Farting

14-03-2019 11:10pm #1

Why are so many people hung-up on farting?

According to Wikipedia, "The professional farters of medieval Ireland were called braigetoír. They are listed together with other performers and musicians in the 12th century Tech Midchúarda, a diagram of the banqueting hall of Tara. As entertainers, these braigetoir ranked at the lower end of a scale headed by bards, fili, and harpers".

Farting is no less necessary to life than breathing, sweating, or going to the bathroom. Yet we persist in this odd charade whereby we pretend that nobody does it.

Does anybody else find it slightly odd that we are now more uptight about our bodies' natural functions than we were in the middle ages?

For further information, see:
Ramsey G. 2002. ‘A Breath of Fresh Air: Rectal Music in Gaelic Ireland’ in Archaeology Ireland Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 22-23

whiskeyman · 14-03-2019 11:12pm

That's gas...

Kermit.de.frog · 14-03-2019 11:14pm

Maybe you need to test public opinion as to your assertion OP?

Get in to a lift full of people in your place of employment, do it, and admit it.

See how they react? Then you'll know.

Feisar · 14-03-2019 11:17pm

OK, we all break wind but it's not worth a giggle

mzungu · 14-03-2019 11:18pm

It's an ill wind....

:pac:

One eyed Jack · 14-03-2019 11:18pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Does anybody else find it slightly odd that we are now more uptight about our bodies' natural functions than we were in the middle ages?

I think it’s the unpleasant odour makes some people a bit uptight about it. It’s a natural bodily function of course, but society has become more civilised* than we were in medieval times too.

*Well we have like

Jim Bob Scratcher · 14-03-2019 11:18pm

Feisar wrote: »

OK, we all break wind but it's not worth a giggle

One eyed Jack · 14-03-2019 11:19pm

mzungu wrote: »

It's an ill wind....

:pac:

Beware the ides of March

14-03-2019 11:20pm

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I think it’s the unpleasant odour makes some people a bit uptight about it. It’s a natural bodily function of course, but society has become more civilised* than we were in medieval times too.

*Well we have like

That's definitely true. But I come into work three days a week stinking from the gym, and have never thought to be embarrassed about it.

Clearly there's an additional social stigma associated with farts.

antodeco · 14-03-2019 11:23pm

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

I've laughed way harder and longer than I should've at that!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-03-2019 11:25pm

The Yanomami tribe, in south America, fart as a greeting.

archer22 · 14-03-2019 11:26pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

That's definitely true. But I come into work three days a week stinking from the gym, and have never thought to be embarrassed about it.

Clearly there's an additional social stigma associated with farts.

Because you are having the smell of other peoples shyte forced on you...personally I think it's only the extremely ignorant who would do it in public.

McMurphy · 14-03-2019 11:29pm

A fart is air whistling past shyte.

Think about that the next time your breathing one in in a crowded space.

EmmetSpiceland · 14-03-2019 11:29pm

It’s a sad arse that never rejoices.

the_pen_turner · 14-03-2019 11:34pm

better outside killing you than inside killing me

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-03-2019 11:36pm

dingdong1234567 · 14-03-2019 11:37pm

Whoever smelt it dealt it.......

Edgware · 14-03-2019 11:39pm

Is olc an ghaoth nach seideann maith do dhuine eigin

Sardonicat · 14-03-2019 11:40pm

I'm clearly descended from a long line of braigiteor. I can hold a note like no other.

davidk1394 · 14-03-2019 11:47pm

Nothing better than leaving off a ripper in a pub or night club especially on the dance floor or the bar

Harry Palmr · 14-03-2019 11:48pm

It can actually be a sign of good health.

Pauliedragon · 14-03-2019 11:53pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Why are so many people hung-up on farting?

According to Wikipedia, "The professional farters of medieval Ireland were called braigetoír. They are listed together with other performers and musicians in the 12th century Tech Midchúarda, a diagram of the banqueting hall of Tara. As entertainers, these braigetoir ranked at the lower end of a scale headed by bards, fili, and harpers".

Farting is no less necessary to life than breathing, sweating, or going to the bathroom. Yet we persist in this odd charade whereby we pretend that nobody does it.

Does anybody else find it slightly odd that we are now more uptight about our bodies' natural functions than we were in the middle ages?

For further information, see:
Ramsey G. 2002. ‘A Breath of Fresh Air: Rectal Music in Gaelic Ireland’ in Archaeology Ireland Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 22-23

The fact you were searching professional farters on wikipedia is a concern op. Have you started paddys day celebrations early or just bored?

JohnnyFlash · 14-03-2019 11:58pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

It can actually be a sign of good health.

Jesus, I must be on to live to 120 years old if that’s the case. Had a gallon of porter last night watching the Liverpool game. The choir of arse angels was practising all day, and there was a fent off them that would strip paint from a trawler.

EmmetSpiceland · 15-03-2019 12:04am

rodge68 · 15-03-2019 12:24am

Kylen Fierce Bullfighter wrote: »

The Yanomami tribe, in south America, fart as a greeting.

Must be part Yanomani in me....
Horrendous, running away from myself...

antodeco · 15-03-2019 2:59pm

dingdong1234567 wrote: »

Whoever smelt it dealt it.......

Whoever did the rhyme did the crime!

whisky_galore · 15-03-2019 3:02pm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Pétomane

A French 'fartiste'.

Fifty grades of shay. · 15-03-2019 3:09pm

It's a bodily function, but best kept secret, you would hardly have a, s***e or a p**s in front of people or in the workplace or the lift etc, so you should try to have a bit of manners and squeeze it back till you get a bit of privacy.

Having said that, a, squeezed one gone wrong can be horrid messy.

JohnnyFlash · 15-03-2019 3:12pm

Fart jokes are the only jokes where the 'telling', punchline, and response all happen together.

RWCNT · 15-03-2019 3:14pm

Fifty grades of shay. wrote: »

you would hardly have a, s***e or a p**s in front of people or in the workplace or the lift etc

This is definitely the next social oppression that needs tackling

Tacitus Kilgore · 15-03-2019 3:20pm

Farting is the funniest thing in the world to me, genuinely cannot contain the laughter no matter where, when who or what does it..

I mean how can you not laugh at it - when someone rips a long one that changes tone a couple of times during the chorus and heads off for a high f to finish

feargale · 15-03-2019 3:20pm

archer22 wrote: »

Because you are having the smell of other peoples shyte forced on you...personally I think it's only the extremely ignorant who would do it in public.

Question: Why does a fart smell?

Answer: For the benefit of those who are deaf.

beertons · 15-03-2019 3:23pm

Professional farters association. If my missus gets wind of that, I'm off.

Cyclepath · 15-03-2019 3:23pm

I'll just drop this here...

Cee-Jay-Cee · 15-03-2019 3:26pm

Apparently the Queen doesn't fart, she has someone to do it for her.

Bigbagofcans · 15-03-2019 3:34pm

I'm eagerly awaiting input from boardsie 'Fart' on this thread! I see/him silently seeking on other threads

Mundo7976 · 15-03-2019 3:35pm

My wife had the “operation” that allegedly majority of women have!!

blackwhite · 15-03-2019 3:38pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

That's definitely true. But I come into work three days a week stinking from the gym, and have never thought to be embarrassed about it.

Clearly there's an additional social stigma associated with farts.

Might be an idea to have shower after the gym?

Fart · 15-03-2019 3:41pm

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

I'm eagerly awaiting input from boardsie 'Fart' on this thread! I see/him silently seeking on other threads

Just waiting for the right moment...

eddieoregan · 15-03-2019 3:45pm

This Stinks :-)

padd b1975 · 15-03-2019 3:52pm

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Apparently the Queen doesn't fart, she has someone to do it for her.

Fake news.

She's been known to let rip with the best of them, especially when in residence at Balmoral-a martyr to the haggis I believe.

She does however try to make light of the embarrassment with a humorous quip.

"That's working now try one's lights!"
"One's only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

That type of stuff...

valoren · 15-03-2019 3:55pm

One trick I've learned is that if you're ever in bed with someone and have a desperate need to fart, then just grab one ass cheek, pull it apart from the other to stop the reverberation and exhale the gas easily. It might be silent, just hope it isn't violent.

TomSweeney · 15-03-2019 3:56pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Jesus, I must be on to live to 120 years old if that’s the case. Had a gallon of porter last night watching the Liverpool game. The choir of arse angels was practising all day, and there was a fent off them that would strip paint from a trawler.

You are my favourite poster!!

Literature!!

valoren · 15-03-2019 3:59pm

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Farting is the funniest thing in the world to me, genuinely cannot contain the laughter no matter where, when who or what does it..

I mean how can you not laugh at it - when someone rips a long one that changes tone a couple of times during the chorus and heads off for a high f to finish

The ones that sound like they're asking a question get me

Tacitus Kilgore · 15-03-2019 4:01pm

valoren wrote: »

The ones that sound like they're asking a question that get me

Dropped one getting out of bed the other morning while herself was getting dressed in the jacks -

"What" she says - in reply to the muffled question my arse apparently asked

Bigbagofcans · 15-03-2019 4:02pm

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Dropped one getting out of bed the other morning while herself was getting dressed in the jacks -

"What" she says - in reply to the muffled question my arse apparently asked

I laughed out loud at that!

TomSweeney · 15-03-2019 4:03pm

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Farting is the funniest thing in the world to me, genuinely cannot contain the laughter no matter where, when who or what does it..

I mean how can you not laugh at it - when someone rips a long one that changes tone a couple of times during the chorus and heads off for a high f to finish

Tacitus Kilgore · 15-03-2019 4:12pm

TomSweeney wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l88AL3GJFCg

I see you and I raise you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC5-QQoBsTQ

15-03-2019 4:18pm

blackwhite wrote: »

Might be an idea to have shower after the gym?

I shower in work!

But I do come into the office, plonk my bags down, check my emails, and answer anything of priority beforehand.

Somehow this seems to be less offensive than if I were to fart in public, even if it didn't smell (my sh*t don't stink)

kittensmittens · 15-03-2019 4:18pm

dingdong1234567 wrote: »

Whoever smelt it dealt it.......

antodeco wrote: »

Whoever did the rhyme did the crime!

Whoever denied it, supplied it !!

the_pen_turner · 15-03-2019 4:19pm

Fart wrote: »

Just waiting for the right moment...

Come on now . Don't do a drive by , stick around and linger for a while

Farting

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