Worst thing you have ever smelled!

[HALO 32]

That's right; discuss the foulest things that ever entered your nostrils.

For me that would be a turkey pan...one month after Thanksgiving.

And just a little while ago I accidently dropped a bottle of Aqua Velva :o

[TheEpicOfTyler]

Part of my job as sanitation personnel in a large food production plant is cleaning out the separator pit. The separator pit is where all the shit that goes down every drain (non-bathroom drains) in the plant collects into a toxic foul sludge.

:(

[Blue]

My cats. We've bought so many fancy types of litter boxes for them and they just crap all over the floor. I can taste it in my mouth.

[maharahaj]

When I was doing civil engineering land surveying, part of the job was to pry open sewer manhole covers and measure the inverts. Therefore, we were exposed to the smell of an entire towns dumps.

Then we went on lunch break.

[Wolvie]

One of my daughters poop filled diapers. It was the foulest thing to ever waft up my nostrils, ever. I usually don't gag at foul smells, but I nearly puked over that.

[Everyone vs Dinosaurs]

Part of my job as sanitation personnel in a large food production plant is cleaning out the separator pit. The separator pit is where all the shit that goes down every drain (non-bathroom drains) in the plant collects into a toxic foul sludge.

:(

Wow, pictures please.





Hmm...

I would have to go with Whunpo.




But seriously, one time I was cleaning out the fridge... and I found a thing of what appeared to at one point be rice, that had turned green. I nearly vomited after opening the tupperware.

[Wilkz07]

my farts right now. damn its bad.... barely... finish... typi ack!

[diablopath]

I had brain surgery in 2003.
I'm not sure how long after that, but when they were removing the bandages, the smell of all the medical goos and I guess discharge from my wound...it was icky.

[Superman's Dead]

Oh god, I had almost forgotten about this.

One of the toilets in my dorm overflowed last year, and water got all over the carpet in the living room, the hall, and my dorm room. And then, because the floor wasn't flat and had little dips in it, the water sat there. And dried. And mildewed. And it was just...in my room...god that was horrific. That was one of the worst weeks of college in the world.

Also, I never smell anything anyone tells me to smell, unless the object in question is a pretty girl. It's never safe.

[Sandman]

Perfume, makes me gag sometimes when women pile the stuff on...not sure how people can stand to be within 5 feet of them for more than 10 seconds.

[maharahaj]

I thought of another one. In high school, some kid found an open spare locker at the start of the school year and put his closed, partially finished tupperware of soup in it and forgot about it. Well, it fermented over several months and in the spring, exploded. Three long hall ways smelled like a pile of baby vomit for two days.

[Gormanimal]

I've worked in wildlife research and the bait used for trapping carnivores can get pretty bad. One of the worst was trapping wolves, which love deer and in particular a nice ripe liver. We stuffed a roadkill deer's liver into some containers and let them ripen. A few months later we went to put them to use and I was dry heaving the minute the lid cracked. I didn't think a smell like that was possible.

[Typical Michael]

Put a diet coke can in a fire and tell me that dont stink.

[IIntrude]

I used to be on a county Search and Rescue squad. As divers we were responsible for the lake searches for missing persons, that was not pleasant at all.

[diablopath]

I used to be on a county Search and Rescue squad. As divers we were responsible for the lake searches for missing persons, that was not pleasant at all.

Gary Motherfuckin Oak.

[TheEpicOfTyler]

Wow, pictures please.





Hmm...

I would have to go with Whunpo.




But seriously, one time I was cleaning out the fridge... and I found a thing of what appeared to at one point be rice, that had turned green. I nearly vomited after opening the tupperware.

I would love to share the wonder that is the separator pit, but bring cameras in to the production area is against company policy and I don't want to lose my job yet!

[KingGorilla]

What most consider foul, I can deal with. I have field dressed large animals, so bowels are not so bad. I once had a summer job that included cleaning septic tanks, not so bad.

Which is odd because I have rather sensitive olfaction.

I tend to be most displeased when people try to mask scents with "pleasant ones." Recently my brother had cranked one of those plug in gell airfresheners in his small bedroom. And there was a faint smell of camomile, but mostly it smelled like Triaminic and Bile. He thought it smelled like almonds.

Anyone who has way too much perfume or cheap cologne on. You know the perfume I mean, it doesn't really smell like something, just smells like pungeant alcohol soaked decaying flowers.

There is also the apple tree near my house. In the summer it is great as a faint hint of apple graces the air. But now it is the sickly-sweet smell of rotting fruit all over the place.

[biosc1]

Definitely the orange my brother left in his backpack over one summer vacation during high school...all summer we sort of wondered what that smell was in his closet, figuring it was just the smell of a teenager...

...well, that was on backpack that needed to be terminated.

[TheKeck]

I don't know if it's really the foulest thing, but when I used to walk to school in college, I would have to pass by these trees with flowers at certain times of the year. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I HATED the smell of those flowers!!!!! I really could not stand it. It actually made me think a lot about the nature of odors and what we consider to be bad smelling. <Shudder>

[TheKeck]

On a more common note, there is a mink farm not too far from my house. It smells rancid in the normalist of ways. ;)

[Sazime]

Mold growing in the marsh outside where I work. Thank gods I work in a air filtered building. On hot days, it was horrid.

[That Darn Kat]

I work in the sporting goods section at wally world and just the other day someone sprayed the aerosol doe pee at my counter. I thought I was going to die, not only did it smell horrible but it made my eyes burn and in lingered in the air for at least an hour.

The only other thing I can think of that's as bad is also from work: The grocery garbage compactor. ;_; It's basically a combination of a horrible metallic smell and rotting food that blasts you in the face as soon as you open the compactor door.

[Mashidar]

I work in the sporting goods section at wally world and just the other day someone sprayed the aerosol doe pee at my counter. I thought I was going to die, not only did it smell horrible but it made my eyes burn and in lingered in the air for at least an hour.

The only other thing I can think of that's as bad is also from work: The grocery garbage compactor. ;_; It's basically a combination of a horrible metallic smell and rotting food that blasts you in the face as soon as you open the compactor door.

*laughs* I just find it funny that you have a Ranka Avatar, where I have a Sheryl Avatar and we both work for Wally World. :D

On topic though I have to agree on both smells. I live in a rather high hunting area and people have spilled scent around before although the garbage compactor is a much worse smell IMO. Toss in the fact that when it's really hot out that compactor's smell is only increased to a level that almost makes you want to wear a mask when you toss stuff in.

Then again I don't deal with that much, I work in Photo/Electronics. :p The worst smell for me would be when someone was driving down the road and hit 2 skunks. There is nothing worse IMO then the smell of two dead skunks. Almost made me gag to the point of pulling over.

[Everyone vs Dinosaurs]

I would love to share the wonder that is the separator pit, but bring cameras in to the production area is against company policy and I don't want to lose my job yet!


Darn!

You probably said earlier what company it is that you work for, but I missed it.

So, what company is it?

[TheEpicOfTyler]

Darn!

You probably said earlier what company it is that you work for, but I missed it.

So, what company is it?

http://crestcontest.com/images/image010.jpg

It is a decent sized food packaging plant in a small rural town in Illinois. Mostly instant type foods, the 'just add water' variety. Of course when all of that mix goes down the drain together and ends up with a bunch of dirty water, it ends up a disgusting mess.

[HALO 32]

Wow I never thought this would have taken off!

Keep the stories coming ;)

[Radioguy9698]

http://www.liquidass.com/

Enough said..

[Everyone vs Dinosaurs]

It is a decent sized food packaging plant in a small rural town in Illinois. Mostly instant type foods, the 'just add water' variety. Of course when all of that mix goes down the drain together and ends up with a bunch of dirty water, it ends up a disgusting mess.


Nothing says health food, like just add water.

[Lance Uppercut]

A large ulceration on a bedridden and dying patient who was transferred from a nursing home. Almost as wide as his whole buttocks, deep enough to see some bone, and full of necrosis. I needed to wear 2 surgical masks when changing his dressing just to make the smell tolerable, but even then it was still awful.

[Everyone vs Dinosaurs]

A large ulceration on a bedridden and dying patient who was transferred from a nursing home. Almost as wide as his whole buttocks, deep enough to see some bone, and full of necrosis. I needed to wear 2 surgical masks when changing his dressing just to make the smell tolerable, but even then it was still awful.


Just reading that was so repulsive, I almost began to gag.



I marvel in your presence.

[Food Nipple]

I don't know if it's really the foulest thing, but when I used to walk to school in college, I would have to pass by these trees with flowers at certain times of the year. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I HATED the smell of those flowers!!!!! I really could not stand it. It actually made me think a lot about the nature of odors and what we consider to be bad smelling. <Shudder>

Holy shit, I've had the exact same thing happen to me, there's one week every spring the trees in front of the student union would blossom, and the flowers smelled like absolute ass.

[Troggles]

I don't know about the worst thing ever, but I smelled some strawberry and jalapeno jam today and it smelled rancid.

[Everyone vs Dinosaurs]

Holy shit, I've had the exact same thing happen to me, there's one week every spring the trees in front of the student union would blossom, and the flowers smelled like absolute ass.

Absolute Ass: Description, or Low-Budget Porno?

[Gormanimal]

I don't know about the worst thing ever, but I smelled some strawberry and jalapeno jam today and it smelled rancid.

VS.

A large ulceration on a bedridden and dying patient who was transferred from a nursing home. Almost as wide as his whole buttocks, deep enough to see some bone, and full of necrosis. I needed to wear 2 surgical masks when changing his dressing just to make the smell tolerable, but even then it was still awful.

Who would win:confused:

[Troggles]

I'm sure lance would win, but this is for the worst thing *I* have ever smelled. If this was a competition, I would have never entered.

[BlackPete]

Hmmm tough one to pick from.

Edible food (that's still edible): Highbush cranberry jam. When I lived with my family, my Dad used to eat this a lot. Everyone else hated it, and it stunk up the house something fierce. Now there's a complete ban on it being anywhere near the house. Even the birds refuse to eat the berries off the bush. If birds refuse to eat it, that should tell you SOMETHING. Distant (and I do mean distant) runner-up: Rotten durian.

Most recent foul smell: A box of blue shell crabs at the local chinese grocery store. These are aggressive little fuckers and will literally tear each others limbs off. It's almost impossible to take just one out of the box with tongs because they'll latch onto each other and you end up pulling out a chain. Due to their violent nature and ripping each other apart, there's a lot of rotting meat in the box. Not to mention their bodily waste pooling at the bottom of the box. I had to steer clear of that part of the seafood department by at least 10 feet.

Plant: Corpse flower. Trust me, the name fits.

And finally... farts fueled by corned beef, steamed cabbage, and pickled eggs. You can clear entire buildings (and likely kill yourself) with these monster farts.

[pomeroy]

When I worked at a daycare, I was working with the babies and had to regularly change diapers. Whatever, you get used to it. But one day...my god. My. GOD. I don't even want to think about what that little guy had eaten to make it smell that bad.

[TheEvilNarwhale]

I didn't enter the room because it was out of order due to a NORO patient (actually victim might be a better way to put it), But being outside of the room was the foulest thing ever. But when someone has projectiles coming out of both ends for days you can't hope roses.

[That Darn Kat]

*laughs* I just find it funny that you have a Ranka Avatar, where I have a Sheryl Avatar and we both work for Wally World. :D

On topic though I have to agree on both smells. I live in a rather high hunting area and people have spilled scent around before although the garbage compactor is a much worse smell IMO. Toss in the fact that when it's really hot out that compactor's smell is only increased to a level that almost makes you want to wear a mask when you toss stuff in.

Then again I don't deal with that much, I work in Photo/Electronics. :p The worst smell for me would be when someone was driving down the road and hit 2 skunks. There is nothing worse IMO then the smell of two dead skunks. Almost made me gag to the point of pulling over.
I saw your avatar when I first started posting here! ^_^ I wanted to go chat in the anime and manga thread but then you brought up MF and I haven't finished it yet, so I had to stop reading. I just watched episode 18, sooo awesome. =3

And Walmart is so full of nasty smells! There is a family that comes in now and then that must have never bathed in their entire lives. It smells like pure, undiluted ammonia and it lingers in the air behind them forever. We sneak around behind them, spraying air freshener in their wake.

Oh, and the dead skunk story reminded me of when I was walking to work for awhile. A skunk got killed on the side of the road I walked on, so I would have to hold my breath whenever I went by. But one day, someone must have thrown it into the grass. I could no longer tell where it was until I smelled it: rotting skunk carcass. ;_;


It is a decent sized food packaging plant in a small rural town in Illinois. Mostly instant type foods, the 'just add water' variety. Of course when all of that mix goes down the drain together and ends up with a bunch of dirty water, it ends up a disgusting mess.

And zomg! I lived in Creston IL for 8 years, and out in BFE near Indian Creek HS for 2 years. Was that plant the place that was stinking up the entire state? Someone once told me there was a meat packing plant nearby as well, so maybe that's the horrible smell I'm recalling.
I went to RTHS for two years, and Indian Creek for 1 1/2. =o

[Whunpo]

Hmm...

I would have to go with Whunpo.
Hey, fuck you! I smell like 100% man! :mad::D

[Scaryfaced]

I spent a Halloween partying at UCSB and got a bit out of control. It was my freshmen year of college and I decided to visit my brother's frat. Needless to say, I drank too much. It was some sort of girly red liquor in a genie bottle and ended up violently painting the back fence with it later on. I eventually fall asleep and wake up with possible the worse hang over I've ever experienced. I decided to take 3 or 4 asprin to stop the jackhammer in my brain. Well, 5 minutes pass and my stomach goes sour. I'll spare you the gruesome details, but I threw up a combo of half digested asprin and only the purest of yellow stomach bile. I can't even describe to you what it smelled like, it was completely beyond comparison to anything else I've ever come across. Try to imagine an entire hospital throwing up, that's about as close as you'll hopefully ever get to that kind of stench.

BTW greatest thread title ever
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[Everyone vs Dinosaurs]

*ploop*


Pics of this girlie liquor!

[pomeroy]

Pics of this girlie liquor!

HAHAHA. Ploop? I love it.

[Ancalagon]

When I was in university, one of our digsmates left a potato in the cupboard, in the back where no one could see it. When it rotted, it started to produce a thick, brown liquid. I had no idea that rotting vegetables could smell so much like rotting meat, it was disgusting.

As for the worst..... Its a hot monday morning, and myself and my director have just arrived at work. I open the door, and am immediately assaulted by a smell that faintly resembles rotting cheese, carried by hot air. Us being a software house, we leave our servers on all weekend with the windows closed and no aircon, so the office is warm to hot before any windows are open. As for the smell.... someone left a meal, or the remains of a meal, in his dustbin before leaving on Friday. By Monday, it was a putrid green mess that none of us could identify. The office stank of it for a week. A bad smell is one thing, a bad smell and oven temperature air nearly made me vomit. I heard our marketing director dry heaving throughout the day.

[Purple Santa]

A pair of socks or even worse the feet that killed the poor socks that wore them. If Ms. Claus sees this thread she'll tell the nasty smells of her sister...there's just to many...walk by her room and it's worse than the person who said they work in the sanitation part of a plant cleaning toxic sludge...yes, the smell is worse than that...

[Raen]

Moving out of student halls we had to clean the fridge. There was a green thing that had been growing on the back of the fridge for most of a year. Almost gagged. Possibly worst to that was when they were cleaning out a blockage at a supermarket I used to work at. The blockage was in the sewer system for the store where the run off from the meat/fish/etc... departments went. That was pretty bad.

[Lithium Flower]

Baby poo definitely... it's the most awful thing ever! EVER! Eww!

The smell of burning flesh, like when they cauterize is also really bad. Haven't really had much exposure with sewers/disposals as such, so I don't know how bad that is, but baby poo... *cries*

[Ancalagon]

If Ms. Claus sees this thread she'll tell the nasty smells of her sister...there's just to many...walk by her room and it's worse than the person who said they work in the sanitation part of a plant cleaning toxic sludge...yes, the smell is worse than that...

I'm..... scared to ask, but how can a girl possibly smell bad? Are we talking about the same species here?

[SilentScreams]

I really really hate the smell of mustard plants.
Every time I drive past a field of them, I have to breathe through my mouth for the whole time.

Another odd one was when I worked as a sign maker, I was putting up a 20 foot banner for this new business and the side of their building where they wanted the banner was down a sort of secluded path, but it overlooked the main road once you got to a certain height.
Anyway, I went down the path and for some reason there was a crate of eggs and they all had this brown powder on them. I have no idea what that was all about but the smell was awful.

[pseudopseudo]

Short story:

My mom borrowed me her car one weekend a few months ago, and I made a comment about how bad it stunk. She just told me, "Yeah, it's been a while since I've had it cleaned - I'll just pay to get it detailed when you give me the car back." I only had the car for two days; in that timeframe, the stench got so bad that I pretty much dry-heaved everytime I had to go anywhere. So the time came to give the car back, and we looked around in the car - couldn't find anything. Popped the trunk... still nothing, until we lifted a blanket she had. Underneath was a carton of eggs - she'd bought them months prior and forgotten them in the trunk. A couple got cracked, and in the Vegas heat - yeah. Worst thing I've ever smelled. :D

[Lekon]

Not worst as in stink, but worst as in most painful:

Back in high school, there were different Hallways. I was heading to History, which was a class that led right by the main offices, when I heard a rather loud pop. Then. *pain*. I'm a bit sensitive to certain chemical smells. Everyone in tha that hallway was sensitive then too. Some genius had brought mace to school. And put it in their locker. And slammed the locker shut while the canister was rolling back out, causing it to explode, filling the hall with the scent of pain.

Nothing quite like coming home from highschool with a fresh face of mace.

[Craigtheplague]

If you guys ever forget to check the milk before taking a drink directly from the bottle, then you may end up having a new worse smell. *shudder*

[Lance Uppercut]

The smell of burning flesh, like when they cauterize is also really bad.

It smells like bacon. Bacon gone horribly wrong. Thank God for masks when you're in a surgery.

[Gormanimal]

Moving out of student halls we had to clean the fridge. There was a green thing that had been growing on the back of the fridge for most of a year. Almost gagged. Possibly worst to that was when they were cleaning out a blockage at a supermarket I used to work at. The blockage was in the sewer system for the store where the run off from the meat/fish/etc... departments went. That was pretty bad.

I remember moving out of my residence in first year and there was some pretty bad stuff in and around the fridge. However, the old bag of Wonder bread that had been left on top of the fridge since the beginning of the year was stale but completely mold-free.

[Vulture]

i'm seeing a lot of baby poop entries. i have to agree, the worst smell i've been exposed to is the rare, baby supershit. both my kids were susceptible to one of these a month. there is no amount of horror i have witnessed equal to cleaning green-yellow chunky glue like substance, that is half as large as your child... of his cheeks. it smells like rotting beef and bottle-rockets, and sticks to everything. because of the sheer volume of the substance you are guaranteed to get in onto you and your kid's clothing in some form. the ensuing cleanup, would require OSHA standards to properly negate the smell from the house.

second worst smell. i used to work on a fishing boat in the summer. at the end of the day we would put the fish racks in toats on the dock, where the lobsterman would take them to bait his traps for the morning. normally its not too bad of a smell, as the racks would not stay there longer than 24 hours. one week, mr. lobsterman's boat was out of commission, so the entire fishing fleet resorted to throwing the fish carcasses in the dumpster... by the end of the week there was probably a half ton of rotting fish baking in this steel contraption. it was vile. there were maggots spilling out of the cracks of dumpster, with a cloud of flies buzzing around the top that could be visibly seen across the parking lot. the smell was so pungent it permeated everything in the marina: clothing, boat cushions, car radiators, hair, lures... everything smelled like this pile of rotting death... for months.

[TheEpicOfTyler]

And zomg! I lived in Creston IL for 8 years, and out in BFE near Indian Creek HS for 2 years. Was that plant the place that was stinking up the entire state? Someone once told me there was a meat packing plant nearby as well, so maybe that's the horrible smell I'm recalling.
I went to RTHS for two years, and Indian Creek for 1 1/2. =o

The plant I work at is not in Creston despite the name, it is in Ashton. I have been to Creston before though and I believe there is a Tyson slaughterhouse there, so that may be the stench. There are Tyson's in like every other small town in Illinois. Worst area wide odors ever.

[Bad Buddha]

On a lot of my motorcycle travels I've encountered many sun bloated/exploded roadkill carcasses of deer, elk and cows. In a car you can roll your windows up, but on a bike you can sense it from a mile or so away, and you just know it's going to get worse.

Once a friend of mine that was riding ahead of me hit a fresh roadkill at night; possum/raccoon, small beasty; several miles later I was enjoying the smell of cooking entrails as the splatter on his exhaust pipes started to roast. I took the lead after that but our campsite that night was horrendous.

[quidmonkey]

Some car fresheners - they make me nauseated.

[shunoshi]

I have two different occasions, both deer related.

The first was a box of venison that we didn't have room for in the freezer. Being that it was winter in MN, we decided to put the box in an old car that sat beside our house. Nature's freezer, right? We found the box of maggots--err--venison the following August.

The second was field dressing a gut-shot deer....I won't go into too much more detail, but smells seem far worse when you're elbow deep in them.

[Scaryfaced]

It smells like bacon. Bacon gone horribly wrong. Thank God for masks when you're in a surgery.

I went to a highschool that was built next to a crematorium. Thankfully, it was on the other side of the campus near our football field, but that didn't stop the smell. Once every few weeks, the entire campus would smell like delicious BBQ. It wasn't until you walked outside and saw the smoke stacks going before you realized you were getting hungry from the smell of burning bodies.
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[Radioguy9698]

anyone ever lived down wind from a paper mill?

[Spacetronaut]

This summer I had to pull a dead dog out of a trash can after a long weekend. That was pretty foul. If you spend a while cleaning city parks you get to smell all sorts of awesome stuff.

Also hog confinements are pretty bad, but the dog is definitely the worst.

[Bone]

My cats. We've bought so many fancy types of litter boxes for them and they just crap all over the floor. I can taste it in my mouth.
Truth. We just got a new cat and she has far less tolerance for a dirty litter box than our other two. I found three full, human-smelling dumps on the carpet and nearly gagged trying to clean them up. And I have a pretty high tolerance for stank.

[Bad Buddha]

anyone ever lived down wind from a paper mill?
I lived in Tacoma way back in the 60's. There were some serious pulp mills down in the waterfront area and they used to crank out all sorts of foul emanations.

This was back before environmentalism was even a concept.

Another fun stench source was the Ruston Asarco smelter (http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1GQE). It's one of the major Superfund sites in the Puget Sound area.

For almost 100 years, the Asarco Company operated a copper smelter in Tacoma. Air pollution from the smelter settled on the surface soil over a vast region - more than 1,000 square miles of the Puget Sound basin. Arsenic, lead, and other heavy metals are still in the soil as a result of this pollution.

Mmmmm! Lead and arsenic! Sulfur was another wonderful byproduct smell that we had to deal with depending on which way the wind was blowing.

[CptTripps]

At my old workplace the city was doing maintenance to the sewer drains. Somehow there was an air pocket that came bubbling up through our toilets and filled the entire building with old poop smell and enough methane gas to get everyone high (yes, butt hash) in the 30 seconds it took us to evacuate the building.

Other than that, rotting flesh.

[TheEpicOfTyler]

At my old workplace the city was doing maintenance to the sewer drains. Somehow there was an air pocket that came bubbling up through our toilets and filled the entire building with old poop smell and enough methane gas to get everyone high (yes, butt hash) in the 30 seconds it took us to evacuate the building.

Other than that, rotting flesh.

That sounds like an amazing prank if someone could control that.

[Expugnare]

Three things come to mind:

1) Burning flesh especially when you know it is your own.

2) I had some left over bleu cheese dressing from some wings and it fell behind my nightstand. Its rediscovery in two months time was horrendous. It had crusted over with a pale yellow husk that smelled like death.

3) My grandparents have a house boat on the St. Lawrence in New York that they keep in a marina since it no longer runs. Once while visiting, another boat struck a carp with its prop while docking so there was a mutilated fish baking in the sun for days before someone finally pulled it out to dispose of it. That was when the wave of repulsion swept over the area.

[maharahaj]

anyone ever lived down wind from a paper mill?

Or a mushroom house?

[Church42]

During my soccer days in high school, our practices prior to the school year were 2 a days and in the morning, the grass was often wet with dew. Our feet would get wet from the dew (and the puddles the captains made us run through).

Well, my feet got torn up pretty badly my freshman year (never did the amount of running I did the 1st few weeks of HS soccer) and would develop caluses and what not on my feet...well, I managed to get one of my feet infected by the crap in the water we'd run through and I got an infection...was sidelined for 2 weeks and changing those bandages....WOW...did that puss reek...it was rank!

[LordDon]

On a more common note, there is a mink farm not too far from my house. It smells rancid in the normalist of ways. ;)

Hey, TheKeck, do you ever get the lake smell down in Lehi? For the rest of you, the Great Salt Lake is teeming with billions and billons of brine shrimp. (sea monkeys) They eventually wash up on shore, die, and decompose. Every couple months you get a good windy front moving in that blows the stench across the entire Salt Lake Valley, you can't escape it. Luckily it usually only lasts a day.

I went to a highschool that was built next to a crematorium. Thankfully, it was on the other side of the campus near our football field, but that didn't stop the smell. Once every few weeks, the entire campus would smell like delicious BBQ. It wasn't until you walked outside and saw the smoke stacks going before you realized you were getting hungry from the smell of burning bodies.

That is simultaneously hilarious and disturbing.

[Radioguy9698]

I went to a highschool that was built next to a crematorium. Thankfully, it was on the other side of the campus near our football field, but that didn't stop the smell. Once every few weeks, the entire campus would smell like delicious BBQ. It wasn't until you walked outside and saw the smoke stacks going before you realized you were getting hungry from the smell of burning bodies.

ever wondered what was in the "mystery" meat?

[Johan]

I can't think of a worst, but I have to share a "best." My oldest daughter was born at home, in my living room. I "caught" her, and I know it sounds weird, but the moment was so intense (in an awesome way) that I can even remember the smell, and thinking I had NEVER smelled anything better than my beautiful little firstborn baby girl.

It actually brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. I just can't put the moment (and the sensory experience that went with it) into words very well.

Bad smells? My son smells like death when he passes gas. GAH! Putrid little pooper boy! :D

Oh, I just remembered the paper mill we occasionally pass by on our trips north. STENCH! Also, there is a huge landfill off of Interstate 91 north of Hartford that, given the right conditions, can stink badly too when you drive by.

[Scaryfaced]

Or a mushroom house?

There's a mushroom farm not far from my old highschool as well. It wasn't noticeable until they built compost heaps a few times a year. I'm drawing a blank on the term, but heat builds up at the center of the heap and goes into a flameless burn. The pungent stench carried for miles.

On retrospect, my highschool was full of horrible smells.

ever wondered what was in the "mystery" meat?

Nope. We had a Korean "catering" company that posed as our meal plan. I know exactly what went in to the mystery meat.;)
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[Johan]

I'm drawing a blank on the term

Methane, I believe. Same thing builds up in landfills. It's a byproduct of bacterial decomposition, I believe...

maybe. Or it could be something else.

[LordDon]

It actually brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. I just can't put the moment (and the sensory experience that went with it) into words very well.


Have I taken the chance to mention how happy I am to see you posting on CoG, Johan?

[pomeroy]

I can't think of a worst, but I have to share a "best." My oldest daughter was born at home, in my living room. I "caught" her, and I know it sounds weird, but the moment was so intense (in an awesome way) that I can even remember the smell, and thinking I had NEVER smelled anything better than my beautiful little firstborn baby girl.

That's awesome, but I think I would be so terrified I would drop the kid.

[Troggles]

Hey, TheKeck, do you ever get the lake smell down in Lehi? For the rest of you, the Great Salt Lake is teeming with billions and billons of brine shrimp. (sea monkeys) They eventually wash up on shore, die, and decompose. Every couple months you get a good windy front moving in that blows the stench across the entire Salt Lake Valley, you can't escape it. Luckily it usually only lasts a day.



That is simultaneously hilarious and disturbing.

One thing I noticed about SLC the two times I was there was actually how clean it was and smelled compared to all the other major cities I've been too. Hell, it's even better than Des Moines which is tiny and doesn't have much there to stink up the place.

[ADDGirl]

A pair of socks or even worse the feet that killed the poor socks that wore them. If Ms. Claus sees this thread she'll tell the nasty smells of her sister...there's just to many...walk by her room and it's worse than the person who said they work in the sanitation part of a plant cleaning toxic sludge...yes, the smell is worse than that...

I'm..... scared to ask, but how can a girl possibly smell bad? Are we talking about the same species here?

First you should understand that as far as describing my sister goes the term "girl" should be used loosely... It is a fight to get her to shower, and even bigger fight to get her to wash her hair (which is gorgeous when clean... but that is rare like when I say hey Chris let me wash your hair and don't put that gunky stuff in it)...

My sister's feet have the ability to make me gag when I walk into a room... better though is if we are on the same floor of the house and she takes off her shoes I know because of the stench... Think rotting meat and rancid milk and that somewhat compares. Santa and I live in the attic, my sister lives on the second floor when I open the door from the attic I am assulted by the smell of her feet. Her socks do not come clean, socks that seh steals from me and my mother do not come clean... They stay grayish and stiff whatever she does to socks is unfixable. Her feet look purple and red and she picks at them until they are bleeding and infected it is just nasty...

[Ancalagon]

First you should understand that as far as describing my sister goes the term "girl" should be used loosely... It is a fight to get her to shower, and even bigger fight to get her to wash her hair (which is gorgeous when clean... but that is rare like when I say hey Chris let me wash your hair and don't put that gunky stuff in it)...

My sister's feet have the ability to make me gag when I walk into a room... better though is if we are on the same floor of the house and she takes off her shoes I know because of the stench... Think rotting meat and rancid milk and that somewhat compares. Santa and I live in the attic, my sister lives on the second floor when I open the door from the attic I am assulted by the smell of her feet. Her socks do not come clean, socks that seh steals from me and my mother do not come clean... They stay grayish and stiff whatever she does to socks is unfixable. Her feet look purple and red and she picks at them until they are bleeding and infected it is just nasty...

Wow...... thats incredible!

She obviously isnt a girl then. Everyone knows that girls dont poop or fart, so if your sister smells bad (how do her feet get like that?) she cant possibly be a girl.

Seriously, how do her feet get like that? Does she have a bacterial infection or something?

I can't think of a worst, but I have to share a "best." My oldest daughter was born at home, in my living room. I "caught" her, and I know it sounds weird, but the moment was so intense (in an awesome way) that I can even remember the smell, and thinking I had NEVER smelled anything better than my beautiful little firstborn baby girl.

When I first read this, it didnt make sense at all, then I read how your son stinks when he passes gas, and I thought you had caught your daughter passing gas and thought it smelled nice. So.... I was a little confused, but now I get that you received your daughter when she was born, and the smell remains with you to this day.

You know, I remember hearing something that smell is an important bonding tool between parents and children. Mothers usually can pick up their childs smell better than fathers (for reasons I cant remember), but I'd probably say that being there for your daughter when she was born was probably very good for bonding (at this point, veteran father that you are, you are probably thinking "Duh", but I'm really just thinking aloud). Thats seriously cool though.

[ADDGirl]

Wow...... thats incredible!

She obviously isnt a girl then. Everyone knows that girls dont poop or fart, so if your sister smells bad (how do her feet get like that?) she cant possibly be a girl.

Seriously, how do her feet get like that? Does she have a bacterial infection or something?

I don't thinks she has an infection, she did go to a foot doctor for an ingrown toenail... partly I think the problem is she just wears anyones shoes like her friends from school and such. She will stuff her feet into shoes that she knows give her blisters so she has big welts and things on her feet. I don't mean sexy girl shoes either I mean I know that heels are painful at times, she wears like ugly gold ballet flats that don't fit and give her blisters.

[Ancalagon]

I don't thinks she has an infection, she did go to a foot doctor for an ingrown toenail... partly I think the problem is she just wears anyones shoes like her friends from school and such. She will stuff her feet into shoes that she knows give her blisters so she has big welts and things on her feet. I don't mean sexy girl shoes either I mean I know that heels are painful at times, she wears like ugly gold ballet flats that don't fit and give her blisters.

Wow... so you mean that the culture growing on her feet is an amalgam of hers, yours, and her friends? you know, you would almost think that painful feet would be something that would make you go for comfortable shoes and look after your feet.

I feel your pain!

[ADDGirl]

Wow... so you mean that the culture growing on her feet is an amalgam of hers, yours, and her friends? you know, you would almost think that painful feet would be something that would make you go for comfortable shoes and look after your feet.

I feel your pain!

Are you crazy? I would never let my sister wear my shoes besides her feet are like two sizes bigger than mine. She only has my socks because she steals them and when she takes them they are clean

[Ancalagon]

Are you crazy? I would never let my sister wear my shoes besides her feet are like two sizes bigger than mine. She only has my socks because she steals them and when she takes them they are clean

Oh okay. Do you disinfect your socks afterwards, or throw them in the incinerator?

[ADDGirl]

Oh okay. Do you disinfect your socks afterwards, or throw them in the incinerator?

I buy new socks, she keeps the ones she takes I never see them again after she takes them

[Murtaug]

I work for a local EMS company. The smells I have smelled should not have ever originated from a human being. Ever. The sights, while off topic.. very well would blow a lot of your minds.

[Lithium Flower]

Everything

Is she alright? She sounds like she may have some serious issues. I'm really sorry to hear she's that dysfunctional. If she hasn't seen one already, maybe a therapist could help her. Lack of personal care and hygiene is closely linked to depression and other disorders.

[Johan]

Have I taken the chance to mention how happy I am to see you posting on CoG, Johan?

I'm always happy to communicate with the Lord, Don! Very nice to be here. :) Smells good (to be on topic)! Wait...this is bad smells. Oops.

[GrenMag]

For me, it's a toss-up:

a) roommate my freshman year of college. Nasty feet (old cabbage/spoiled milk) and a total unwillingness to open a window (or even the freaking curtains). Worst three weeks I ever spent until I managed to switch roomies.

b) salmon juice spilled in the back of my car. Never got that out all the way -- I couldn't drive the car between June and September without rolling the windows down for an hour or so first. I traded it in the following February. They were wondering about all the dryer sheets stuffed behind the back seat...

[ADDGirl]

Is she alright? She sounds like she may have some serious issues. I'm really sorry to hear she's that dysfunctional. If she hasn't seen one already, maybe a therapist could help her. Lack of personal care and hygiene is closely linked to depression and other disorders.

She does have some serious issues... however her issues get lost in the shuffle when one brother is bipolar and borderline and the other brother is bipolar, ODD, & ADHD... while it has been suggested my mom has not taken her to see a therapist in quite a while and as a social work major it does bother me that she isn't getting the help that she needs.

[Purple Santa]

I'm..... scared to ask, but how can a girl possibly smell bad? Are we talking about the same species here?

Think cans of tuna...or dead fish...'nuff said...

First you should understand that as far as describing my sister goes the term "girl" should be used loosely... It is a fight to get her to shower, and even bigger fight to get her to wash her hair (which is gorgeous when clean... but that is rare like when I say hey Chris let me wash your hair and don't put that gunky stuff in it)...

My sister's feet have the ability to make me gag when I walk into a room... better though is if we are on the same floor of the house and she takes off her shoes I know because of the stench... Think rotting meat and rancid milk and that somewhat compares. Santa and I live in the attic, my sister lives on the second floor when I open the door from the attic I am assulted by the smell of her feet. Her socks do not come clean, socks that seh steals from me and my mother do not come clean... They stay grayish and stiff whatever she does to socks is unfixable. Her feet look purple and red and she picks at them until they are bleeding and infected it is just nasty...

Rotting meat COMBINED with rancid milk may begin to scratch the surface of the sewer like smells that invade our space...

Wow... so you mean that the culture growing on her feet is an amalgam of hers, yours, and her friends? you know, you would almost think that painful feet would be something that would make you go for comfortable shoes and look after your feet.

I feel your pain!

Feel all the pain you like...i'll send you a sample of the offending sock...then SMELL our pain...or vomit for a few hours more like it...

I work for a local EMS company. The smells I have smelled should not have ever originated from a human being. Ever. The sights, while off topic.. very well would blow a lot of your minds.

I'll send you a sample of a sock too...it beats a dead body smell and other offensive smells any EMS person will smell...and I know what you smell is quite smelly ...and offensive...what I have is a crime scene smell all to itself...

Is she alright? She sounds like she may have some serious issues. I'm really sorry to hear she's that dysfunctional. If she hasn't seen one already, maybe a therapist could help her. Lack of personal care and hygiene is closely linked to depression and other disorders.

She does have "issues". They haven't been diagnosed yet...which is slightly less disturbing than the smells that invade our home...is truly sad..and maddening at the same time. What is truly ironic..someone "typically" who has funky smells from their bodies clothes etc usually isn't someone who is so...social...she is...and why not one her friends or others in her social circle has allowed her to see how badly rank she is...is beyond my comprehension...or my guess is they have...and she shrugs it off...

Anyone wanting a sample of the offensive socks just let Ms. Claus know..she'll gladly send out those samples :eek:

[Abednigo]

Liquid smoke is pretty disgusting. And having some of it poured into your glass of coke and taking a nice swig (not knowing it was tainted) is pretty bad too. But that would be a bad taste. :)

[ADDGirl]

Anyone wanting a sample of the offensive socks just let Ms. Claus know..she'll gladly send out those samples :eek:

This will not happen... nasty

[Ancalagon]

Anyone wanting a sample of the offensive socks just let Ms. Claus know..she'll gladly send out those samples

I would think there would be restrictions on shipping biologically harmful substances, thankfully.