Trapping flatulence inside your body because you are too embarrassed to pass gas in public can actually result in your breath smelling remarkably like a freshly dropped fart.

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Trapping flatulence inside your body because you are too embarrassed to pass gas in public can actually result in your breath smelling remarkably like a freshly dropped fart. When you stubbornly clench your sphincter to hold in intestinal gas, some of those noxious compounds are absorbed straight through the intestinal wall and into your bloodstream. The blood then carries these foul-smelling gases all the way up to your lungs, where they are cheerfully exhaled right into the face of the person you were trying to impress. It is the ultimate biological betrayal, completely ruining your attempt at common courtesy by forcing the exact same offensive odor out of your face instead. Evolution clearly has a deeply cynical sense of humor, ensuring that toxic bodily emissions will always find an exit route whether you approve of it or not. You can either risk a minor social faux pas down below, or guarantee a catastrophic conversational disaster up top