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Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:16 pm

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:
Rickford wrote:Go Jim with the fight club reference!

Am I the only person remotely concerned about anyone lighting matches in the vicinity of flatulence? Like, explosive flatulence? It is a gas you know.

And farts do light!

I won't say how I know...
It's fine as long you don't light the methane as it's coming out. Bad things can happen if you're not careful.

I didn't even know till a few years ago that lighting matches after taking an epic dump gets rid of the smell. It's like some sort of sulfuric magic.

fire burns oxygen in the air in addition it burns other gasses or particles in the air which can cause you to register odors, this is the idea behind lighting a match after, as you say "taking an epic dump" but you can also use this technique when cooking something which has a strong smell, or just cooking with a lot of oil that causes a smell, light a candle and it will help diminish the smell.

also, on the topic of the article:

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:22 pm

If I let my milk burn, can match remove the smell too?

Laemkral · Post by **Laemkral** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:23 pm

Here's what *I* want to know about matches? Does eating the match heads really put sulfur into your bloodstream and keep away insects?

Legendary · Post by **Legendary** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:25 pm

What *I* want to know is how to find a fulfilling relationship through Match.com

RemusShepherd · Post by **RemusShepherd** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:32 pm

legostargalactica wrote:fire burns oxygen in the air in addition it burns other gasses or particles in the air which can cause you to register odors, this is the idea behind lighting a match after, as you say "taking an epic dump" but you can also use this technique when cooking something which has a strong smell, or just cooking with a lot of oil that causes a smell, light a candle and it will help diminish the smell.

Mythbusters did a show on this. There are two main components of flatulence, and lighting a match masks the scent of one of them. Still doesn't sound like it's worth it, to me...especially on a frickin' airplane.

Nyke · Post by **Nyke** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:58 pm

Legendary wrote:What *I* want to know is how to find a fulfilling relationship through Match.com

I'll tell you, as soon as I figure out how to fish with an accordion.

Tellurider · Post by **Tellurider** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:52 am

TRI wrote:Three stupid things I see:
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Three. That they allow you to bring matches but not strike them... what's the point?

Because if you're a smoker, you don't like long periods without having cigarettes, and when you get off the plane you want to go have a smoke immediately, but you can't carry a lighter on the plane so you have to use matches.

Some airports do not have smoking areas in them and you have to actually go outside (if your layover is long enough) to smoke, and you can never count on someone having a light.

THAT'S friggin' why.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:08 am

mcDuffies wrote:If I let my milk burn, can match remove the smell too?

i'd go with a candle, but yeah.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:34 am

I found it amusing (beyond the fart grounding the plane) that this was all caused because she was trying to AVOID attention.

JTigerclaw · Post by **JTigerclaw** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:52 pm

The thing to do in those situations is just look around and pretend it wasn't you.

Crazy Chris · Post by **Crazy Chris** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:34 pm

Airport security should check for anyone who ate any gassy foods recently.

Czar · Post by **Czar** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:54 pm

Crazy Chris wrote:Airport security should check for anyone who ate any gassy foods recently.

Scrap that. Airport security should just never allow anyone to fly for any reason whatsoever. Think of the trouble that would save everyone!