my grampa told me me when i was little that when you fart sitting down you have to lean a little to let it out or else it would sneak up your butt crack and blow your belt off. he also said that if you fart in church you have to sniff it all up before everyone else smells it.
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- I was told in first grade that if you fart burp and sneeze at the same time you would blow up— bob doodle
- I used to believe that if you had to fart and held it in too long that it would cause you to blow upAnon
- My brother once told me that if you burp and fart at the same time, you'd explode— Aubrey
- I once told a friend of mine that if you held in a smelly burp, it'd turn into a fart. She believed me.Anon
- I used to believe if you fart hard enough you can fly— Bob
- I used to believe that when you fart, your tummy was breathing!— Nicholas Orsmond