Farting and altitude...

[Islandcool 0]

Ok so I'm bored and I got to straight dope for some entertainment. I stumble across this.. http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a960412.html

Now I've never let one rip on a load ... not because I'm such a gentleman but because I've just never had the need to. Any truth in the explanation on "Straight Dope"

Ed (god I'm bored)

[SkydiveMonkey 0]

Gotta make it clicky

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[Lolie 0]

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[Flatulence] is a well-known phenomenon among skydivers. Crowded into a tight aircraft, as you pass between 6,000 and 8,000 feet, there is a good chance someone will let rip. We just consider it a recreational hazard.

I think I know some skydivers that see it more as a recreation in and of itself.

-Miranda
you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear
it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

[StevieBoy 0]

"Dear Cecil:

[Flatulence] is a well-known phenomenon among skydivers. Crowded into a tight aircraft, as you pass between 6,000 and 8,000 feet, there is a good chance someone will let rip. We just consider it a recreational hazard. --L.V., via the Internet

Cecil replies:

Skydiving being what it is, Cecil cheerfully admits that increased flatulence may be partly due to your being in a state of generalized muscular tension. But isn't that pretty much what happens during sex?"

So the next time a whffo asks is skydiving better than sex I can reply,

as long as i'm in a state of generalized muscular tension i'm HAPPY

it deosn't mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.

[Jessica 0]

OMG. I'm here at work trying to stifle hysterical laughter. That's the BEST LINK EVAR.

Skydiving is for cool people only

[MC208B 0]

How bout 400 MSL rolling down the runway..........

Is is entertaining watching others faces recoil in an almost horrified fashion........but heh, I'm never the farter...

[freeflir29 0]

Damn.....and I thought I had seen worthless threads on this site.

[ltdiver 3]

There's a very good reason that the Bombshelter at Perris does -not- serve chili!!

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[akaGQ 0]

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Damn.....and I thought I had seen worthless threads on this site.

Its not the threads it s the posts clay.

- GQ

... it was the love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty ...
-Charles Lindberg

[Shark 0]

I always enjoy the looks that the tandem passengers give when they take that deep breath of freeflying farts. As an r-dub type I'm always close to the door so I can ventilate and breath fresh, cold air. When the meat haulers get them down, I explain that it is a cultural thing and to enjoy it as not doing so may insult the natives.

[sfc 1]

I've found that opening the door just ensures that everyone else in the plane gets to sample the aroma of butt.

[n2skdvn 0]

ya just gotta share the "love" sometimes....

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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[Shark 0]

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I've found that opening the door just ensures that everyone else in the plane gets to sample the aroma of butt.

just like ventilating a nuke sub after a radiation leak...

[sfc 1]

True, if it is one of mine I don't have any issue with spreading the love.

[freefallfreak 0]

Uhh, I posted this a while back but it has come to my attention that we still are not too clear on farting in the plane or what/why this happens...so here goes...

OK Ya'll,

FART FACTS:

1. The medical term for farts is flatus which is Latin for "the act of blowing"
2. The average person farts 14 times a day.
3. The amount of actual gas released ranges from as little as one cup to as much as one half gallon per day.
4. Where do farts come from? Billions of tiny living bacteria that reside in your large intestine. They eat whatever food is undigested in your small intestine and sometimes that food makes them fart. Their gas builds up inside you and when the pressure is too great, these millions of tiny bacteria farts come out your butt.
5. A fart is actually a mixture of gasses, some of which are odorless (carbon dioxide, hydrogen and methane) and some which are not(indole, skatole, and hydrogen sulfide).
6. A fart gets to your anus by intestinal contractions, a process called peristalsis. Peristalsis is stimulated by eating, which explains why we often need to fart right after a meal.
7. And finally, the tiny termite has the honor of being the animal with the most output of flatulence. Because of their diet(high fiber) they produce as much gas as a human. In fact, termite farts are believed to be a major contribution towards global warming!!!

Tee-hee
FFF

[n2skdvn 0]

THANK YOU MR. WIZARD........

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
my site

[freefallfreak 0]

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THANK YOU MR. WIZARD........

You are welcome...hehehe

TripleF

[mikeat10500 12]

on my loads at 5500' those w/full face helmets put
them on and the pilot gives me a dirty look wile opening his vent. They are all well aware what happens at 6000'.
ummmmmmm....ice cold chilli for breakfast!

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Higher Expectations for Modern Parachutists.

[bluefingers 0]

ummmmm you actually spent time researching this?

bwaaahaaahaaaaaahaaa

Kerry

[nacmacfeegle 0]

"Where do farts come from? Billions of tiny living bacteria that reside in your large intestine. They eat whatever food is undigested in your small intestine and sometimes that food makes them fart. Their gas builds up inside you and when the pressure is too great, these millions of tiny bacteria farts come out your butt. "

MMMM, so what makes the bugs fart?

heheh, I can see it now...5k, 'prrrooot'....

"sorry folks not me, its all those bacteria doncha know....."

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[sfc 1]

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7. And finally, the tiny termite has the honor of being the animal with the most output of flatulence. Because of their diet(high fiber) they produce as much gas as a human. In fact, termite farts are believed to be a major contribution towards global warming!!!

So if you have termites in your house and they get into your gear they will be farting all the way to altitude, I guess this explains the mystery farts that no-one will claim, I always thought it was a chcik who didn't want to own up.

[CrazyIvan 0]

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"sorry folks not me, its all those bacteria doncha know....."

So is safe to say: "Hey man, don't blame me!!!...but these damn amoebas"

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[Push 0]

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The gas issue was hot then because of the space program. Many feared man's mission to the stars might come to grief if an astronaut had a little too much chili before liftoff and the crew was, you know, overcome.

-- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo
Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

[AggieDave 6]

I've guessing two things: 1. You've never been on a load with me and 2. You haven't seen what I have on the front of my helmet.


On a side note, I had an atomic omlete one morning (omlete with ham, tomatos, onions, cheese, hotsauce and chili covering it)while in Padre. By the afternoon, I actually brought tears to a jumpers eyes on the ride up.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."