When I was younger, my grandpa used to tell me that no one could smell your farts if you did them around no one else. I didn't want anyone to smell my farts so I would run behind the couch every time I had to fart..even during family dinners.
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I farted, i could smell up all the stench before anyone else could smell it.— Tim
- If I had bad gas I would sometimes start to run as I farted to escape the smell. It didn't always work.— Sammy
- Farts really are Barking Spiders, right?Anon
- i used to think that farts came out as a little orange cloud.— mh
- I use to believe I had holes in my bum cheeks for my farts to come out— jackL
- I used to think that motorcycles were propelled by farts.— Meredith