I had the unfortunate experience right after Christmas flying IAH-SFO with a foul person. I was in 1B, the offender in 1A. He walked onboard with a to-go bag from Pappadeaux's. I should have know something was up.
First, he kept burping, loudly and it stunk. He did have the courtesy to apologize at first. This was before the flight even took off. Later he kept burping and talking to himself, blaming Pappadeaux's.
Two hours into the flight is when the magic really started happening, he began to flatulate! He knew it too because he was leaned over to his window sleeping, but when he did his thing, he would crack an eye to see if I noticed. The second time he did, I just starred right back at him.
I wanted to get up and proclaim that it was not me as I was not the only one who smelled it. Finally when we landed and as if to say goodbye as we were waiting for the cabin door to be opened, he let one out again, but this time the FA noticed and wondered what that smell was! The pilot also came out of the cockpit and they exchanged jokes, and the pilot said welcome to San Francisco! I wanted to say don't blame SF, blame this guy.
Before we left IAH, he was on the phone talking to his "pardner". I thought he was speaking to someone in SF, but it turns out it was his buddy in coach. I overheard him say he'll 'see what he can do', and moments later he asked me if I would like to switch with his friend in coach! ??
even though i think this thread is pure drivel, this is an excellent post.
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There was no cheese on the flight, but on the way to the East Coast this past weekend there was someone in the front cabin who really changed the atmosphere. At one point, it got so bad that I was almost hoping the oxygen masks could be pulled out by choice.
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since there is a recent cheese thread, i just wanted to bump this one to see if there are any updates.
Yes, on 226 yesterday someone was backing brownies up in the front. They were the really rotten kind, almost thick enough to taste, with that hot, wet smell that permeates all corners of the olfactory sense.
The culprit no doubt was the broccoli nacho-sauce that masquerades as soup.
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Yes, on 226 yesterday someone was backing brownies up in the front. They were the really rotten kind, almost thick enough to taste, with that hot, wet smell that permeates all corners of the olfactory sense.
The culprit no doubt was the broccoli nacho-sauce that masquerades as soup.
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At least you got an upgrade. Serves you right.
What about for those of us who use hard-earned mileage to upgrade? Do we deserve to suffer??!
I knew my chances getting an EUA as a gold on a T fare from EWR-SEA was less than the chance of getting struck by lightning in the Atacama desert, so I used mileage to upgrade a few months ago. Imagine my dismay when the platinum who got pulled up to the front by the gate agent at the last minute sat next to me and proceded to flatulate and belch for the next 6 hours. Being a 737, there wasn't much room for the stench to go so it just stuck around the front cabin the entire flight! Part of me (my nose) really wished they would have at least opened the curtain between first and coach and had the captain ascend to a higher altitude so at least some of the smell would have rolled back to the back cabin. But alas that didn't happen.
Well, part of me wanted to raise a big stink about it with customer care or escalate to COInsider to get my mileage back. But instead, I have remained silent (but fortunately not violent).
Anyway, this thread is like a stench to my nostrils so I think I will look for one that is more like a breathe of fresh air.
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Originally Posted by fly co to see the yanks
since there is a recent cheese thread, i just wanted to bump this one to see if there are any updates.
Yes - two of my four flights in F this weekend involved flatulent individuals. Fortunately, the flatulence on each flight was only sporadic, and not of the level that J.Edward describes (and, yes, I thought of this thread as the flatulence was occurring).
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This has got to be the most hilarious thread I've seen yet on FT. And the folks on the DL forum were recently saying that other forums do not allow near the silliness and spontaneity expereinced on the DL forum.
But are we not being hypocritical here? Is there anybody that is seriously saying he does not fart on an airplane?
Agree there are good fart days, bad fart days and then real bad days (as you experienced) but I bet you he was not alone and some passengers in the vicinity (maybe even you) took opportunity of the cover of the intense foul smell to release some of their own! By the way have you ever sat next to a passenger who has a bad body smell (which unlike a fart is all the time) - what did you say then?
ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY 100% GUILTY of using someone else squeezing the cheese to cover my own jet blast. And I did not think about it, but I think another poster has it right, the changing cabin pressure may well have something to do with this.
I have a business partner who farts like a Howitzer and he has found an activated charcoal cushion to act as a blast pad. I'm told it's sold at Hammacher Schlemmer. I personally think that this would sell really well amongst us who travel fequently--and always seem to find ourselves on the airplane 12 hours after a particularly reactive dinner.
While we are likely to look with disdain at our cabin mate who just frafted a foul one, if you were sitting there and the PSI's are causing significant pain when you try to keep them from becoming CFM's, you'd hope for a little understanding. I personally try to make it to the lav before unleashing Dante's Inferno, but sometimes the timing of the odoriferous emission fails to dovetail with the availability of the porcelain convenience, or even the seat belt light being off, this being your one and only indication that it's safe to move around the cabin.
Worse yet is the ones that are not silent but certainly deadly. You are then fighting two senses at once. I was on an America Worst Vomit Comet between PHX and SLC when we encountered moderate in flgiht turbulence, the kind that makes it really challenging to walk. The pitching and yawing was making my innards do the Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop and the resulting gastric pyrotechnics were compounded by the FA telling me to sit down every time I tried to access the head.
The pain was getting worse and worse and I was wedged in next to some poor guy in the window seat. After several blasts, he turned and looked at em and simply said "dude." It was all he needed to say, I apologized profusely, he was irritated and I was in pain. Such is air travel.
The book "Everybody poops" should have a sequel: "Everybody Farts, Too."
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Since the discussion seems to be wafting away from CO somewhat, I'll step up and admit that I was causing problems on my B6 flights last week. My S/O was giving me cranky looks as she realized that what she was smelling wasn't coming from the vent.
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You mean "toot"
