like drinking farts

why do farts smell worse in the shower?

dr. wintermute hypothesized that the fart molecules get attached to water molecules and get amplied. according to her, it's therefore pretty much "like drinking farts."

turns out she's right. answer bag says:

H2O, in the form of water vapor, easily attaches to methane molecules by the chlorine atom, or the sulfur released from bacteria, making the foul smell more readily attach to the nostril lining, subsequently sustaining the odor longer than in a dry climate. In addition, warm vapors will cause any crusted mucus to soften and disengage, providing more surface area within the sinuses. And lastly, (if you are male) the qualitive factor of "worse" is a perception of foreign gases - as to our own emissions, the qualitive factor is "better."

which reminds: in our old place (good old bohemia 5) that i shared with bloodninja, and then later with dr. wintermute, the bathroom wall touched the bathroom wall of our neighbors, this couple that lived next door. they liked to shower together in the mornings and the woman was a horrific shower farter. whenever we saw her around the neighborhood or in the parking lot, we'd smirk and call her 'shower farter' under our breath.