Stop farting in public

I second that!!!

While I can certainly understand that it can be gross…some people cannot help it. There are more and more people out there with IBS ( Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and they simply cannot stop it as it would only worsen their situation to hold them in. They can at the very least open a bus window when they do it however…courtesy is not a part-time job.

If you can manage to withhold a fart during sex, you can withhold it on the bus; IBS or no IBS!

Something tells me you have no idea of what IBS really entails…and yes that even means that some of them can’t hold it in during sex, as awful as that sounds. There is quite a difference in just having a lot of gas and IBS, and yes some people who suffer from IBS do have to wear diapers.

I agree, if you can hold a fart during sex, you can hold it on the bus. Good point NMH! I actually have IBS Christopher, and yes I do hold it during sex and when I’m on the bus- Geez, I would rather have a bloated belly and some discomfort than subject people to my farts, especially my boyfriend. I haven’t heard of anyone needing to wear diapers from IBS but if it can lead to incontinence, that would be really…ummm…shitty! IBS sucks but (for most people) there are things you can do- like wait to get outside or make a run to the bathroom. Seriously though, do you really think that all those people who are farting on buses are really just sad victims of IBS? Phuleeeze!

I never said that everyone who farts on a bus has IBS, where in my posts to you get that. Fuck you people are so blinded by your own perceptions that there is no room for what might be, it just has to be the way you think it is. Not everyone who has IBS has it mildly Lynn (so holding it in may not be an option for them), and not everyone who farts has IBS. The bus farters could be rude, could be IBS, hell it could be that they have a fucking hamster stuck up there and it’s farting.Just read the posts fully before farting out of your mouths.

Cheers Lynn, I have IBS too! It’s hell sometimes to deal with and maybe one day we’ll be in diapers, but for now, we can be hold our farts in and keep our dignity intact!And who’s farting out their mouths Christopher? We were merely disagreeing with you over what excuses public farts. Is that ok?

No NMH, I don’t think it is OK. You pretty much have to agree with everything he says..even if it is complete mouth-fart nonsense.

Christopher, you raised IBS as a possible explanation for nasty public farting. As a sufferer of IBS who has always done my best to not fart on public transit, I just wanted to dispell any myths of IBS sufferers as being uncontrollable fart machines. By stating that not everyone who farts on public transit has IBS, I am no more guilty of generalizing than you were in your suggestion that IBS may explain why people fart in public. Gee, the more I reply to this the more I see poop’s point- you really can’t take being challenged can you?In fact, not one person on this post suggested that “it’s on purpose and to offend me” so maybe you need to take your own advice and read the posts carefully before you respond. Oh, and Dr. Christopher, I guess you weren’t saying it was me who was blowing farts out of my mouth, though you wrote that directly after you chastised me for my IBS comment. Apparantly, everyone who has posted here has it wrong, with the exception of you. Interesting!Seriously, if we all looked at the compassionate side of why things that offend us occur, the world would be a much happier place but then again, we wouldn’t have love the way we bitch, would we? Last I checked, the purpose of this site is to be opinionated… By saying our veiws are “warped” you too are expressing your opinions. Gee, on second thought, maybe we should all just shut up and listen to your wise words.

ok people, all those who eat gas inducing foods stop bitching i thought not, listen people do have medical conditions, and yes they do fart during sex, and in other places. Its a part of owning an asshole!! Human waste needs to be expelled and sometimes us less dainty people can’t wait for a fucking bathroom to expell it! so all of you who have never EVER farted in public please stand on your head! and if you haven’t farted in public then bravo to you maybe you might when perfume of the year award. my point being is that don’t criticize others unless you really haven’t done it yourelf! remember that the next time you toot in public unaware! and don’t say it can’t happen to you…unless you just eat lettuce.

NMH:Oh my god it’s not about being challenged, it’s like you create your own reality seriously.You say no one said it wasn’t on purpose but you say they can control it but do it anyway…wtf do you think that means? It means you don’t even read your own posts, which is why I ask that you do so. Oh and again I have to ask you to read the posts more clearly…I said:”What I disagree with is people warping the facts or what I have written simply to defend their own opinionated view of the issue and then jumping on me for being annoyed with that tactic.”and said I said:”By saying our views are “warped”” again completely changing what I said for your retort…and never did i mention that your view was warped but that you were warping the facts I had given or what warped what I said.I never said everyone with IBS needs to fart but there are IBS sufferers out there that do, just because you have a form of IBS that does not include uncontrollable flatulence doesn’t mean that there aren’t any out there.Thanks for the support Ginger but the three little pigs aren’t known for reason or rationality. I don’t know why I even bother, it’s like arguing with grade schoolers.

If I am an idiot I fear that makes you an illiterate moron, go back beneath your bridge, troll.

At first I didnt understand why people here like Poop were so hard on you in past bitches, Christopher; I thought they were being unfair towards you, but now I see it quite clearly. Your ego is insufferable.

Steven, I never said anything about Ernie…?!?!? Lynn and NMH are definitely not reading all of what I wrote or they are blatantly just disregarding what and how I wrote to suit their posts. Either way I have a right to correct people when they misquote me continually.

Oops! Just for the record, it wasnt me (NMH) who wrote that above (not that I disagree)! I’m hanging out with my friend and he must have replied without logging me off

So Christoper… its sounds like we ALL may have misinterpreted what the other was intending to say- easy to do when we can’t articulate ourselves beyond what we write- body language, smiles, humour, sarcasm etc. YOU however, have been the only one who respond by hurling insults for no logical reason. According to you, I am a part of the “three little pigs”, suffer from “reading comprehension problems”, am a “mouth farter”, “blinded by my own perceptions”, have an agenda in posting without just being someone entitled to an opinion on a fun and time consuming post, and now NMH is a “troll”… jesus christ, just who do you fucking think you are you self righteous asshole?FYI, my reading comprehension is perfectly fine. In fact, I’d be willing to bet money that I am more educated (formally and informally) than your sorry ass is. You know nothing about me, or anyone on this thread, beyond our responses to silly little issues such as farting on a bus. If The Coast’s Bitch is how you designate yourself as an authority to judge other people, you are sadder than you are appearing in this thread. Seriously, go fuck yourself!

I apologize Christopher, for only mentioning my condition after several IBS related posts, as I did not know it was a requirment of yours to know the details of my bloating, constipation and intestinal pain. Would you like to know more?As far as attacking my reading comprehension ability, what a silly, futile attempt to get under my skin. And if it isn’t the pot calling the kettle black! I’d say you have some serious issues yourself in that area. Perhaps you’ll finally get it after reading my second post a 5 or 6th time… Me: “IF you can manage to withhold a fart during sex, you can withhold it on the bus; IBS or no IBS!” ”IF,” Christopher, the word is ”IF”!We’re all just expressing opinions here Christopher, you included! So no need to call people little pigs and accuse them of farting out of their mouths. Get a grip, Rainman!It’s obvious you have even bigger issues with people undermining your self-percieved expertise, which you seem to have for every single topic discussed in this column. Who are you, Rainman???You are so pedantic it’s hilarious.

This is the last time I am going to respond to this thread Christopher. I was never rude nor have I ever been in the past, but you felt the need to unleash a tirade of insults at me. Talk about blowing things out of proportion. I had a funny image of someone farting on a bus when I wrote my initial response- thinking of some big lazy loaf just ripping them. To me, your raising of IBS sounded as though you were trying to chastise people for making fun of farters- correct me if I’m wrong. It was never unclear to me that not all farters have IBS and vice versa. Any response I had to IBS was strictly in relation to those to whom it did apply. However, I am not going to waste anymore time going over the semantics in this thread. I wrote in my last post that people’s intentions get lost in writing- I imagine you can agree- but again, your nasty, vile response was so out completely over the top. Fine, I should be above it and not stoop to your level of name calling, which I apologise for ultimately doing. Actually, I don’t think I post here nearly as often as you do but them again, can you explain the relevance of saying I do? Your tit for tat is really quite juvenile. I have never intentionally been rude to anyone on this post- unless I saw them being exceptionally nasty first or have responded to nastiness directed at me- which, fortunately has only been from you on this thread- with the exception of Matt’s mean phase which is apparantly over. If you consider my response to be jumping all over you, you must be very sensitive. I tried to explain what I wrote a few times here so you could see where I was coming from but all you did was respond with insults and accusations. I hope you feel good about yourself, oh and you may want to look up the definition of hypocrisy!