Discussion: Rank the Reek
Earlier this week, I commented that frequently my readers are far more entertaining in my comment section than I could ever be. While that may have been a bit of an overstatement (I mean, really, who’s more entertaining than me?!?), I thought once in a while, I could spark a serious and important discussion, in order to involve everyone.
So, I present to you, “RANK THE REEK” or “ORDER THE ODER” (not sure which name I like better, but I’ll reserve both so nobody can rip me off!)
Tell me, of the following things, how would you rank these smells from bearable to deadly?
A. The men’s room near section 11 on the loge level in Yankee Stadium in the bottom of the 8th inning.
B. Unwashed bed sheets from a male college student’s dorm room after an entire semester.
C. Rotting corpses.
D. A wet, homeless man.
Discuss, debate and deliberate. . .
December 20th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
For me, personally, the Yankee stadium chamber of Pee Horrors would rank number one aka deadly and puke worthy.
I’ve smelled the homeless when they are wet and yeah it ain’t an Estee Lauder moment but it is bearable.
As for the male dorm room sheets…I am more afraid of their in room fridge. Oh god…and their bathroom!
Dead bodies do indeed reek and there is something in us that is hardwired to recognize that smell and freaky out. But I think I could deal with that more than the Men’s Room!
December 20th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Interesting views, Starr. For me, its the wet homeless that really get my gag reflex going. The only thing that could be worse is a rotting dead homeless corpse but I suppose I really didn’t get that specific in my choices.
December 20th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
Hummm
Deadly to bearable for me:
1) Rotting dead Corpses
2) wet homeless
3) College bedsheets
4) yankee Stadium.. because in the bottom of the 8th I am a bit drunk so the nostrils aren’t working up to their potential
December 20th, 2006 at 6:02 pm
Leave it to the Yankee fan to like the smell of their own dirty bathrooms!
December 20th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
Too many years as a nursing assistant/med tech. No more pee for me! Although in my time, I was “the Condom Catheter” queen
December 20th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Something to be proud of.
December 20th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
Like Shea is a rose garden.
December 20th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Gotta say, the bathrooms at Shea (particularly down at the Field Box level and mostly pre game) have a surprisingly delightful smell.
December 20th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
That’s NOT FUNNY! You know how many friggin times I had to log-on in order to comment on your blog? Are you a secret agent or something!?
Oh by the way, my girlfriend tells me that the New James Bond was really worth watching and that we can used to a blond James…but hey me personally I prefer them dark. It didn’t used to be that way back in the days when I was in love with Dolph Lundgren, oh and Maxwell Caufield in Grease 2. Such incredible memories.
That’s what your question scents reminded me of. All the odors I crossed. Those are the incredible memories that stay with us. Because we can forget a touch, an image, a sound, a taste but we do not forget a scent!
You reminded me that I am a New Yorker at heart like Bond:
A. The men’s room near section 11 on the loge level in Yankee Stadium in the bottom of the 8th inning.
You been to Shea Doc?
You reminded me that I spent some of the best years of my life, on the edge, free. The college student filthy sheets after a semester of muching chips, drinking beer, masturbating, copulating and sleeping for goodness sakes reeks:
B. Unwashed bed sheets from a male college student’s dorm room after an entire semester.
You reminded me that both my fathers died a year and few months apart. My biological father was a UFO, yes unidentified flying object. Damn where was he all that time, MF! But luckily for us fate brought us Daddy. We all adored him particularly my mother, boricua et fier de l’être.
Tell me Doc, does your blog support languages? This will be the title of my post tomorrow on Social Tech News chez Tisha!
Well anyway he was killed, shot in the temple and in the jaw. That was a terrible day for us, I’ll never forget it and since then my life hasn’t been the same:
C. Rotting corpses.
Lastly, the wet homeless, I know what it’s like:
D. A wet, homeless man.
Tisha
Your BEST Fan
Papi Lindo
xoxo
December 20th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
i would lick the floor of the men’s bathroom at shea. that’s how much i love the mets
December 20th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
I think I’m in love (though if you’re licking bathroom floors I’m not sure I’d want anything to do with your tongue.)
December 20th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
i was being facetious about licking the floor, but i love love love the mets.
and every guy wants something to do with my tongue. dirty floor or not.
oh man, that was trashy.
December 20th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
one guy’s “trashy” is another guy’s “romantic”
December 20th, 2006 at 10:49 pm
And not to go unnoticed, Tisha, you certainly revealed quite a bit in your answer. Including that you had two fathers one of which was a UFO and the other met a horrific end to his life. I’d love to hear more about both…sounds fascinating.
All that Grease 2 and Dolph Lundgren crap was a little much, but I’ve learned to take the good with the bad around here.
December 21st, 2006 at 4:39 am
Now I’ve forgotten what the question was after enlarging Starrlight’s image thinking it was a vulgar nipple ring and reading Tisha’s autobiography. What was the question again? Something about licking homeless corpses on a bathroom floor? Screw it.
December 21st, 2006 at 4:51 am
Frickin’ easy, come on, try to be challenging!
#1)B. Unwashed bed sheets from a male college student’s dorm room after an entire semester.
**This would smell like all 4 combined. Been there,smelled that.
#2)A. The men’s room near section 11 on the loge level in Yankee Stadium in the bottom of the 8th inning.
***Pee and Vomit….always a bad combo.
#3)C. Rotting corpses.
***Dead people, no time to splash on cologne.
#4)D. A wet, homeless man.
Wet, that means they’re cleaner than they were before.
December 21st, 2006 at 6:57 am
Yes sorry I got carried away and I made things worse by writing about your “Rank the Reek” discussion on my blog. Acch no turning back!
I have way too much energy!
I’ll stop doing that!
Cheers
Tisha
December 21st, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Yes, Underwear Girl, its easy to get distracted by this motley crew.
And J of the J: Its great to have you slumming it here at Dr. Blogstein–I bet you never had the opportunity to say “pee and vomit” on your site!
December 21st, 2006 at 3:37 pm
LOL! A nipple ring,eh? If it was I’d want a refund
And THANKS AGAIN Doc. Now I have Crue stuck in my head. Just for you I have gone with Dr. Feelgood.