bad language

It has four letters. That must be it. Whereas breaking wind has more than four. Maybe we should call farting arse-venting instead.

Well, well! You learn something every day. "Fart" coarse slang!? Blimey! I've always thought it was just an ordinary everyday straightforward word for a fart. Calling someone a fart might be coarse slang, depending how it was said and to whom, but calling a fart a fart is like calling a spade a spade.... surely?

We have one prize farter in the family and I fear that his younger DS is taking after him. Not fragrant.

Horses Fart
Men Break wind
Children Pump
and ladies Have it taken away by the fairies

mey its nice of you to stick up for me but I have known jingle since day one on Gransnet. It enough to say that I am not in her fanclub nor is she in mine.

I like that, hummingbird . I think I'll adopt that phrase!

In my family, we never fart, we 'let Nellie out'. . Not me, personally, you understand!

We all fart in our family! my DGD1 is known as queen o'farts in the family! I do think if you acknowledge this perfectly normal bodily function openly it is better than embarrassment!

'Pass wind' 'bottom burp' 'flatulence' 'gas'..which is better than fart?

Posh Man to another dinner guest: Sir, you farted before my wife!

Dinner guest: I am so sorry, I d?d not know it was her turn.

You are sooo lucky!

Flip me!!! What's your secret? Have you got really strong butt cheek muscles?

(Respect!)

I've never farted in my life , thank you j08

More to the point, do you ever fart in front of your grandchildren?

Not a pleasant sounding word. The Oxford dictionary describes it as it 'coarse slang'. just about sums it up.

I'm sure I wouldn't use that word in front of my grandchildren.

I just noticed that the Gnet children's book of the month is

Fluff the Farting Fish.

I was quite shocked at the F word.

Oh how clever I am not really one for reading any kind of instructions, hence my many mistakes thank you

Mey ...I deleted that bit. Sort of tongue in cheek
If you go to Emphasis below Post Message you'll find Strikethrough

Margaret I appreciate were you are coming from and I understand that you find it offensive.

You must undertsand that people just talk that way sometimes and really really dont mean to offend, as it is just normal for them to say the F word in normal conversation.

I dont think you are a stuffed shirt and I am SURE that jo7 was just joking with you, this is what she does, she is just a very cheerful funny person, please read a few of her threads. Please dont take offence.

soop did you notice that HQ deleted the bit were you said "we deserve"
do you think they r trying to say something!!

My PM file is bursting with ..."wish I'd read it messages."

I wouldn't use that word. Never.

Geraldine's alright really.

#stampofapproval

It did turn out quite funny soop. Bit of a shame it was deleted.

Mey, I agree with you about the 'c' word. It would never pass my lips. I have the impression it is used far more by men than by women which makes it all the more offensive.

To be fair, Geraldine and all the HQ "top brass" were most sympathetic to our plight. I had to grovel for many long hours before they agreed to delete the thread. So...yet again...many thanks for treating us with the respect we deserve