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24 April 2007

What IS that smell and where is it coming from? Whatever it is, it's NOT natural!

post by: mischief at: 14:49 | 9 comments

Could it be the rotten sweaty funk of everyone in my building since they cut off the AC in the middle of the day?

posted by divka 24 April | 15:02

divka: I wish! This is neither funk, decay, smoke nor chemical. It is coming from outside.

posted by mischief 24 April | 15:10

It's money.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 24 April | 15:14

It's my new perfume. Guess you don't like it.

posted by Specklet 24 April | 15:33

Sorry man. Mexican for dinner last night.

posted by jonmc 24 April | 15:38

Is it skunk? Skunk can smell surprisingly unnatural.

My other guesses: fresh asphalt. That one really stinky tree that starts to bloom this time of year that smells sort of yeasty.

posted by muddgirl 24 April | 15:46

Nope, sorry muddgirl, I know skunk real well, and I grew up doing roofing.

I have a suspicion what it is, but I need to find collaboration.

posted by mischief 24 April | 16:18

err, corroboration, and yes, as I suspected, it's an olfactory hallucination. Plus, my blood pressure is through the roof. Good thing, I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. Drat!

posted by mischief 24 April | 16:41

Huh. Anybody else have olfactory...well, reveries and dream references? I was daydreaming the other day about the gardenias outside Mrs Pax and Pax Jr.'s house, formerly mine as well, although I haven't smelled 'em in three years now. They say smells are the strongest sensory memories of all.

posted by PaxDigita 24 April | 19:50

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