Farting, cutting the cheese, letting her rip, breaking wind - whatever you call it, experts say it's better out than in even on a plane. Pilots, especially, have been urged to let flatulence out for safety's sake, but passengers risk being ignored by cabin crews if they do. A team of Danish and British gastroenterologists produced a paper on flatulence on planes after one of them, Jacob Rosenberg, was inspired on a flight between Copenhagen and Tokyo. The problem is that farting is an invariable consequence of digestion and people do it about 10 times a day. Advertisement But people may fart more on flights because of changes in the volume of intestinal gasses as cabin pressure alters. Hans Christian Pommergaard, Jakob Burcharth, Anders Fischer, William Thomas and Professor Rosenberg have told the New Zealand Medical Journal the holding back option may seem "alluring" but there are drawbacks. Stress, discomfort, pain, bloating, dyspepsia and other symptoms could ensue, while not discounting the chance that all the effort may be sabotaged by turbulence in any case. "There is actually only one reasonable solution ... just let it go," the medicos say. However, the odour - and women's farts smell worse than men's - may impair cabin service and thus the quality of life aboard the aircraft. They warn of consequences in the cockpit. "If the pilot restrains a fart, all the drawbacks previously mentioned, including diminished concentration, may affect his abilities to control the airplane," the researchers say. "If he lets go of the fart his co-pilot may be affected by its odour, which again reduces safety on board the flight." The specialists did not recommend setting farts alight, either on land or in a plane, despite its proven ability to reduce odour. They reluctantly dismissed the notion of rubber pants with an attached air container for collecting gas as "somewhat extreme". But they reckon putting active charcoal in passenger seats is a winner of an idea that could be backed up with special undies. "The future frequent flyer may develop the ability to "sneak a fart" by wearing charcoal-lined underwear thus experiencing a comfortable flight in harmony with fellow passengers," they conclude. Pre-flight passenger methane breath tests and reducing fibre in airline food options were also considered. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/travel/tra...-study-says-20130215-2egvi.html#ixzz2KxBiZab9
I fart wherever and whenever I please, unless it's like at a family dinner or formal event. It's just methane gas, people act like it's the end of the world because it smells bad. It could be a lot worse.
It's better to fart in an elevator with just you and one other person and then cover your nose and give them a disgusted look
Danes... [filler] Edit: dammit! I just posted in a thread titled "It's Good to Fart on a Plane" not 5 minutes after telling myself I would never post in a thread titled "It's Good to Fart on a Plane" Satan...
Since I don't like to rent the air in the "immediate neighborhood" with my fetid ass gas, I'll get up and crop dust while walking down the aisle on the way to the head should I have a silent-but-deadly hot one in the chute. Otherwise, I'll just take advantage of the droning engine noise cover and squeeze a bleat into the seat (while the Mrs. gives me the look).
It's better to spread it over a larger area to diminish its effect than one concentrated mass. Could be the difference between an unpleasant odor and gag-induced vomiting.
Inhaling molecules ejected from another's anus is repugnent. Unless those molecules eminated from the crack between MY buttocks. It is an empowering if fleeting moment of dominance over others.
I'm guessing that if your a gastroenterologists to begin with and your writting a paper on flatulence, your basic position is farting is good pretty much anywhere. I have a few friends who are GI's and they were obsessed with farting from a very early age. I simply won't except the data until a good paper is written on the topic by a good ear, nose and throat guy from a Baltic country.
