B.O.

[Sigmund]

Good evening.

I beg your pardon...yes, ANOTHER one of my goofy, tasteless threads.

B.O. Body Oder.

The gamut of B.O. can be sexy or gagging a maggot. Ha!

( My husband had a B.O. that would make me swoooooon! SEXY!!!)

I do believe it was the late, great George Carlin, comedian, who (whom) suggested placing a bay leaf in an armpit. Made it smell like chicken soup.

Peace.

 

[Dana Jean]

Good evening.

I beg your pardon...yes, ANOTHER one of my goofy, tasteless threads.

B.O. Body Oder.

The gamut of B.O. can be sexy or gagging a maggot. Ha!

( My husband had a B.O. that would make me swoooooon! SEXY!!!)

I do believe it was the late, great George Carlin, comedian, who (whom) suggested placing a bay leaf in an armpit. Made it smell like chicken soup.

Peace.

Yep. I spit up in my mouth a little bit with the chicken soup comment.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Can't stand it. Makes me gag. Brings back a memory of a camping trip some 25 years ago at a state bass fishing championship I've tried so hard to eliminate from my mind. Caused me to drop from 8th place the first day to 27th after the second out of 432 anglers and out of contention from some good money because of no sleep. And the drive home was probably the worse 6 hours of my life. This thread really stinks.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

There is something putrid about this post. I just can't put my finger on what it is is................

 

[Lily Sawyer]

( My husband had a B.O. that would make me swoooooon! SEXY!!!)

I'm about to split hairs here:
I differentiate between B.O. (gag me with a telephone pole) and an individual's scent (what you're referring to with regard to your husband).

I will say this: I don't recommend stepping onto an elevator at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., during the summer. It's a clash of 167 different cultures that believe in and practice varying degrees of hygiene, along with the corresponding levels of the use of smell-wells to distract from B.O. The resulting odorfest in a cramped elevator car is enough to make a person faint: rancid B.O., noxious women's heavy perfumes, hyper-macho men's colognes, excessive curry powder, mothballs, tobacco, coffee breath, raw onions, sour cheese, burnt sugar, stale air conditioning/office smell. The heat and humidity in D.C. amps up the sweat volume and magnifies odors that much more. I learned a long time ago to switch out fragrances by season...and to hold my breath at certain times.

 

[EMTP513]

The only thing I have to say about it is that our review videos, that we have at work, has a video of what's in sweat, which explains BO in a scientific way.
Since it's also on You Tube I'm allowed to show it to people.
I find anything about the human body and medical science unbelievably interesting.

 

[arista]

Just say YEs to Walmart to experience the torture of standing in a long line with said B.O. offender.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...it's summertime at the prison, the housing units average about 100 degrees during the day and the inmates aren't known for careful hygiene habits....need I say more???....it's like working on a pig farm...sooner or later your olfactory motors just strip a gear and you're like "what smell?".....

 

[arista]

I would also like to add on a careful side note. A LOT of people seem to be suffering from lack of olfactory senses.

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

[mjs9153]

Spoiler: Language

 

[HollyGolightly]

Oh Sigmund! I love your posts. They get me out of my head for a bit! I know what you mean by your husband's scent - mine makes me swoon as well. At the most inappropriate times, especially when he's unwittingly excited, like at a college football game and totally not thinking about me and my needs, it's almost unbearable. And then there's the other extreme - picking up 4 sweaty stinky boys (my son and 3 friends) from football practice in July - oh God - we have to roll down all the windows and still it's horrid. Next year I'm volunteering to drop off, not pick up.

 

[Lily Sawyer]

I would also like to add on a careful side note. A LOT of people seem to be suffering from lack of olfactory senses.

...and those would be the people who inexplicably b*tch about other fragrances. One woman with whom I worked declared a moratorium on all perfumes and colognes, which I can live with; but I drew the line when she complained about my Tide-washed clothing. I told her that I wouldn't be switching laundry detergents just to suit her.

But obnoxious food smells from the office kitchen? She was Queen of Microwave Crap, usually commercial food that smelled to high heaven when she nuked it. *gag* I can't say I would have preferred B.O., but a little awareness on her part would have gone a long way, given her demands on the rest of us.

 

[arista]

I would also like to add as a former person who worked in retail. Please do not store your cash in your bra or socks. It is so gross.

 

[Lily Sawyer]

I would also like to add as a former person who worked in retail. Please do not store your cash in your bra or socks. It is so gross.

...and if you're contemplating working in retail, avoid swimwear and lingerie if at all possible.

I'm just sayin'.

 

[Out of Order]

 

[mustangclaire]

Great thread as usual I love the smell of my man when he comes home from a hard days work (he fits kitchens and bathrooms and the like). I love nothing more than hugging him, sticking my face under his workshirt and having a great big sniff. Fresh sweat, yum. Stale sweat, bleurgh.

 

[staropeace]

Picture this! I was working in the homeless centre with 120 unwashed bodies taking their shoes off to sleep. Vicks Vapo became my savior. I hate to say this, but I got use to the smell which goes to prove you can get use to anything.

 

[fushingfeef]

Something particularly funky smelling about young teens at the Laser Tag place. I can't imagine working there.

 

[staropeace]

Didja ever notice that Campbell's Vegetable soup smells like sweat?