My city used to have pervasive tobacco-curing smells, which were surprisingly lovely even though I hate the smell of the stuff once it's being smoked. No more, though.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Nov 04, 2005 5:43:26 am PST #1246 of 10006
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Connie Neil - Nov 04, 2005 5:43:53 am PST #1247 of 10006
brillig
So if you've been slaying snow with yours, you've road tested them way more than I have.
No rust problems yet, I make darn sure to wipe it dry. Maybe the dry climate here helps. But Sting's a really sweet sword, light in the hand, no looseness anywhere, and quick on the backswing. Surprisingly well made for collectors pieces.
Connie Neil - Nov 04, 2005 5:44:58 am PST #1248 of 10006
brillig
I lived in a town with a mill that roasted peanuts every morning. Mmmmm.
Daisy Jane - Nov 04, 2005 5:45:36 am PST #1249 of 10006
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
So now I'm at work, my boss is not, and the only task I have to do is large and unpleasant and I don't wanna.
Jesse is me except my task involves calling people I don't wanna.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2005 5:47:04 am PST #1250 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You want to trade, Daisy? You can type the information from the miscellaneous printouts into an excel sheet, and I'll make your calls?
Fred Pete - Nov 04, 2005 5:47:08 am PST #1251 of 10006
Ann, that's a ferret.
Hershey, PA smells very strongly of chocolate.
Washington, DC smells mostly of hot air.
lisah - Nov 04, 2005 5:47:50 am PST #1252 of 10006
Punishingly Intricate
Wait, is that the glue factory smell? I guess it could be vinegary. Man, some days when the wind is just right, I have to hold my breath at the first eastbound stoplight.
Oh yeah I can see where it could smell gluey too. It's vinegar to me because when I first moved to town my friend (who is totally untrustworthy so no idea if it's true) told me that the big silo looking building off to the west of the highway stores vinegar.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2005 5:48:56 am PST #1253 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There's a fume smell around my train station that I finally realized smells like bleu cheese. Kind of nasty.
Calli - Nov 04, 2005 5:50:55 am PST #1254 of 10006
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
We had a sulfur spring fountain next to the library in my home town. Giles' whole "books should be smelly" speech really worked for me.
sarameg - Nov 04, 2005 5:54:29 am PST #1255 of 10006
told me that the big silo looking building off to the west of the highway stores vinegar.
I've alternately been told water and oil (though I can't see how that would fly, given the risk.) I'm betting water, as there are those "your tax dollars at work" signs up for a city water & sewage project there.