Shelf life for "Excuse me."

[proof by exhaustion]

Inspired by another thread..

A person gets on an elevator and passes gas. The person is traveling, say, 10 floors. The elevator goes up one floor, and someone enters the elevator. Does the flatulator say "Excuse me" as the new passenger boards the elevator, before said new passenger even has an opportunity to waft the sweet smell of glory? What is the upper bound of n, where n is the number of floors traveled (or seconds elapsed) since the flatulence has taken place?

[vividox]

Why would you excuse yourself for something as amazing as farting? Just wear a shit-eatting grin on your face when they enter.

I'd just hold my nose and enjoy the ride.

[ajstudies]

Miss Manners says to pretend it didn't happen.

[proof by exhaustion]

Originally Posted by vividox

Why would you excuse yourself for something as amazing as farting? Just wear a shit-eatting grin on your face when they enter.

Point taken.

[proof by exhaustion]

Originally Posted by pander bear

I'd just hold my nose and enjoy the ride.

would you do this as a fakeout? or to prevent yourself from smelling it? imho, one's own product is not as unpleasant to oneself as it is to others.

[Patrick Bauer]

The proper behavior in the elevator in that situation is to blame it on some one locally famous that just got off the elevator. Such as "Can you believe that. {famous person} was just on here and just before the door opened for him to get off he ripped a loud one."

[Phil]

Hey, as long as you were by yourself when you farted, there is absolutely no need to say anything, and I don't care if a new person teleports in a second later.

[ShakeNBakes]

Originally Posted by ajstudies

Miss Manners says to pretend it didn't happen.

that's because Miss Manners is 85 and if she's like any other 85 year-old lady I've encountered, she is ripping mean ones every 30 seconds.

[edit: Wiki says she's only 70, but my point remains the same]

[Meathead]

Originally Posted by Patrick Bauer

The proper behavior in the elevator in that situation is to blame it on some one locally famous that just got off the elevator. Such as "Can you believe that. {famous person} was just on here and just before the door opened for him to get off he ripped a loud one."