Ever been in a situation where you know someone around you has just let one rip? Or perhaps you sit near someone at work that every so often lets of a foul stench? Or even worse you, yourself have let one sneak out, just to unexpectedly be confronted by someone, and you know they can smell it, ahh the awkwardness is killer.

Of course 21^st century technology has found a way to fix our first world problems! Shreddies are a British underwear manufacturer and they have just introduced their new line of “flatulence-filtering” range of underwear for men and women.  The technology behind these works through an activated carbon back panel made of Zorflex, a highly porous material that the company claims traps foul smelling vapours and neutralizes them before they reach the nasal passages of the poor innocent people around you.

Surprisingly enough there are competitors out there for the Shreddies flatulence-filtering underwear 4SKINS has come up with some odour neutralizing underwear and further to that there is even a Better Marriage Blanket out there. The Better Marriage Blanket sits underneath your fitted sheet and soaks up ‘pesky flatulence molecules’.

The only flaw I can see in all of these is that no where do they mention blocking sound. I know it would be better to not have to put up with the foul smell emitting person in front of you in the supermarket line, but I somehow still think I’d still be slightly offended if I could hear them letting one rip.

What do you think? Are these products a good idea? Or more of a gag present for someone in your friend group with a reputation for being slightly whiffy...