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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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:
girlmom21 · 08/12/2021 15:06

That’s feces you are smelling. From her rectum

I didn't find it funny but this response has been my turning point 😂😂😂

shivbo2014 · 08/12/2021 15:10

Honestly I don't usually find farting funny but this is hilarious, it really has made me laugh 🤣

Georgeskitchen · 08/12/2021 15:10

Deliberately farting in public is usually the premise of teenage boys. Then it's mildly amusing . From an adult perspective I Don't think I would find it funny, particularly if it was as frequent and foul smelling as described!!

ClaudiaJ1 · 08/12/2021 15:17

@xILikeJamx

You actually went to get a staff member because you thought the people next to you were farting.

Just let that sink in

@xILikeJamx No, she got a staff member because she thought there was a drain problem.
HappyMeal564 · 08/12/2021 15:25

Did your sister say it was her in front of the staff member or is the place having to pay to get the drains checked? Suggest she call and confess it was her, see how funny she finds it then 😂

fakereview · 08/12/2021 15:27

@RatherBeRiding

Grim. Some people always claim farting is a natural function and can't be helped - but do people let off horrendously stinky farts in the office? In a board meeting? At a parents' evening? No?? Then they can help it. That kind of 'performance farting' as a PP so aptly put it isn't funny when inflicted on other members of the public trying to enjoy an evening out somewhere.
I don't believe people who say they can avoid farting at all. You can try to hold it in and let it out quietly but I simply don't believe you can hold it in completely.
AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken · 08/12/2021 15:31

I don’t think it’s the fart that’s funny, it’s the reaction.
Even some of the reactions on here are making me laugh out loud.
“From her rectum!” 😂😂😂

icedcoffees · 08/12/2021 15:32

That’s feces you are smelling. From her rectum.

Grin

I love an MN fart thread.

YABU OP.

oakleaffy · 08/12/2021 15:35

Oh this thread is so funny!
Expect OP isn;'t feeling deflated now.

Unlike her sister!

ClaudiaJ1 · 08/12/2021 15:42

@oakleaffy

Oh this thread is so funny! Expect OP isn;'t feeling deflated now.

Unlike her sister!

Grin
hellosunshineagainx · 08/12/2021 15:46

Who doesn't laugh at farts 😂

Gwenhwyfar · 08/12/2021 15:54

@NynaeveSedai

What a minger she is YANBU
She's on medication. She can't help it. Lots of people can't control when they fart. The correct reaction is sympathy not going to complain to the staff. What the hell are the staff supposed to do anyway, call the police?
ClaudiaJ1 · 08/12/2021 16:01

@Gwenhwyfar Please the OP before replying. The OP thought it was a drainage problem. That is why she went to notify the staff.

MrsBobDylan · 08/12/2021 16:04

@girlmom21

That’s feces you are smelling. From her rectum

I didn't find it funny but this response has been my turning point 😂😂😂

I've always found farts funny. I love that op unwittingly went to highlight her sister's fart to a member of staff. From her rectum too!
Pascal80 · 08/12/2021 16:15

It isn't funny. it is vulgar and nasty. I don't understand why "constipation medication" would make her smell like that? Never heard of that before.

Emz1111 · 08/12/2021 16:24

I think the sound of a fart is funny ,but when it stinks ,that’s horrible ,!I thought we could let one rip now and get away with it, as we all wearing masks 😷

Globaluser · 08/12/2021 17:20

Why can’t we find smelly farts in public funny? I don’t get it.
Why are people so revolted by this??

LoveGrooveDanceParty · 08/12/2021 17:30

The correct reaction is sympathy not going to complain to the staff. What the hell are the staff supposed to do anyway, call the police?

She didn’t complain to the staff because her sister farted, for heaven’s sake.

LoveGrooveDanceParty · 08/12/2021 17:31

@Globaluser

Why can’t we find smelly farts in public funny? I don’t get it. Why are people so revolted by this??
Because they smell revolting? How hard is it?

Fart stories can be funny.

Actually sitting in someone’s stench - not so much.

Chloemol · 08/12/2021 17:35

Disgusting and I wouldn’t be going anywhere with her again

AdrienneNiR · 08/12/2021 17:37

@Globaluser

Why can’t we find smelly farts in public funny? I don’t get it. Why are people so revolted by this??
Because they stink and some people don't to sit in somebody else's revolting gas.

I don't get why you don't get it.

Durbeyfield · 08/12/2021 17:37

Wierd. And disgusting.

Pugdogmom · 08/12/2021 17:41

I hope none of you that find it disgusting have friends or family with any sort of Bowel disease. I am on meds for it, but it's incredibly embarrassing when you don't get warning. No I don't do it deliberately, and I don't find it funny, it's awful.
I would think your sister laughed to cover her embarrasment, especially due to your reaction.

CloudyStorms · 08/12/2021 17:45

Thanks @Pugdogmom I hadn't thought of that, genuinely thanks for your insight.

SivvyPlath · 08/12/2021 17:46

I hope none of you that find it disgusting have friends or family with any sort of Bowel disease. I am on meds for it, but it's incredibly embarrassing when you don't get warning. No I don't do it deliberately, and I don't find it funny, it's awful

This.

The pearl clutchers on here are ridiculous.