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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion Do you fart more in the BWCA? |
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07/30/2010 12:12PM
On our trip this year we could have powered our canoe for miles if we could harness all the wind we were creating. Not sure why butt do you fart more when up north or is it just us?
"Now days these kids take out everything: radar, sonar, electric toothbrushs" Quint
07/30/2010 11:36PM
I would like too but I am afraid that all of that farting might provoke a new regulation from Washington or perhaps a new tax. Must be related to global warming and a bean tax can't be far off. Until I can master solar farting I will have to suffer in silence.
08/01/2010 06:03PM
From the responses I've read, it seems like most of us do. I'm thinking it has something to due with the fact we are so relaxed and comfortable up there. Even a cold rainy day in the B-Dubs/Q is better than a day in the office! Now I gotta try to get my doctor to prescribe 7-10 days a year up there......for my gastro-intestinal health of course ;)
"You'll learn more here by accident, than elsewhere by design" Fireworks Commissioner of Gumption County
08/01/2010 08:17PM
Chilly i've had such fun readying this thread! I'm convinced that the freeze dried food makes one fart a whole lot more - yes even girls ;)
THE EDGE, there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. - Hunter S. Thompson
08/01/2010 08:33PM
quote Vanny: "From the responses I've read, it seems like most of us do. I'm thinking it has something to due with the fact we are so relaxed and comfortable up there. Even a cold rainy day in the B-Dubs/Q is better than a day in the office! Now I gotta try to get my doctor to prescribe 7-10 days a year up there......for my gastro-intestinal health of course ;)"
Many of the meals I've seen people describe have a lot of fat in them. That could be a big reason.
08/01/2010 08:34PM
quote campnscrap: "Chilly i've had such fun readying this thread! I'm convinced that the freeze dried food makes one fart a whole lot more - yes even girls ;)"
I'm not so sure about that (not the last part - I grew up with sisters).
I mean, a lot of freeze-dried meals are heavy on beans, and some are pretty high-fat. My "output" is almost nil, which I attribute to avoiding both beans and fats.
08/01/2010 08:54PM
quote Vanny: "From the responses I've read, it seems like most of us do. I'm thinking it has something to due with the fact we are so relaxed and comfortable up there. Even a cold rainy day in the B-Dubs/Q is better than a day in the office! Now I gotta try to get my doctor to prescribe 7-10 days a year up there......for my gastro-intestinal health of course ;)"
Well said Vanny. Even a thread like this sheds light on the wonders of the BWCA. Chilly, was that your intent?
08/01/2010 10:49PM
Lets put on the scientists sunglasses for a second and break it down. You got:
1. Liquid: the water/ water tablets/ water filter/ propel/ kool aid/ booze ext...
2. Food: ?
3. Elevation changes
4. Fresh air percentage increase
5. Set of mind: don't think about work= farts
6. Mandatory stress relief from paddling and portaging all day
7. The perfect storm! Fart forces colliding.
What's the culprit?
1. Liquid: the water/ water tablets/ water filter/ propel/ kool aid/ booze ext...
2. Food: ?
3. Elevation changes
4. Fresh air percentage increase
5. Set of mind: don't think about work= farts
6. Mandatory stress relief from paddling and portaging all day
7. The perfect storm! Fart forces colliding.
What's the culprit?
"Now days these kids take out everything: radar, sonar, electric toothbrushs" Quint
08/02/2010 03:04PM
Someone mentioned on some other thread that he's a bit of a "stool camel" when in the BW. I think this accounts for a higher output of gas as it's in there longer working....
I, myself, have not noticed a difference. But I doubt I've paid much attention, either.
I, myself, have not noticed a difference. But I doubt I've paid much attention, either.
08/02/2010 03:24PM
I don't believe I produce more gas when I'm camping, probably less. I sometimes suspect that I am actually eating food that my system agrees with more than when I am at home or at restaurants. Restaurants cause the most gas in my case, the worst place to have it.
The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end that's all there is. ___Mr Carson (Downton Abby)
08/02/2010 04:00PM
quote nojobro: "I, myself, have not noticed a difference. But I doubt I've paid much attention, either."
You'd have to ask my trip mates I guess. I only know that I require certain paddling partners to keep their sleeping bags zipped and cinched at night... AND to sleep near the rear door with window down.
Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau
08/02/2010 09:18PM
Ypu betcha! Knock a dog off a gut pile!! Like the kids tell me, "out with the old and in with the new!"
Joy is a great teacher, but so is dispair. Wonder is a great teacher, but so is confusion. Hope is a great teacher, but so is disillusionment. And life is a great teacher, but so is death. To deny yourself any of those in any aspect is not experiencing life totally.
08/06/2010 05:03PM
quote Savage Voyageur: "Yea!!! the Fart thread is back. "
Lots of happy people! In fact, I just heard a large roar from the crowd... At least, I think that's what it was....
"It is in solitude, in quiet communication with nature that we reach most deeply into truth." Sam Campbell
08/06/2010 09:00PM
Ha ha, back by popular demand. It is funny that this great but innocuous thread is the one that came back to life from the all the "censorship" debate. I understand that moderators are human just like the rest of us, but when the subject is farts, is deletion really the right answer? And as I said in one of the "censorship" threads, the answer to chilly's question is yes, how do you think I jet power the canoe?!
08/06/2010 09:36PM
I've been working this one up for a while and decided it's time to let fly.
The grandmother of the bride was seated at the table of honor. From time to time she inexplicably leaned sideways against her nephew, who had brought her to the event. Each time, fearing for her safety, he gently straightened her up, whereupon she smiled sweetly and continued slowly eating her meal. And each time he asked her if she was OK and if she needed her oxygen. Each time she thanked him and said no, she was just fine.
After the reception the nephew took grandma back home. He asked her how she liked the wedding and the meal and all, and if she was feeling all right. She said, "Oh, it was all so wonderful - they're such a happy couple - except every time I had to fart I couldn't because you pushed me back up!"
The grandmother of the bride was seated at the table of honor. From time to time she inexplicably leaned sideways against her nephew, who had brought her to the event. Each time, fearing for her safety, he gently straightened her up, whereupon she smiled sweetly and continued slowly eating her meal. And each time he asked her if she was OK and if she needed her oxygen. Each time she thanked him and said no, she was just fine.
After the reception the nephew took grandma back home. He asked her how she liked the wedding and the meal and all, and if she was feeling all right. She said, "Oh, it was all so wonderful - they're such a happy couple - except every time I had to fart I couldn't because you pushed me back up!"
08/09/2010 12:27PM
I read this post before I left and thought it was the craziest notion I'd ever seen posted here.
After four days on Lake Three, my son and I laughed ourselves silly. We farted more those four days than we ever thought possible! Incredible -- I'm guessing it's something in the water.
Too funny, but too true!
After four days on Lake Three, my son and I laughed ourselves silly. We farted more those four days than we ever thought possible! Incredible -- I'm guessing it's something in the water.
Too funny, but too true!
08/10/2010 04:19PM
I'm not really sure but it reminds me of a promise I made to my uncle and dad.
We take a yearly trip, and for some reason each year they forget that the year before they had the same discussion: Basically my dad uses the comode more often in the BW and my uncle uses it less often.
My promise to them was that if I heard that conversation one more time I would be using it in both of their eulogies (it wasn't a threat that I would kill them, just use the story when the time arose).
So far it will not be included, however I am sure they will forget and bring it up on future trips.
We take a yearly trip, and for some reason each year they forget that the year before they had the same discussion: Basically my dad uses the comode more often in the BW and my uncle uses it less often.
My promise to them was that if I heard that conversation one more time I would be using it in both of their eulogies (it wasn't a threat that I would kill them, just use the story when the time arose).
So far it will not be included, however I am sure they will forget and bring it up on future trips.
"I'm not superstitious. I'm a little stitious" - Michael Scott
10/18/2010 06:27AM
My favorite headline ever.
When I'm with just guys on a trip we tend to let 'em rip. It almost becomes a contest and we get lots of laughs from it.
When I'm with just guys on a trip we tend to let 'em rip. It almost becomes a contest and we get lots of laughs from it.
"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw
04/01/2011 08:41PM
Don't know if I fart more or less, just know that if I don't fart I will "EXPLODE". With that said when at WingNight I apologize in advance cause it's better to bare the shame then bare the pain. Another tip is never have the fire between you and me for safety sake.
JB
JB
You can't explain the obvious to the ignorant.
06/26/2014 02:14AM
It just dawned on me that, for me, gas is more plentiful on group trips. That's probably because someone else usually cooks and provides food to which my system is unaccustomed. Basically it's the same reason that restaurant cooking often affects me.
The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end that's all there is. ___Mr Carson (Downton Abby)
06/26/2014 04:00AM
George Carlin, "You can light your faaarts!"
Joy is a great teacher, but so is dispair. Wonder is a great teacher, but so is confusion. Hope is a great teacher, but so is disillusionment. And life is a great teacher, but so is death. To deny yourself any of those in any aspect is not experiencing life totally.
06/27/2014 05:05PM
In all seriousness, I'm told it's from all the carbohydrates in the Dehydrated and freeze-dried food.
Hans Solo
Water reflects not only clouds and trees and cliffs, but all the infinite variations of mind and spirit we bring to it. – Sigurd Olson
06/29/2014 07:53AM
This year I did. For the first time, I dehydrated Bush's baked beans for our group. They turned out great and had all of the normal residual effects you get with them straight out of the can. Good thing our latrine holes were deep.
God let Peter walk on water. To the rest of us He gave knoos.
07/03/2014 06:46PM
Grandma and grandpa r sittin in church. Grandma leans over and says honey I just let a silent fart. What should I do. Grandpa replies. CHANGE UR HEARING AID BATTERIES.... MY HEARING AID DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT ONE.... LOL
Ah retired @ 50
04/01/2016 01:00PM
quote kanoes: "a related tip....black undapants. :)"
Always! Never whitey-tighties!
Joy is a great teacher, but so is dispair. Wonder is a great teacher, but so is confusion. Hope is a great teacher, but so is disillusionment. And life is a great teacher, but so is death. To deny yourself any of those in any aspect is not experiencing life totally.
04/01/2016 01:54PM
quote kanoes: "this is overdue :)
a bump in honor of chilly"
Jan, you bumped it on April Fools Day five years ago, too. Can't say you're not consistent! LOL
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
04/01/2020 05:08PM
x2jmorris: "I'll have to keep a log"
Warning: Keeping a log will just make you fart all the more. Let that fella slide!
Personally, I never fart in the wilderness because I never hear, "Dad, you stink!"
(I solo, but that is not germane to the discussion.)
Dave
04/02/2020 04:12AM
schweady: "Just saw a Social Distancing PSA poster:
"If you can smell their fart, move farther apart!"
"
That's why traveling solo is so easy!
I think I definitely fart more due to the increased amount of fiber in the energy bars, muesli, and oatmeal that I eat when in the BWCA.
04/04/2022 11:11PM
Chilly: "Hope y’all had a nice 1st of April "Hey Chilly some serious nostalgia when I see some of the names on this post. R I P to the brothers and sisters who are no longer with us .
" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein. WWJD
04/05/2022 12:45PM
HAFE (High Altitude Flatus Explosion) is real. Do not underestimate it. I consider anything over 750 feet above see level to be high altitude. The BWCA qualifies.
Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm" and the warrior whispers back "I am the storm". Unknown.
04/08/2022 08:11PM
AdamXChicago: "KarlBAndersen1: "It would be impossible to fart more than I already do."
I’m with you on that one, brother…"
And yes, I will join the both of you on this. Let’s just say I have a reputation and I will leave it at that.
04/01/2023 11:50AM
Chilly: "On our trip this year we could have powered our canoe for miles if we could harness all the wind we were creating. Not sure why butt do you fart more when up north or is it just us? "
Happppy April second eve!
"Now days these kids take out everything: radar, sonar, electric toothbrushs" Quint
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