Is it ok to pass wind at a urinal?
 

My opinion is that's it's not if there are other people around just as you wouldn't in a crowded room.

However it seems I might be in the minority because at work it can sometimes sound like a badly tuned wood section of the orchestra in there.

I've even had colleagues start a conversation say while I'm washing my hands and they are relieving themselves and mid-sentence they will let out the loudest proudest bum burp I've ever heard and they will simply continue the conversation like it's totally normal.

Who is in the wrong here? Am i being a prude?

I'd like to know your technique for holding a fart in...better out than in, as they say...

Yes, you come off as one who is anal retentive. :rolleyes:

At some point, the choice is to fart or explode. Offices and cubicles (my habitat) are one option. Bathroom seems like the better option. Either that or go outside. Are you suggesting outside?

Absolutely not! Whathas civilized society become? Break wind in the fart chamber you heathen!

Already covered...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/743851-how-come.html
Still entertaining...

Someone told be that there is a muscle that must relax in order to pee, and that muscle controls when you fart. Hence the fart before you pee being so common.

Science or biology rules over social etiquette.

I've also been told to not excuse yourself in the toilet room, it's not necessary.

Maybe we should just rename them the farting and burping rooms?

So, it's okay to fart in a stall but not at a urinal?

Only with gusto. Empty elevators optional.

A 2013 thread.. there are some long memories in this place...

Let it rip. I don't think I would do that while having a conversation with someone, but while standing at the urinal, sure. Its a bathroom. Its where one goes to let nature take its course.

It is possible to manipulate it silently if you try hard enough. My point is more around the loud and proud aspect of it all.

If no one can hear then no harm done. I mean there are already other smells present in the bathroom.

I completely understand its a natural motion but it seems to me based on sound volume that some people are pushing extremely hard possibly to emphasise their social position in the room. Like a monkey beating it's chest perhaps?

I would say yes it is ok because the motion and the sound are inherently connected. And you are kind in your own personal "space"

The urinal is effectively the open room

I am less concerned with a fart in the bathroom than I am with guys who seem to think it's okay to start up a conversation with a stranger in a public bathroom. That's just awkward.

Try to do a "Squeaker"

Wife operates a yoga studio......I've been going about once a week ( i get free yoga ) I can really see progress as I can now touch my toes. Anyway, I'm mainly surrounded by females......It's my goal to not crank out a giant fart whilst practicing.......Just the other day, the gal next to me let loose....glad I didn't get blamed.

steve

And all this while I thought it was mandatory.

My wife does yoga. She has a story about one girl blasting one out that cleared the room...

Who wouldn't ;)? I keed....but I all seriousness
...it's better than dropping a Higgin's standing there :)!

What is with all this bathroom stuff I let them rip when ever and where ever. I even leave them in aisles at the store to let them know I was there.

Mine sound like rumbling thunder. I especially like to let one rip that is louder than the ones a guy taking a dump is making.