The farting storyteller’s boyfriend actually pulled over to look the vehicle over.
Some misunderstandings are funny. Others are hilarious. A Reddit user posted a brutal self-own moments after they let such a stinky fart rip that their poor boyfriend thought his car was breaking down.
The Redditor started with two important pieces of context: 1. “My partner lost his smell for the most part due to long Covid.” So for a while, they had been able to get away with letting a toot and scoot rip in his presence. And 2. “I’m lactose intolerant. That doesn’t stop me tho…So for dinner last night, I ate. A lot more dairy than i probably should have (baked potato with hella cheese and even more sour cream).”
Fast-forward to the day of the Fart-pocalypse. “I was in the car with my bf, on our way to pick up lunch, and my stomach was starting to hurt.” You can probably guess where this story is going. The Redditor was used to their boyfriend not smelling their undercover thunder.
The passenger casually cracked their window and let the old caboose whistle go. The boyfriend didn’t say anything about the cheeky squeak, so they thought they were in the clear.
Down the road, the story took a twist. “My partner starts panicking and pulls over onto the side of the highway. He started frantically checking the car.
The Redditor didn’t for an instant think the incident was connected to their crop dusting. They said, “I’m pretty clueless when it comes to cars so I asked him what was wrong with the car. He explained to me that he smelled rotten eggs, which is a sign that the battery is failing.”
Some folks might not have taken responsibility for the bum blaster that raised alarms. Others would have denied until the AAA truck arrived. But our brave Redditor came clean. “I just looked at him and said ‘…babe, Jeremy (the car’s name) is fine. I just ripped ass.’”
Apparently, the driver took 10 minutes to get rolling again. But that’s just because he couldn’t stop laughing. Now his partner’s in his phone as “??failing car battery??”
You can see the original post embedded below:
TIFU by accidentally making my boyfriend think the car was breaking down on the highway
byu/RustyButterKn1fe intifu
Can battery failure make your car smell like a fart?
According to Tire Outlet, “The stink of sulfur is a sign that your battery acid is leaking.” It’s something you’ll usually smell when you open the hood, and is a problem you want to address ASAP. But it’s not the only stinky way your car could fail.
A cracked exhaust manifold will make your passenger compartment taste like tailpipe whenever the engine’s running, and can be especially deadly. A plugged air conditioning condenser can get moldy and will smell like rotting food–such as lettuce–when you turn on the HVAC.
