Barmaid, I never heard either parent do it either or any other close relatives. It seems to be thought funny these days. Nothing more offputting than farting!!
Oh, sorry Ann. I was thinking it was related to farting!!! I just don't come on so often these days. I haven't been anywhere. But if you check I have been about from time to time.
Sqad, I didn't say I was proud. Stepson is autistic and goes to a special needs school. There are children there that have Tourettes and far more serious disabilities and one of the pitfalls is that he picks up some choice words. What I'm saying is, sometimes it's hard not to laugh.
This delightful subject cropped up at a dinner table on the continent when I was in my late 20s.
One of the guys, who was visiting from the UK, had brought along a young German gal (about 18 or 190 whom he had met on the ski slopes of Switzerland. Her immortal words were "We Gerrmans, we do not fart."