Pass the Gas Survey Results–Welcome to the next installment of “weird but true” – unusual facts and stats uncovered by RL&A staff in the course of research for our clients.
As many of you know, RL&A specializes in personal health and beauty PR, which means that we know a lot about some very sensitive topics of a personal nature – if you get my drift. This month’s facts are from a recent survey that we conducted with Harris Interactive for our client W.F. Young’s CharcoCaps® Antigas Formula.
In case you were wondering about that strange smell in the elevator, some 72 percent of adults report they’ve passed gas in public or in front of someone else. The worst places to “let it rip” include during a work meeting (24 percent), a restaurant (19 percent), on public transportation (16 percent) and, oops, while having sexual relations (15 percent) – sorry folks – we don’t make this stuff up!
And just in case you haven’t heard enough about gas – more than two thirds of adults (68 percent) refer to their flatulence as “farts”, while 41 percent refer to it as “cutting the cheese.”
You can just imagine what our conference room brainstorming sessions are like!