Hershey, PA smells very strongly of chocolate.
Washington, DC smells mostly of hot air.
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
'Safe'
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.
Fred Pete - Nov 04, 2005 5:47:08 am PST #1251 of 10006
Ann, that's a ferret.
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.
Amy - Nov 04, 2005 5:57:00 am PST #1256 of 10006
Because books.
When we lived in a small town in Wyoming for a year, the smell of the sugar beet harvest in the fall was...gross. Kind of half sweet, with mulch and damp soil mixed in. Not pretty.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 04, 2005 6:00:11 am PST #1257 of 10006
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I lived in a town with a mill that roasted peanuts every morning.
Portalnd Maine often smells of baked beans due to the B&M factory, or at least it used to (I don't know if that factory is still active, and now that I think about it, I'm not even sure it's still there; must check next time through). That may not sound great, but it is loverly.
And certainly beats the everloving tar out of the way a lot of Maine towns did/do where they had/have paper mills. Bleh.
tommyrot - Nov 04, 2005 6:02:34 am PST #1258 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When we lived in a small town in Wyoming for a year, the smell of the sugar beet harvest in the fall was...gross. Kind of half sweet, with mulch and damp soil mixed in. Not pretty.
There's a small town near my home town that produces sauerkraut - that's not a pleasant smell.
brenda m - Nov 04, 2005 6:02:54 am PST #1259 of 10006
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
There's a fume smell around my train station that I finally realized smells like bleu cheese. Kind of nasty.
A guy sitting right near me on the bus this morning stepped in dog shit on his way on the bus. Feh. I had a Burt's Bees chapstick in my pocket so I serruptiously smeared it all under and around my nose. It helped. A bit.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2005 6:06:23 am PST #1260 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A guy sitting right near me on the bus this morning stepped in dog shit on his way on the bus.
Eeeew.