The Rosie and Roula Show

143: Farting Etiquette: Do You Call It Out or Stay Silent?

• Roula Abou Haidar and Rosie Burrows

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In this hilariously awkward episode, Rosie shares her struggle with a 70-year-old friend who unapologetically farts — loudly and smelly — without acknowledging it.   

🤢 She asks Roula: What do you do when someone won’t stop farting in your presence?

We dive into fart etiquette, cultural differences, embarrassment vs honesty, and why it’s so hard to call people out on something so natural yet socially uncomfortable. 

From the “sausage shuffle” to survival strategies in stinky situations, this is one episode you won’t forget.


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Roula (00:00)
Did you have another one?

Rosie (00:02)
⁓ it's on me again, is it, to ask a question? You're shrugging, that was really like full of attitude. But you had a cute little like cheeky smile on your face. I do have another one. I do, I do, I do, I do. Are you ready for this?

Roula (00:06)
If you have one.

Are you ready for this?

Rosie (00:25)
I am, are you? Okay.

Roula (00:27)
Yeah, I'm just gonna

type in the title.

Rosie (00:30)
okay.

Roula (00:46)
Tell me what you have for me. We don't have bloopers on these episodes, so this is going to be immediately an episode, but it's okay. Yeah, yeah.

Rosie (00:53)
That's fun. Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. ⁓

Roula (00:58)
Hit me with your question.

Rosie (00:58)
It's about... Okay. It's about farting.

Roula (01:04)
farting Okay We can finish this in a couple of minutes

Rosie (01:09)
You

So this kind of relates to episode 12. I think we were talking about burps and farts and, you know, etiquette around that, all that sort of thing. Well, I've been in a couple of situations recently, it's with the same person, he's a lot older than me. He's in his seventies, well, I think he's 70. He just loves to fart. And I'm talking loud farts and really smelly farts. And he doesn't say anything.

It's obvious he's farted. I can smell it. He knows he can smell it. And I'm like, what do I do in that situation? So far I haven't said anything, but it's awful. It stinks. What do I do, Ruler? I need your help.

Roula (02:02)
How come we, someone farts and we have to sit in their shitty smell and we feel wrong to tell them, man, can you fart somewhere else?

Rosie (02:08)
Shitty Smurf.

Yeah. It's like I'm embarrassed to bring it up. You can smell it just imagining it. ⁓ so rank. And we were at the, he, I've, so he had a stroke a few months ago and he can't drive. So I've been driving him around. we spend quite a bit of time together and we were at the hardware. What's that? that sounded like, ⁓

Roula (02:20)
I feel like it's smelly.

⁓

No, no, I didn't mean it like this. I don't know.

In Dutch we would say God damn it. Like this is disgusting.

Rosie (02:49)
What's that mean? Oh.

Roula (02:54)
.

Rosie (02:55)
So we're at the hardware store and he's farting and I'm like fuck I'm trying to walk away from him like this reeks. Anyway all of a sudden he goes oh I gotta go to the toilet. No we are

Roula (03:06)
⁓ I'm not sure I want to publish this episode. That's so freaking

disgusting.

Rosie (03:12)
Yeah, I know. Why do I have to shoulder this by myself? He comes back maybe 15 minutes later

and you went, my God, I walked the wrong way. I thought the toilet was down this end of the store. was the other end. And the store's like 100 meters long more. And he goes, yep, I was doing the sausage shuffle. And I'd never heard this saying before, but can you imagine what that might mean?

Roula (03:35)
Oh, do I want?

Rosie (03:36)
Yeah?

Well imagine what a brown sausage might be to do with if he was farting and needed the toilet. Right. And I'm just going UGH! UGH! So yeah, we'll make it end but I need your advice. You still haven't told me. What do I do next time he does a loud fart that fucking stinks? My strategy so far is just silence.

Roula (03:45)
don't want this episode.

He's old, probably he has no control over it, I don't know. He might have reasons. I would put like a face gas mask when I go in the car.

Rosie (04:05)
when making excuses. Maybe.

I almost spat my drink out everywhere.

Roula (04:15)
I

Rosie (04:18)
to something you said. You said, why aren't we saying anything? And it made me go, I'm embarrassed to say anything. I'm embarrassed, but it's...

Roula (04:24)
Yeah, you can tell him what I mean, come on. Yes, he's

not embarrassed for farting and you're embarrassed to say that it's disgusting.

Rosie (04:33)
Yeah... I should just

go gross, that stinks!

Roula (04:39)
You know, but this is a difference between us. I don't have a problem saying things like saying, you know, I'm I'm so glad I can drive you around and help you out. But this is killing me. The farting part. What can we do about it? Probably he was given himself. mean, OK, there is health issue. There is he has no control over, et cetera.

Rosie (04:55)
Yeah!

True, yeah.

Maybe.

Roula (05:08)
But sometimes older people and people when they feel comfortable, they just give themselves like free pass to fart all the time. Like a 10 year old.

Rosie (05:13)
Tree.

That's not pleasant.

Well, a 10 year old I'd pull up. So that's gross. Say excuse me. That stinks. Go to the toilet or something. It is. Thank you for bearing with me for this episode. it's so bad.

Roula (05:26)
Yeah!

It's disgusting. It's disgusting. it's so disgusting that you have to sit in this car and you know you can never lose

him in the hardware store even if it's 100 meter. You follow the fucking smell and you know where he is. Disgusting.

Rosie (05:46)
It is disgusting. Alright, let's end this episode. I don't want to think about it anymore. Maybe what you said. I love being able to drive you around and spend time together, but this farting is becoming a problem. What are we gonna do? Okay, I'll try my best. I'm really anxious about this.

Roula (05:49)
What are you gonna do next time? What are you going to do next time?

Absolutely! Yes!

Guys, I'm finishing this episode because it's so disgusting. I don't want it anymore. Oh, yeah, I don't even know what that is. I know what sausage is. Tell me I'm closing my ears. You can tell it to the listeners.

Rosie (06:08)
Go do a sausage shuffle.

It means... No, don't say it. With your earplugs pushed

in, A sausage shuffle, I'm assuming, is like a bit of poo was coming out, like a sausage, and he's had to shuffle, he can't walk properly because it's coming out and he's not at the toilet yet.

Roula (06:33)
Shut

up! Shut up!

Rosie (06:37)
Shut it up, just shut up, shut up. Okay, bye!

Roula (06:40)
Bye! ⁓ my goodness.