Just Wondering

I'm going to think on that, but in the meantime, pull my finger...

For you fellow veterans out there, maybe we should have a separate topic on military MREs and flatulence. ;)

The Four Fingers of Death, Chicken a la Thing and the Vomlet (which qualifies as a War Crime) say hello.

Why would this be a gender issue?

It would likely be about what someone consumes.

"A SM would be well advised to not discuss their personal, investigative research on this topic on a site they hope to meet and charm people into spending naked time with them."

Many people here probably know more about Melvin's digestive system than their own.

It's a bold strategy.

Since Sir VA has opened a can of worms (and you most certainly blame him for the topic et. al,) I'll drop this crop duster and let it be open for discussion... Menstruation farts. A long ago ex-girlfriend of mine was notorious for them and they were not pleasant. There was a small amount of time where I would do 'retaliatory flatulence' when that monster reared its head with her every month.

"I don't suppose anyone actually opened the link."

Hydrogen sulfide.

Someone reminds me of that kid in school who never stopped eating his boogers.

That's some real Dear Diary shit right there. lol

Nope, I didn't look at the link but...

...the absolute worst smelling fart I've ever had the displeasure of being in a car (with the windows closed when it happened) was produced by a woman.

I never wondered about the source because there were just 2 of us in the car and I KNOW that I didn't do it.

No need to trust the science, I trust my nose and burning eyes.

Wish links were easier to share here (ehemm..Wayne) ;)

Someone may want to mention this about his wank journal here as well.

I don't suppose anyone actually opened the link.

The actual headline- in spite of the address contents - was "Do Men or Women Have Worse Farts? Science has the answer!"

And this is why some people can't have nice things. Like dates.

For clarification, it was internet and book research.

"...2026/04/07/why-do-farts-smell..."

"...I have done extensive research on this exact topic..."

I bet you have. I hope nobody asks for the scientific methods used during your extensive research.

A SM would be well advised to not discuss their personal, investigative research on this topic on a site they hope to meet and charm people into spending naked time with them.

I do not need to review the article that Sir VA just posted, as I have done extensive research on this exact topic, when trying to better my own health. In simple terms, the digested foods do not fully digest and become fermented in your digestive tract. The byproduct of the fermentation is the gasses of the food that is not fully digested. Food that is high in grease, has a high fat content or an ingredient that a person cannot properly digest (food allergy,) are the big culprits in odorific sphincter releases.

@va you’re incorrigible

In case you've Just Wonder'ed this.

w ww.washingtonpost.co m/wellness/2026/04/07/why-do-farts-smell/

Don’t tell ME about California ; )

"Maybe California's Department of Natural Resources and Conservation or similar department should do the same thing, controlled brush burns."

Since the state of California owns a single-digit percentage of its forest lands, it would be unlikely to do much good to have controlled brush burns, but they do them anyway as part of sensible forest policy on state and some private land. The federal government, which owns more than 50% of California forests, is, as Good indicated, sometimes a less reliable manager.

Rainmaker : )

Can you get together with AZ, NV and UT and make it snow in the mountains more?

People relying on the Colorado River in those states seem to be hurting for trickle down water from the melting mountain snow caps in the summer lately.

BTW, there are easy to find studies that show when CA is flood irrigating in the Central Valley and doing burning (which can act as cloud seeding in lieu of intentional silver iodide seeding) our contribution to the Colorado River Watershed annual yield is substantial.

Treading toward politics here, but the state of CA does prescribed burns. so does the US Forest Service.

I forget what year but for some reason the Feds only completed like <20% of what they intended to do in CA and stopped. Shortly after the stopped, there were massive wild fires that might have been reduced/eliminated if the prescribed burns had been completed.

There have been major cut backs in funding of many Federal agencies and the Forestry service is one of them. I'm unsure about CA funding/stance for prescribed burns.

As a previous poster pointed out, we're talking about a single state covering most of a seaboard the East Coast spans like 10 states or more. And we have one of the highest elevation mountain ranges in the 48 including the highest peak. We have Death Valley. The scale, topo and bio challenges we have here are unique. They do controlled burns sometimes, but then there are air quality issues. There just aren't any silver bullets. But bringing back more selective harvesting practices, IMO, could help.