 09
lmao,this is good,well I dont know if i ever farted while sneezing but farted while I was about to burp .The ironic thing though is the smallliest farts always come out when in public while the ok ones are always ripped in private. As usual though when this happens I usually go with the crowd and disown that fart usually with comments like who could that be ,fanning furiosuly and casting accusing glances at someone else ,joking .I wont throw accusing glance at someone else but I wont own up to that
@madteaparty (2748)
• Japan
14 Dec 09
Well, mine didn`t come with a sneeze but it has happened to me to fart in public by accident. My reaction was to walk away as if nothing had happened, as fortunately it didn`t make any sound and I didn`t want anyone to know that it was me. It`s really embarrasing!
• United States
31 Dec 09
Nope. I've never accidentally farted in public. Never. I always fart on purpose. I'm a very sharing person. I like to eat beans at Christmas time and ride up and down the escalator in the mall. I'm especially fond of the ones that growl...like an angry terrier. In the checkout line at the grocery, I once frightened a little girl so badly, she ran behind her mother and cried. Her mother just chuckled at first. Half a minute later, she cried too. The cashier gave me back too much change. Farts are funny. Always have been, always will be. Besides, it's my revenge on cheap perfume.
@olisaur (1922)
• United States
13 Dec 09
^o^ lol I've nevr farted audibly in public, lol. But I have farted none the less- those "silent" ones. The only time I've seen or heard other people fart in public was in the class room as a kid. Everyone would laugh, and no one would really know who did it. w
@Nameless_ (1180)
• Australia
13 Dec 09
Haha, yes, I have done that a few times, but really, never by accident. I always see it coming, but for some reason, I can never know whether it will be a loud one or a silent one. I prefer silent ones though, because while there might be a disgusting smell floating in the air, you can always say that it isn't you... And guess what? I would usually do my best to breath it all in so no one notices... and I have, in turn, grown to love the smell of fart. Disgusting, isn't it? Good thing I can refrain myself from breathing in when someone else farts. :P
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
14 Dec 09
This is extremely embarrassing to admit, but, yes, I have farted in public and ran away before anyone noticed lol. Sometimes, just the simple act of walking can cause me to fart and each step results in a new one. Usually this is outside with no people around or if it happens when there are people around (usually a department store) the place is so noisy that no-one notices...well I HOPE no-one notices!!!Mum is the biggest farter in my family as she has Irritable Bowel Syndrome, bless 'er. She lives 100 miles away from me, which I suppose is just as well. Quite a few times I have been chatting to her on the phone when suddenly she'll go, "Did you hear that?" and I'll say, "Yes, Mum, you've farted!" to which she will simply say, "Oh dear!" and the pair of us will fall about laughing! She has been known to go into the downstairs bathroom to fart when I pay her a visit and it's so loud I can hear it from another room anyway!!:-0
@Smoker13 (14)
14 Dec 09
haha i cant help but imagine that picture you have sneezing and accidently farting that is so funny, but personally i havent done anything like that since back in school, which was hillarious :P
@ankush19 (154)
• India
14 Dec 09
No i have never farted in public but yeah i'v noticed many people do so. The last one hapened very recently. i was at an optical shop. A big man entered and asked for his order. and suddenly after that he farted!!!! It was so loud that the whole shop just thundered for a second. I broke out lAUGHING and i laughed & laughed & laughed. That ppor man felt so embarassed that he left the spot immeiately without taking his order. IT WAS GR8 FUN I MUST SAY....
@ellovire (409)
13 Dec 09
This happened to me a lot of times already, particularly few months after I gave birth. I do not know if there is any medical explanation regarding this, but it seems I could not control my fart and I had to have it right there and then. One time it happened when my husband and I hosted a family reunion and I was infront of everybody explaining the rules of one parlor game and I felt one coming up but no matter how i supressed it, it had a mind of its own and came out in a form of a loud, embarassing sound. I noticed everybody was hiding their laughs, so I made a funny comment about it instead. Everybody gave in to their loud laughs and I laughed with them as well.
• Mexico
13 Dec 09
Hi elmare: well, i think everybody at least once have passed an embarrasing moment like that, specially if you are a man. Lol. XD. I usually try to walk to the other side of the place i am when this "accident" happend as fast as i can just to be sure noone will notice it was me. At the moment it's embarrasing but then you can deny it's funny how these things happend. -Alvaro.
@joro1best (222)
• Bulgaria
13 Dec 09
Hello elmare0699 I`m a farty guy maybe like anyone else..Yes i ve been farted in public by accident..And it was so crazy..The first time i farted,it only smelled,nobody heard it..But everyone closed his nose :D And the second time the micro was near my fart creator :D,and when i farted everyone heard it..But they didnt say anything just laught..But it was public idiotness for me..I was very shy 2-3 weeks after..But now im normal :D Happy day - joro1best