The kind of embarrassment that really STINKS!

When I was a freshman in high school, I let out the smelliest fart (silent but deadly) while sitting next to what I thought was the cutest guy on earth.

Yeah, nothing like barking one out to provide that atmosphere of sophistication.

(and by the way, IT'S SPELLED G-A-S!) It's kind of rude but understandable because it's a natural body function. As long as they say "excuse me" I understand.

This would be very embarrassing, but you can't help it sometimes.

It depends on who it was in front of. I pass gas in front of certain people without discretion. In front of a stranger, this might be a little more embarassing.

I suppose I can tell this story here without too much embarrassment. When I was in the sixth grade I had a crush on a girl named Lillian who was just about the cutest girl in school. Rumor had it that she liked me as well, but I was too shy to do anything but give her a weak smile when I was face to face with her. One day in class we had some free time and everyone was milling about the classroom. Lillian sat in the next row and she had stayed in her seat to talk to me. Well, it just so happens I was filled with gas that day and I was sweating bullets trying to keep it in. As we were talking her pencil fell on the floor near me and without thinking I bent over to pick it up. Let's just say that something just short of a small nuclear explosion erupted from me. I just stayed bent over with the pencil in my hand for what seemed like an eternity. I was just too embarassed to come back up. Finally I sraightened up and reached over to give her her pencil. She just stared at me and said You farted! all I could say was So what, everyone does. God Bless her she never told a soul. I saw her several years ago at a supermarket and we talked for a few minutes and I kept wondering if she still remembered that.

I try to stay away from people who have this problem.

This is becoming more and more acceptable and may someday as acceptable as belching. Still embarassing though, especially if done in mixed company.

I proudly belch in front of my friends. However, if it came out the other end, yeah, that'd be embarassing. Or, worse, when my husband pulls one of his silent-but-deadlies and just tells me to move, and this unsuspecting couple walks RIGHT into it; the girl will almost always whack her man and blame him for the smell, and the guy will have no clue why he was just smacked. Funny, but wrong.

if one accidentally sneaks out and it is audible; there really is no way to get around it. i would much rather squeeze one off silent like and claim innocence. unfortunately that won't work if there are only two of you there, unless you can blame it on the dog or cat.