my dad says that if you hold your burps in or farts, you will have a build up of gases aparently, and spontainiously combust.
2006-08-16 07:05:41 · 27 answers · asked by Hales 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
yeah, this guy says so too http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060816103553AAHJah0&r=w
2006-08-16 07:10:30 · answer #1 · answered by dnesnwotnad 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your dad is kidding you, it would give you a bloating feeling and give you a lot of pain, but you wouldn't go bang.
When you fall asleep your body would just pass the farts like it or not.
2006-08-16 14:14:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not so sure about spontanioul combusting ?? !!! but your dad is right about the gas build up, which can make you feel very bloated!
2006-08-16 14:11:37 · answer #3 · answered by Jojo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think your Dad should be put forward for a Nobel Prize. Am not quite sure whether it should be for chemistry or physics however.
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2006-08-16 14:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by d.perrot@btinternet.com 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is so funny, but no. Your body will find ways when you are relaxed enough...it will escape on its own. Gases built up by our body and food is not explosive, however stinky sometimes.
2006-08-16 14:13:29 · answer #5 · answered by Krazy K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it is true an it really takes the gut to hold any of these things you mentioned
2006-08-16 14:11:53 · answer #6 · answered by minty1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try it and find out. No it won't happen. Reaper, their dad was most likely joking it was the sort of thing my dad used to say to me to wind me up.
2006-08-16 14:11:25 · answer #7 · answered by paul m 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
you're dad is a moron AND an idiot. holding it in will bloat you up a bit and will be released one way or the other. you will not spontaneously combust bcuz of it.
2006-08-16 14:11:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Your dad is looking for an excuse for his gross behaviour of doing it in public.
2006-08-16 14:13:27 · answer #9 · answered by Arthur P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
False.
Better out than in, though, even if temporarily unpopular.
2006-08-16 14:20:29 · answer #10 · answered by ALAN Q 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not.
Combustion requires ignition. Nothing in your body is going to ignite anything else in your body, gas or otherwise.
2006-08-16 14:11:51 · answer #11 · answered by lotusice 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋