Every so often, we have this discussion around my house, and I've been asked to put this to a vote...

If you are sitting at the table, eating dinner with your family, and it becomes nessesary to "vent" as in break some wind, what do you do?

I go to another room and let loose. I don't think it makes much difference though 'cause when I let loose, everyone knows it!!! :D Besides the audio effects, there may me some odorous effects too.:yes:

Hey, maybe that was that the noise that you thought was a bear in Jellystone park???:o

Cheers,

Paul Beers:

I saw the title and had to look too make sure you were asking was what I was thinking. LMAO l:) Your family discussions crack me up ( pun intended).:yes: With three females in the house there is only one answer. But ,if I'm not mistaken Jim,boys outnumber girls in your household. So I'll keep leaving the room .:D And you do whatever you can get away with.

Stifle here. :D

It is NOT polite to fart at a dinner table. Excuse yourself, head to another room and let it rip. Just like MaGoo said, the distance laughter is best. If they heard it, mission accomplished. By the way, if you "dirty" yourself in the process, you are disqualified. Return to the table and blame the oder on rotten meat.

take it in the other room but i usually have a trailer when i come back so if nobody heard it, they still know. :)

Jim you realy need another hobby to take up that time you spent smoking...:noway: If I'm out to dinner or with friends or family I leave the table, but if it's just me I'm not at the table anyway so it doesn't matter. Jim I think if you would stop asking Carol or one of the boys to pull your finger when you do it Carol would be less offended by it. (maybe) If it's one of the boys doing it then at least try and teach them some manners.








Unless Carol's not around then let 'er rip nice and loud and get a good laugh. :DJust make sure nobody needs to clean out there short or snorts milk out on the table.

I usually try to disguise it by moving in the wooden chair.
Hey...wooden chairs creak and groan.......:D

My son is only 3 so we're still trying to make a good impression. We do not allow dinner time butt-trumpeting, so i either hold it untill we're done or i wait till my son let's one fly.
Hey, if he can do it then so can I !!

Jim, OMG---that poll was hilarious! Thanks for the laugh! :thumbsup:

Question---Does the dinner table have immediate family there (wife & kids only) or does it have company there (in-laws, siblings, possibly parents if they are still alive, friends or neighbors ). :eek::eek:??

Very interesting so far...

This is an issue every man has run into, and I'm asking "what do u do" rather than "what should I do"

So as not to influence today's responders, I'll keep my views on this matter to myself for now.

I give them a warning " Ok kids hold your ears, then wait 5 seconds then hold your nose". This has been a message from the emergency buttcast system.(They mostly eat in other rooms of the house.)

with 3 gals at our table growing up, Id just say 'oh oh' and they knew what was coming. If I tried to get up and go to another room, just getting up would hurry the event along and Id never make it to the next room. I try to 'one cheek sneak' it as quietly as possible into the cushion for mufflering :D Also, always have chair cushions in place at dinner table, problem solved :) ripppp

I normally am very polite and use good manners and also don't have too much gas, but when I am feeling a little frisky what I do depends on where we are:

1.) In the dining room we have cushioned seats so if I can do the one cheek sneak and let the cushion absorb it I will.

2.) At the kitchen island we have flat wooden chairs. For the untrained amateur, caution must be used when trying to sneak one past anyone while sitting on a flat wooden chair. :yes: If one does not use the correct pressure regulation an audible squeek will ensue that willl cause the dog to **** his head and perk his ears up in that quizical look dogs get, followed by the eventual source recognition by the family. :o Once that has occurred there is little hope for any semblance of order for the balance of the meal.

I must say that I did successfully execute the "pull my finger" gag on the wife the other day. Well actually I just said "grab my finger" and when she did there was an unfortunate consequential effect. :waving:l:)

Fortunately my wife has a good sense of humor, and I also owed her payback from many an unheard and unseen cloud that has emanated from unknown regions, the existence of which still continues to baffle both her and me.

Oops, Click and I posted at the same time and had the same basic message. We might be twin sons of different mothers. :)

well.... while I'm totally surprised that half of you would actually get up from your meal or try to eat while holding in some wicked gas...

Carol thinks the last choice is both ambiguous (as to where men fart) or just too easy to click on, to quote "sheesh, you can't even do the poll about farts right..."

So, let's cancel this one and start over... 2 choices only. walk away, or fart at the dinner table.