Well, after reading the fart joke I thought of something I did once. I always heard rumors of being able to light a fart but I never witnessed it. So one night a few years ago, after eating a taco pizza, I had an amazing supply of gas that could probably keep Sheetz in business for a year. My friends were over and my mom was in the kitchen. I grabbed the grill ignitor went to the couch, put my feet up on the coffee table and light the ignitor. I pushed a big one out and, holy cow!! A huge green flame came up to my face and almost burnt off my eyebrows. I was shocked running around making sure I wasn't on fire and that I didn't burn anything important. It was a funny sight and I now believe that you can light one. I did it one time after that but I am too scared to now. Has anyone else ever done this? If not, try it. haha

quote Originally posted by Mattyman: Well, after reading the fart joke I thought of something I did once. I always heard rumors of being able to light a fart but I never witnessed it. So one night a few years ago, after eating a taco pizza, I had an amazing supply of gas that could probably keep Sheetz in business for a year. My friends were over and my mom was in the kitchen. I grabbed the grill ignitor went to the couch, put my feet up on the coffee table and light the ignitor. I pushed a big one out and, holy cow!! A huge green flame came up to my face and almost burnt off my eyebrows. I was shocked running around making sure I wasn't on fire and that I didn't burn anything important. It was a funny sight and I now believe that you can light one. I did it one time after that but I am too scared to now. Has anyone else ever done this? If not, try it. haha

LoL, I could never bring myself to do that. I dunno why.

i was gonna do it, but i watched a video of a guy doing it, and he lit his long johns on fire and started screaming and smackin his butt!......so i figured it's not safe even if you have layers on hahahaha..........but one thing i wanna capture on video is farting in 20 below celcius weather, to see if you can see the fart escape hahaha........like a steam ship
James

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Flatulence contains methane gas. Duh - it's flammable.

You can also burn yourself pretty bad doing this. Depending on the amount of gas, the flame can flash back inside your body and burn you from the inside. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. And you wouldn't be the first person the ER had seen who set their butt on fire from lighting farts.

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quote Originally posted by LITEDAZE: i was gonna do it, but i watched a video of a guy doing it, and he lit his long johns on fire and started screaming and smackin his butt!......so i figured it's not safe even if you have layers on hahahaha..........but one thing i wanna capture on video is farting in 20 below celcius weather, to see if you can see the fart escape hahaha........like a steam ship James

ROFL! A steam ship! Priceless!

quote Originally posted by Formula88: Flatulence contains methane gas. Duh - it's flammable. You can also burn yourself pretty bad doing this. Depending on the amount of gas, the flame can flash back inside your body and burn you from the inside. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. And you wouldn't be the first person the ER had seen who set the butt on fire from lighting farts.

Ow, you e-hurt me. When I read that I could actualy imagine that pain. Ouchies!

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Backdraft! They should make a movie about that.

More like back-door draft

OMG, You just had me laughing so hard! I cannot believe you did that. Were you really board???? I watched my cousin do it when I was like 12 years old and he burnt his butt doing it but it did work. I guess I just had flashbacks because he ran through the house beating his butt to make sure he wasn't on fire. I should introduce you two!!!!

quote Originally posted by Mattyman: Well, after reading the fart joke I thought of something I did once. I always heard rumors of being able to light a fart but I never witnessed it. So one night a few years ago, after eating a taco pizza, I had an amazing supply of gas that could probably keep Sheetz in business for a year. My friends were over and my mom was in the kitchen. I grabbed the grill ignitor went to the couch, put my feet up on the coffee table and light the ignitor. I pushed a big one out and, holy cow!! A huge green flame came up to my face and almost burnt off my eyebrows. I was shocked running around making sure I wasn't on fire and that I didn't burn anything important. It was a funny sight and I now believe that you can light one. I did it one time after that but I am too scared to now. Has anyone else ever done this? If not, try it. haha

Heh, another great O/T thread... yeah, I tried it when i was younger..two words... singed butt-hair

What was that old name for lightin up yer tailpipe?

oh yeah...

"The eternal blue flame!" (Not sure why they called it blue, it's more of a greenish color)

Saddly, I must admit that I did it once in college but I was wearing jeans to prevent a backdraft. I was amazed that they really did light.

Btw, girls are not usually impressed by this just in case you were wondering. Only your guy friends will appreciate it and they will think it is hilarious.

quote Originally posted by FieroRumor: Heh, another great O/T thread... yeah, I tried it when i was younger..two words... singed butt-hair What was that old name for lightin up yer tailpipe? oh yeah... "The eternal blue flame!" (Not sure why they called it blue, it's more of a greenish color)

i thought they were called blue angels for the way they try to float halfway up the room

At the risk of sounding gross... Maybe it would be beneficial to separate the flame from your a$$... I'm thinking... Ziploc. But no, I haven't tried it.

One good thing about lighting them is that you actually turn that energy into something useful. It's a nice heat source. I could have probably roasted a hotdog with my flame...well wait a minute. I almost did roast my hotdog when I did that It also burns up the smell, which is nice, unless you like the smell of your own farts and like the see other people suffer, haha.

haha...Time to gross you boys out!!

When I was about 13 I was at a friends house and we decided to see if we could do it. Lord only knows how we even thought of the idea, but we did, so anywho. My friends sister was the first one to do it, and it actually made a little "Poof" of fire, lol. So then my friend did it, and then I did it. It was a fun filled night of lighting farts. I can't say that i've done it since then, but it was still funny as heck. That was the night we discovered that you can spray body spray on your hand, light it and it won't burn your hand (well until the body spray burns up). Its a flipping miracle we didn't burn down her house that night! lol

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Not done it but seen many, and lots follow these stories above... BUTT one...
While out on a Motocross camping trip we we're all sitting around the ol campfire and of course the evenings meal consisted of baked beans.. (its gotta be a a guy and beer thing) Well one of the other bikers had been saving up I guess for the right moment, Grabbed a lit stick from the fire and lit the heavens above in a fiery glow!! It was a specular sight!! But what made it all the better is the fact he was wearing Umbro shorts, Well make that WAS wearing them!! His fart lit the shorts on fire and burned a massive hole in them in close to 5 seconds!!!! and heres a grown man running circles around a fire with his shorts on fire and still farting blue flames cause he freaked out and kept letting them rip!.. LOL After about the 5th lap there was nothing left of his shorts!!!
So you ask again, Have I done this?? HELLLLLLL NOOOOOOO!!!!

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quote Originally posted by RACE: Btw, girls are not usually impressed by this just in case you were wondering. Only your guy friends will appreciate it and they will think it is hilarious.

The only time I've seen this done is when I was with a big group of guys and girls. The girl is the one who did it! We were in a completely pitch black room together and she lighted her fart! It was the funniest thing I have ever seen!! I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe!!

We always called it "Blue Dart" when someone lit their fart. When I saw it done it was a blue flame!

i tried it once
the flame sorta just follows your crack and then goes away

dont know if i should be proud to know that though!

Oh yeah, I forgot. Back when I was in highschool and took spanish, we were learning the words for before and after. Everyone got them mixed up all the time so the teacher told us to make a poster of a before and after scene so we could remember. Well I had the before picture as a guy bent over next to a camp fire and the after picture was a picture of the forest on fire. It was a hit. She hung them all out in the hall next to the class so everyone got to see them. Mine was definitely the best

quote Originally posted by DjDraggin: Not done it but seen many, and lots follow these stories above... BUTT one... While out on a Motocross camping trip we we're all sitting around the ol campfire and of course the evenings meal consisted of baked beans.. (its gotta be a a guy and beer thing) Well one of the other bikers had been saving up I guess for the right moment, Grabbed a lit stick from the fire and lit the heavens above in a fiery glow!! It was a specular sight!! But what made it all the better is the fact he was wearing Umbro shorts, Well make that WAS wearing them!! His fart lit the shorts on fire and burned a massive hole in them in close to 5 seconds!!!! and heres a grown man running circles around a fire with his shorts on fire and still farting blue flames cause he freaked out and kept letting them rip!.. LOL After about the 5th lap there was nothing left of his shorts!!! So you ask again, Have I done this?? HELLLLLLL NOOOOOOO!!!!

Here I am, a 38 year old father of 2, sitting at my desk at work fighting back tears and trying not to laugh out loud at this story. Sometimes it's hard being a "grown up"!

BTW, the only contribution I have is a second hand story about a guy who did that wearing loose boxers. He suffered a few burns...

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Test the practicality of an alternative fuel! Get a potato launcher and fart in it.

Hey...SOME chicks dig it! I personally find nasty man things freakin hilarious! I guess thats what happens when your Dad and Brother raise you.

Well, since I never fart...

Lol, I hadn't done that since I was like 13. It just so happens that while I was reading this thread I had a fart boil up (or down, as it were) and a lighter sitting on my desk. I'll leave it up to your imaination as to what happened shortly after I realized this....

Just leave your jeans on and your fine. Won't make as spectacular a show, but you also won't light yourself on fire.

I remember a guy doing it on the school bus many years ago. His nylon sports shorts caught on fire. Definately a good laugh.

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quote Originally posted by tesmith66: More like back-door draft

Butt-draft.

Anyone know what the average number of farts is per day? This has actually been scientifically studied and recorded. I'll let people guess before answering.

quote Originally posted by frontal lobe: Anyone know what the average number of farts is per day? This has actually been scientifically studied and recorded. I'll let people guess before answering.

I swear I just heard this on the news... wasn't it like 13 or 14?

I'm probably one of the people who bring the average up. I must far at least a gazillion times at work each day. Good thing they don't really stink, because I'm locked in an RF chamber most of the day.

quote Originally posted by frontal lobe: Anyone know what the average number of farts is per day? This has actually been scientifically studied and recorded. I'll let people guess before answering.

I think its 16

Angie

Very good. Average is 13-15 per day.

quote Originally posted by frontal lobe: Very good. Average is 13-15 per day.

Not if you eat at Taco Bell regularly. If you do, the resultant emissions could power a small country.

quote Originally posted by frontal lobe: Anyone know what the average number of farts is per day? This has actually been scientifically studied and recorded. I'll let people guess before answering.

I think we have a new winner for "World's Worst Job".

How would have liked to be the scientist strapped to the ass of a test subject all day long with a clicker?

I bet if we collected everyones gas in the US for just one day we could have ourselves an alternate source of energy. Or it would make one heck of a bomb. Oh yeah, I also thought a good torture thing for someone that has terrible gas would be to run a hose from their hole to a mask that covers their nose and mouth. But some people like the smell of their own, so for them we would have to have 2 people and cross the hoses.

quote Originally posted by FieroRumor: What was that old name for lightin up yer tailpipe? oh yeah... "The eternal blue flame!" (Not sure why they called it blue, it's more of a greenish color)

...with apologies to The Bangles:

Drop your pants, give me the lighter, darling
Do you feel the gas churning
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Are you only screaming
Is that burning an eternal flame ?

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LOL Toddster. You are right. I have met Dr. James Roth, the king of farts. Boy, am I jealous of HIS legacy! But I know how the research world goes. HE wasn't the one holding the clicker. He made his lowly graduate students do it.

http://www.heptune.com/farts.html

Well, I have been tempted, but never succumbed!! But a friend of mine revealed long ago that he had found a safe way to do it..he sat in the bath, and lit the bubbles!! And yes, it did work, and was reasonably safe!!
fierofetish

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OK Thats just going to far.. to light fart bubbles.. I've been bored before, and Ive been in the bath tub bored before, but I've never been that bored!!

And far as the whole keeping the world warm thing. I had actually proposed this to my school when I was a freshmen, We have a quarry/landfill behind the school (no you cant see it, smell it sometimes) and had put into motion ideas as to how to make the methane gas heat the school. and low and behold three years after I grad they do it!!! (did I get any recognition for it? Nope) But I was damn happy I did something right!! Well off to work I go.. L8

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