Pre-Flight Smell Test

[neonlyte]

A bunch of mid-twenties musicians.

They stunk... seriously... I wanted off the plane, not just me but lots of us. Hell!!! what were they doing? Where were they sleeping? OK... ok... London's expensive but no need to doss down in cardboard city... it was like France in the 70's... without the glamour, and the coy underarm hair... I think that was when I fell in love with ALL redheads.

 

[SlickTony]

A bunch of mid-twenties musicians.

They stunk... seriously... I wanted off the plane, not just me but lots of us. Hell!!! what were they doing? Where were they sleeping? OK... ok... London's expensive but no need to doss down in cardboard city... it was like France in the 70's... without the glamour, and the coy underarm hair... I think that was when I fell in love with ALL redheads.

I think the malodorous are the last group against which it is still OK to be prejudiced. There is no reason to stink in the 1st world. Well, maybe if you're homeless or something. Keeping clean under those circumstances can be a challenge. Paradoxically, if you're very poor in a rich country, it's harder to stay clean than if you live in a third world country, where a "real" bathroom in your house can't necessarily be taken for granted--but you can go to a bathhouse. If you live in a place with hot running water--no excuse.

Last spring when I started riding the bus, we had some people from some foreign country on the route. Now, these people weren't homeless, though they did live in Oakwood Villa Estates...they just hadn't learned to grok American standards of cleanliness. When I started back riding the bus after a long hiatus, I noticed they stank a lot less...I figured someone must have told them.

 

[neonlyte]

I think the malodorous are the last group against which it is still OK to be prejudiced. There is no reason to stink in the 1st world. Well, maybe if you're homeless or something. Keeping clean under those circumstances can be a challenge. Paradoxically, if you're very poor in a rich country, it's harder to stay clean than if you live in a third world country, where a "real" bathroom in your house can't necessarily be taken for granted--but you can go to a bathhouse. If you live in a place with hot running water--no excuse.

Last spring when I started riding the bus, we had some people from some foreign country on the route. Now, these people weren't homeless, though they did live in Oakwood Villa Estates...they just hadn't learned to grok American standards of cleanliness. When I started back riding the bus after a long hiatus, I noticed they stank a lot less...I figured someone must have told them.

It was reaching up to the overhead lockers that did it... people shrivelled! I feel for you on that bus, buses are invariably stuffy. Here, in Portugal, Thursday is Cozido Portuguese Day... boiled meats, with lots of garlic stuffed black sausage. One doesn't want to travel on any public transport on a Thursday

But even that is not as bad as unwashed armpits!