So my roommate’s friend is in from T.O. and is staying with us for the week. We were all in the living room area chatting, roommate’s friend was standing behind the couch fiddling with something in her bag when I hear it….
…. A FART!
Not just any fart, but a real ripping rumbler. It didn’t stink or anything, but it was very obvious as to what exactly it was.
I know everyone does it, and that it’s perfectly natural, but I’ve just never heard a woman fart so obviously infront of another woman/women before! She didn’t even say “excuse me”!
If I’ve got a Rumble in the Bronx brewing, I do my damndest to hold it in – and if I can’t do that, I excuse myself and leave the room. There are very few people that I will actually pass gas infront of. And 4 them are my immediate family – I know that much is allowed.
What do you all think? Did this eastern import break fart etiquette??
i’m with the others – i’d be offended that she didn’t say “excuse me” but then again maybe she was too embarrassed about it and hoped everyone would just ignore it.
I don’t know if there’s actually proper etiquette, but I find it a bit odd that she didn’t say anything.
I have a friend that belches unabashedly…and I mean real, hearty belches…like the ones where you swear you can hear an echo coming from the person’s stomach. I invited her to a dinner party once, and she was letting them rip all night, without even blinking an eye. At least half the other guests at the dinner party commented on this behaviour as they were leaving. It was just gross, and frankly, I don’t know if I’ll have her over with other people around ever again.
hi, my name is Donna, and I’m a fart-a-holic. 🙂
and the farting itself isn’t such a big deal.. but not saying “whoa. excuse me!” in front of someone you don’t know well is just weird.
haha. donna and drew and i fart in front of each other all the time. and my family has never been terribly secretive about farting, either. around people you know and love, it’s not such a big deal. 🙂
yes, she did. but maybe she was just so embarassed that one snuck out that she didn’t know what to say…