Do farts really burst into flames if you hold a match to the passing wind?
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Yes, m'dear, they really do.  Sadly, I saw this stunt performed at a Dungeons and Dragons party in 1988 by the company mage, Elric of Onslen.  The fart produced a blue flame.  Thankfully, this flame frightened the band of orcs we were fighting thus permitting us to claim their stash of gold.  Ah, but the stench was legendary.
399265
i don't know, i've never been in this situation.  my boss and i frequently have farting contests because we are both so gassy.  i walk into his large office and rip a nice one and let it hang there for a while, at least until i can smell it, then i just leave.  then he saunters into my cube and rips a nice one, let's it linger, and then just leaves.  i'm not sure what the score of our battle is, but i've got to be beating him.  his toots come out little and whimpy, and although mine pass through my sphincter somewhat wet, they are always large and billowy.
339672
well probably your fart just comes out and when you are doing your duty you push to hard that happened to me ONCE but just be careful i heard that that is bad, when you push to hard when doing your duty.
699119
Nope--both methane and the match itself need oxygen to burn.
1036453
I have had all sorts of gas passed upon me during "you know."\n\nWhile mowing the lawn, I have passed some of the best gas of my life.  It's the perfect opportunity!  A noisy lawn mower drowns out the sound, the smell of freshly cut grass masks the smell....  You can give up weeks worth of pent up farts with one mow of the front yard.  Just be careful you don't soil yourself straining.
436224
I like farting with or without a wind breaker farts are funny
1062457
Trust NASA on this one, they know what they are talking about. Matches burned in outer psace produce spherical flames.\n\n\nThe sequence of pictures, at the bottom of this page, illustrates a combustion experiment conducted at the NASA Lewis Research Center 132 Meter Drop Tower. ... Instead of the typical teardrop shape seen on Earth, the microgravity flames becomes spherical.
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by not forcing it and maybe trying to hold it back.  if there is enough pressure for the fart to come out on its own it will, with no more sound than the sound of an air hose being turned on.  if you force it more air will come out than your anus can accomidate forcing it to expand and become a musical instrument.
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Aw. Still not fast enough. Two people beat me!\n\nWhen you burn gas of any type you will produce water vapor as part of the chemical reaction. The water vapor condenses as it cools and dribbles out when the tail pipe is lower than the rest of the pipe.
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DON'T KNOW BABY  but this question just contributed 2 point closer to me getting to level 3.  and does anyone care???  probably not as much about farts.  but just like your tooty, thought i'd share that (worthless info) with the rest of the yahoo bloggers out there.  LOL  just being silly with you.  hope you don't mind.  but it is a funny, silly question.  actually i loved it!!!!!   what an imagination.  farts and the ozone.  well farts can be deadly in a closed room (so i've heard) so you may be on to something.
195490
yes. ive seen it on google video. and people go to the hospital for things lie that. its becuase of the mehtane produced, which s very flammable. that is why sometimes garbage dumps start on fire.
1060185
play with matches and you will get burned.
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waves form when you fart in the water
358368
I don't know how odd this is but almost 20 years ago I worked as the night manager at a convenience store.  \n\nWhile handing a lady her change I glanced outside at the gas pumps, there was maybe 3 people out there pumping gas.  I did a quick once over and noticed one guy next to his truck smoking a cigar while pumping his gas.  Immediately I went over to the mic to yell at him, and in the seconds it took me to move towards the mic, the top of the hose he was using cracked and started spraying gasoline all over him and his truck!  \n\nI screamed, and threw myself at the kill switches and in that eternal moment it dawned on me that I was about to die.\n\nBut I hit the kill switch, nothing caught on fire, there wasn't any explosion, and after removing the diamonds I just created in my a$$, I went outside and enjoyed the world's largest tirade against the now drenched cigar smoker.\n\nSo, how's that for an "odd" moment?
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It really means you are fun and nasty...\nBut basically yes... \nRead the composition here:\nNitrogen is the primary gas released. Methane and hydrogen, lesser components, are flammable, and so flatulence is susceptible to catching fire. Not all humans produce flatus that contains methane. For example, in one study of the feces of nine adults, only five of the samples contained bacteria capable of producing methane[5]. Similar results are found in samples of gas obtained from within the rectum. The gas released during a flatus event frequently has a foul odor which mainly results from low molecular weight fatty acids such as butyric acid (rancid butter smell) and reduced sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell) and carbonyl sulfide that are the result of protein breakdown. The incidence of odoriferous compounds in flatus increases from herbivores, such as cattle, to omnivores to carnivorous species, such as cats. Flatulence odor can also occur when there is a number of bacteria and/or feces in the anus while being expelled. A small amount of solid or liquid fecal matter in fine particulate aerosol form may also be expelled, and included, along with flatulence.
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sounds like a trip to the ER to me. You don't need axe deoderant to get a good flame. The methane from the fart will do that.
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Yes they all can put out a fire. Putting a fire out with gasoline would be a challenge. The only way you could realistically do this would be by butting so much on so fast you just smother instantly. But depending on the type of fire, all of these could accelerate the fire. \n\nIf you have a flammable metal such as magnesium and you try to put it out with anything you listed odds are real good you would accelerate the fire and probably cause an explosion.