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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 08:30 PM
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Is there a smell that you absolutely LOVE that other people cannot stand?
I have one.

My own farts.

"Everyone likes their own brand." -Fat Bastard
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complain jane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 08:31 PM
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1. Gasoline.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 08:32 PM
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2. I love that smell too.
I don't know why, it's weird...
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:39 PM
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20. Me, too.
I thought I was the only one!

My sister loves the smell of skunk. I'm odd in that it is a smell I cannot detect. I have no idea what skunk smells like. I've never been near a spraying skunk at close range, so I don't know if that would make a difference. But, when everyone else in the car yells "Ugh! Dead skunk!" I smell nothing. There are a few other smells I have a hard time detecting, also.
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:58 PM
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23. SKUNK and GASOLINE.
Skunk reminds me of being in the mountains, and I have no really good explanation of why I like the smell of gasoline.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 08:36 PM
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3. Ohhh.... there is...
it's perfume oil and it 's called Red Musk. It is a god awful smell.. it's both repulsive and attracting.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 08:39 PM
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4. Well I won't say I Love it, but I like Skunk...
...I know I'm not alone.

Not too close (I've never been sprayed), and not too fresh. But I like it. :shrug:

Must be something basic, genetic, and biochemical about what smells we prefer or abhor.
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:18 PM
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9. I like skunk smell too, with those same qualifications
Even before I ever tried :smoke: which can sometimes have a delightful skunky smell. Full strength is not good, though. I remember having to clean my Sheltie after he was sprayed. Ugh.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:28 PM
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10. I KNEW I wasn't alone.
:)
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 08:41 PM
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5. Burnt matches
I don't know if other people can't stand that smell, but it's probably not high on others' lists.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 10:19 PM
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27. oh, I like that too
Edited on Mon May-02-05 10:20 PM by tammywammy
and candles after you blow them out.
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 08:42 PM
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6. New shower curtain.
(sniff) Mmmmm.
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 08:43 PM
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7. brewing beer
my wife and kids hate it. Reminds me of home
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 08:43 PM
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8. salted codfish being soaked and cooked
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phusion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:29 PM
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11. Horse shit...
:shrug:
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Thor_MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:31 PM
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12. Artificial bannana flavor
Bannana popsicles, Laffy taffy, those bannana shaped candies (Runts?)
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barackmyworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:34 PM
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13. oh gross!
yuck, I bet you ARE alone with that one
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Thor_MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:38 PM
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17. It must be genetic, all my little sister's kids like it too.
Sometimes it's tough being an adult and letting them have the bannana taffies...

(I can't believe I just said that...)
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barackmyworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:34 PM
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14. whoops posted twice--delete
Edited on Mon May-02-05 09:35 PM by barackmyworld
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:35 PM
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15. Manure being spread in the fields
Always liked that smell. So natural, earthy, such a smell of life to come and the cycle of life.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:38 PM
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18. Then you should move in with me.
My 4th floor dorm room is upwind (West/Northwest) from the campus livestock fields. It sometimes sucks to have my window open on a hot day...
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Thor_MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:40 PM
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21. If you are upwind, shouldn't be a problem
the wind is blowing from your direction towards the livestock fields. Now, if you were downwind, cowpie city.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 10:11 PM
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25. D'OH!!! I mean, I'm downwind...
:)
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TOhioLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:37 PM
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16. Mine is...
Vicks Vaporub...Something about the menthol and the eucalyptus oils...:shrug:
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:38 PM
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19. Skunk
Being a city boy I never realized that skunk really does smell like great pot until one of my co-workers hit one on the way to work. He pulled up and I was all over him wanting to know where the goods were stashed. Skunk smells great.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:40 PM
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22. napalm in the morning
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 09:59 PM
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24. My friend loves the smell of skunks. She also likes those
Alpo patties. (I mean she thinks they smell and taste good)
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thestatusquo Donating Member (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 10:14 PM
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26. new plastic
like when you open a brand-new beachball...........heaven
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