Very OT:Why does fart not diffuse on a flight?

[bucknekkid 0]

Farts are like religion...Your own smells good, and everyone elses stink...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Farting on a plane would be "hotboxing" would it not?

And if you're in 1st Class you can "Dutch Oven"

Edited September 22, 2006 by erekose

[diadromous mermaid 36]

Didn't you notice the little red button on the armrest? It signals the airline attendant to bring you a

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[Perseverance 1]

OMG this is sooo funny I am laughing so hard

[kirk and Jenny 0]

Farts are like religion...Your own smells good, and everyone elses stink...

As Tom Layre says "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it, depends upon what you put into it"

[allynella 0]

OMG! You guys have me laughing so hard .

[gugu24 0]

probably one of the main reasons for not smoking on a plane.

[bucknekkid 0]

I can't help myself now...For an unusually cruel joke on someone you don't particulary care for, fart into a glass and then imediantly turn it upside down trapping the well placed fart in the glass. Take the glass to the person you don't like, flip it over, place it under their nose and ask them if the glass smells funny....

I can't help myself now...For an unusually cruel joke on someone you don't particulary care for, fart into a glass and then imediantly turn it upside down trapping the well placed fart in the glass. Take the glass to the person you don't like, flip it over, place it under their nose and ask them if the glass smells funny....

Dang..My Texas spelling education came shining through on that one...

[kisschick1976 0]

I've just always wondered why the hell flying makes you fart so damn much. I've been lucky, I sit near the engines so you cant hear mine, but this last time I was nervous the kid in the window seat (I had the isle seat) was going to feel the vibrations from them!!!

I know there's a scientific reason behind it because I learned it in school (only in Texas, hu?) I just don't remember it, something about air pressure I think.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

If you fart in the bath, it lingers. It also smells worse. Probably some scientifically explainable filtration process involved there.

[tmma 467]

akatagirl is correct

A large ( long haul) passenger plane's air conditioning system is system is divided into "blocks", that service about 5 rows of seats. The air tends to stay in its little circulatory "block", and to not flow along the length of the plane.

The air in the plane's cabin comes out of these vents in the ceiling above your seat, flows over you and whomever is in your immediate vicinity, and then gets back into the air conditioning system via vents at floor level. Each cycle takes about 3-5 minutes.

So the smell from one person does not get spread along the length of the plane by the air-conditioning system - it hangs around the block of 5 seats. However, if you were to walk along the aisle whilst farting, it might then spread the smell right down the plane ( into everyone elses "air circulation blocks".

So next time you feel like farting on a plane, take a stroll up and down the aisle!

The air is indeed pressurized to a comfortable altitude in flight; with the amount of outside air being circulated in controlled by the flight crew.

The pilots in the cockpit get 100% outside air ( unrecirculated) 100% of the time for safety reasons.

*sorry lost the link/ref for this....I modified it anyway.

[bucknekkid 0]

If you fart in the bath, it lingers. It also smells worse. Probably some scientifically explainable filtration process involved there.

It also makes bubbles!!....

[gugu24 0]

I've noticed anytime I eat anything oily or deep fried I become unbelievably gassy! I'm talking "walking sand blaster" and with my flabby butt ..the rippling effect is unavoidable!

ever have the ones that sound as if you are walking on them plastic bubble wrap?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

If you have a high sugar diet, or a diet high in carbs (esp white bread) it creates a "yeast overload" and massive (rank) gas.

[gugu24 0]

if you really want to lay it on thick to the passengers, try eatting Burger King right before your flight! must be the carcinogens ( hack hack) I had to actually stop eatting there to avoid combustion