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PollyDolly Fri 26-Aug-22 16:10:27

Parping.......wifting.......trumping.......fluffing.......farting......... we ALL do it! Even the queen.

Boz Fri 26-Aug-22 16:08:13

Don't Americans call it trumping. Nuf said.

Dickens Fri 26-Aug-22 15:54:47

I'm a bit of a snowflake, so it does make me cringe. I guess it's the way we were brought up!

A friend of mine taught his children to call the (very natural) bodily function, "puffy pardons" which always amused me. When they became teenagers, they relished the word, farting, and took every opportunity to use it.

As for the contestant's wife... I don't really know what to say. Except that I'd prefer not to be sitting next to her...

Blossoming Fri 26-Aug-22 15:46:12

I find fart jokes funny, always have. I wouldn’t really call the word ‘farting’ bad language but I don’t use it in polite company. As for the act itself people can’t always choose when or where they fart.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Fri 26-Aug-22 15:43:49

It's a bit adolescent, isn't it? But then some people never really grow up, do they?

HowVeryDareYou Fri 26-Aug-22 15:43:44

I don't object to the word, but I would object to someone doing it near me

Isabel46 Fri 26-Aug-22 15:40:55

Am I the only English-speaking mother and grandmother who objects to the use of the word ‘farting’? It seems that most people find it hilarious.

I was watching ‘Come Dine with Me’ recently and one of the male contestants confessed that his wife does it in front of others- not funny, I thought - and nothing to brag about!