Let your wind go free - or should you?

Personally I am horrified when people do it in public, my husband (Mr PP) has accidentally 'forgotten' and guffed in public before and tried to blame me and I was pissed off.

In my own home then that is fine, providing there are no visitors but let me tell you something, I have started some medication and one of the side effects is gas and I am guffing for Britain, even the dog has fainted and I cant help it, literally cannot help it.

In your relationship, is there one of you that feels nothing about guffing or are you both non guffers, or is there a time and a place? And if you are not a guffer, do you politely and quietly go to the toilet to let rip? I mean, it has to go somewhere surely?

This is awful, I am going to explode and gas my cat and dog into oblivion and probably the neighbours as well, no chance of keeping that quiet if I tried.

I can imagine a few BE'ers saying 'Pull my finger' and chuffing or doing a few 'Dutch Ovens' - Stevo and Amazulu to name but two.

Cant imagine any of the BE girlies doing that though.

what is this "guff" you talk of?

Aint nothing wrong with a good guffin, or is it Chuffing? My Yorkshire friend says 'Chuff'

I call it a fart

The posh people where i came from called it fluffing lol

A windy problem from meds is not unusual if you gatta you gotta go. It can actually cause you more problems in the long term trying to hold the wind in . I speak from personal experience as i have IBS so if i feel the need to let rip and im in public i usually got to the loo or if in a shop i will have a wander out into the shop and try and discreetly get rid of wind.
I sympathise with you as when my tummy is upset my lot need gas masks
Mandy xx

Oh Mandy, I have learned to my cost that the tablets I am on and eggs do not mix, I have a zero tolerance to eggs and nearly shat myself this morning. I am now gassing out the living room, I think I may have died, I am not sure but Mr PP will when he gets in.

I have been told that it takes a few weeks to settle down

How many different words are there for farting I wonder?

1. Guffing
2. Fluffing (there aint anything remotely fluffy about my guffs)
3. Chuffing
4. Let rip
5. Farting

Im the same with onions if there are any even in the tiniest amount i will be crying in agony within 30 mins and stuck on loo.
On old lady i knew called it popping lol
Mandy

I have just let out a ripper and the fan blew it right back at me.

Here's one to global warming

Hmmn. It's charming (well to me, anyway) when my 4-year-old says "I've just farted in my pants" but I doubt it would be if an adult said it.

(T'was also funny when, while my nieces were babysitting, they asked if he wanted to go for a wee. "No, thank you. I've already had a wee in my pants and trousers.")

(I hope he's never running for office and the gutter press find this discussion )

sorry to go off thread

but

can we please

pretty please

have one of your excellent christmas stories

best regards steve ho ho ho

I say let it out. At home, it's fire at will. If we're out somewhere, I employ the 'mirror, signal, manoeuvre' method. Check front, check behind, small lift of the leg, let it go.

You should always try and turn negatives into positives - just look at the career opportunities you now have:

Wind Tunnel Operator
Crowd Control
Anesthetist
Ship-to-shore communication

You are in very rarefied territory, but that could just be that no-one wants to be near you.

Dear all,

Can I just thank you all for this thread. I'm recovering from surgery and spending quite a bit of time unable to sleep due to the pain killers wearing off every 4 hours. This thread has simultaneously increased the pain I'm in due to the laughing pulling on my stitches and reduced the pain by releasing endorphins. Haven't laughed so hard for a while. Might have to rethink my sophistication levels, but bloody hell how funny is this thread! Can't really add to this thread myself, brain is fried and 3am has never been my best time. Roll on absorption of most recently ingested drugs, but in the meantime I'll re-read.

Honestly, so funny!

pahahahahahahahaha I can't stop laughing!

I don't really fart much and neither does my 6yr old boy, but sheesh my 6yr old daughter can rip them out on demand!!! She is, however, going through tests for coeliac etc. as it isn't normal for a girl that age, but man you could chew them

She will drop them in the car and have us all trying to clamber onto the roof going down the motorway, and me using my feet to drive.

My hubby and eldest boy (14) will have farting contests and DO rate them out of 10, much to my horror, and will drop them in a supermarket aisle and blissfully wander off. It's because I am mortified and tell them off...