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To have not found the fart funny?

141 replies

YellowRollNeck · 08/12/2021 12:43

I went bowling on Saturday with my mum, kids and sister. I was taking a sip of my drink when I suddenly got a whiff of the most horrendous smell - like rotting meat mixed with rotten eggs and shit. I balked and said something like “Jesus what is that smell?”. The kids smelt it and started gagging. My mum was the same. My sister was in stitches with tears streaming down her face. I asked what was funny, she said she thought the smell was coming from the group of blokes next to us. It then came on again even stronger. I was so close to being sick (on antibiotics so stomach dodgy anyway). My mum suggested it smelt like bad drains. I agreed and said I’d have to go and mention it to the staff. My sister watched me go. When I returned with a member of staff my sister was creased up laughing. The area smelt absolutely horrendous. Staff member said he’d go and mention it to the manager.

Long story short, turns out it was my sister farting. She’s on constipation medication hence the foulness of the stench. My family are now retelling the story over and over again and all find it hilarious that I actually spoke to staff. I’m struggling to see the funny side. I think it was fucking disgusting and they made me look stupid getting them staff involved. I’m now being told to “lighten up, it’s Christmas!”

AIBU to not see how this is so amusing to them??

OP posts:
FindingMeno · 08/12/2021 13:51

Yuck

ClaudiaJ1 · 08/12/2021 13:52

I don't think it's the OP who has to lighten up here, @BigYellowHat.

For those who didn't comprehend the OP's post, and there is clearly a lot of you;
her mother suggested it might be a bad drain, OP agreed. She then did what she thought, and what many of us I believe would think, was the right thing; to notify staff there was a plumbing issue somewhere.

She said she was on antibiotics and nauseas. Some farts can be truly retch-inducing. It can't be helped, it's not the OP's fault. Others were reacting as well, so it clearly was a lot beyond your normal fart. Not the sister's fault, however it's not the OP's fault she had such a nauseas reaction to the miasma.

SivvyPlath · 08/12/2021 13:53

Why the fuck did you go and get a staff member?

Thatsplentyjack · 08/12/2021 13:54

She should be the one embarrassed for allowing you to get staff involved and wasting their time.

CheeseCakeSunflowers · 08/12/2021 13:55

I can't help wondering what action you were expecting the poor staff member to take.

BurntO · 08/12/2021 13:56

That’s gross. Can see why she found it so funny though Blush

Thatsplentyjack · 08/12/2021 13:56

I agree with pps though it was odd for you to go and inform staff of the smell. When she was laughing the first time did you not wonder why?

girlmom21 · 08/12/2021 13:56

Why's everyone having a go about OP telling staff? She thought it was the drains so they'd have needed for someone to come out and fix the drains if they were causing the awful smell.

CloudyStorms · 08/12/2021 13:57

@girlmom21

Why's everyone having a go about OP telling staff? She thought it was the drains so they'd have needed for someone to come out and fix the drains if they were causing the awful smell.
Because if it was the drains a staff member would notice at some point. Why would a drain be in the middle of a bowling alley?
OhMyCrump · 08/12/2021 13:58

@girlmom21

Why's everyone having a go about OP telling staff? She thought it was the drains so they'd have needed for someone to come out and fix the drains if they were causing the awful smell.
Was just about to post the same thing! She wasn't telling staff about someone farting. But that there was a drain problem obviously!
CloudyStorms · 08/12/2021 13:58

Your sister is gross to think that's funny tbh. Or a child.

Justme10 · 08/12/2021 14:02

It's was obviously a silent one that she thought she would get away with until she's smelled it and probably laughed out of embarrassment. When your sister started laughing you should have known it was her farting.
You going to tell the staff about the smell is pretty funny Grin

girlmom21 · 08/12/2021 14:05

@CloudyStorms I don't know the way the drainage systems work at a bowling alley, but there are openings into underneath the flooring for system that brings the balls back so there could have been an issue with a pipe near the OP's lane for all she knew.

If there was a massive leak out of a supermarket freezer would you leave it because a staff member would noticed eventually...?

hoomama · 08/12/2021 14:05

I've got to be honest - I absolutely howled at this.

Telling the staff has also made me laugh.

CloudyStorms · 08/12/2021 14:08

[quote girlmom21]@CloudyStorms I don't know the way the drainage systems work at a bowling alley, but there are openings into underneath the flooring for system that brings the balls back so there could have been an issue with a pipe near the OP's lane for all she knew.

If there was a massive leak out of a supermarket freezer would you leave it because a staff member would noticed eventually...? [/quote]
No because someone could injure themselves by slipping. You can't hurt yourself with a fart

girlmom21 · 08/12/2021 14:09

@CloudyStorms she didn't know it was a fart. She thought it was dodgy drains. Which could cause all kinds of public health issues.

ClaudiaJ1 · 08/12/2021 14:10

@CloudyStorms You can't hurt yourself with a fart
You're missing the point. The OP thought it was a drain, not a fart. So she did the right thing in telling a member of staff.

ClawedButler · 08/12/2021 14:13

Damn, hope you never find out about vomit or diarrhoea.

BrocolliFloret · 08/12/2021 14:13

Your part in this story is not the embarrassing bit!
The joke is being repeated at your sister’s expense and I can’t believe she is finding it funny and not humiliating.

Justme10 · 08/12/2021 14:13

The sister was in stitches laughing and trying to blame a group of guys for the smell, she may as well have held a neon sign over her head saying 'I FARTED!!'

I wonder if DM was trying to save her the embarrassment of owning up by blaming the drains.

Wife2b · 08/12/2021 14:14

Lol that’s funny. Lighten up OP!!

ClaudiaJ1 · 08/12/2021 14:15

@BrocolliFloret

Your part in this story is not the embarrassing bit! The joke is being repeated at your sister’s expense and I can’t believe she is finding it funny and not humiliating.
@BrocolliFloret OP said: It’s my sister sharing the story so she can’t be that embarrassed
BadNomad · 08/12/2021 14:16

Farting doesn't bother me (except when it's done on purpose for "laffs" at the dinner table Hmm), but this wasn't about farting. This was about your sister having a laugh at your expense. And is continuing to do so. She's nasty.

AryaStarkWolf · 08/12/2021 14:17

@sparepantsandtoothbrush

Bizarre that about 20 people have voted YABU but not one of them has commented
I voted she WBU because of getting staff involved
FestiveFruitloop · 08/12/2021 14:17

YANBU, that's disgusting. She should have gone to the toilet if she needed to do that.

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