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Smell Club sniffs out world's best and worst odours
guardian.co.uk ^ | January 12, 2009 | Justin McCurry

Posted on 01/12/2009 11:05:50 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Worried that a trip to Japan might be ruined by the stench of feline halitosis? Convinced that a weekend break in Paris will be all the more memorable for a sniff of herbal soap? Time, then, to consider membership of the Smell Club.

The club's website (Japanese language), is the brainchild of a Japanese firm with an overdeveloped interest in all things nasal, and tags different odours around the world, pinpointing them on a map.

Since its launch last month, the site has gathered more than 160 odours in 68 locations, submitted by 200 members who call themselves "smellists".

The smells submitted so far range from the decidedly fetid – cow dung and old socks – to the quirky, including freshly aired futons and the steam from a rice cooker.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bo; japan; smells
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1 posted on 01/12/2009 11:05:51 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Rules of Smell Club

1. You do not talk about ‘Smell Club’.
2. You do not talk about ‘Smell Club’.
3. When someone yells “Stop” or goes limp, or taps out, the smell is over.
4. Only two guys to a smell.
5. One smell at a time.
6. No shirts, no shoes.
7. Smells go on as long as they have to.
8. If this is your first night at ‘Smell Club’, you have to smell.


2 posted on 01/12/2009 11:11:27 AM PST by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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To: Fido969

Excellent.


3 posted on 01/12/2009 11:19:40 AM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Fido969

Favorite smells? Ocean breezes. New car. Least favorite? At my house the kids call it patootie patootie.. the smell of the unwashed. And the smell that brings back memories.. the smell of an open lunch box always takes me back to second grade.


4 posted on 01/12/2009 11:21:05 AM PST by pnut22
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Convinced that a weekend break in Paris will be all the more memorable for a sniff of herbal soap?

If you find someone in Paris who's using soap, it'll be memorable...

5 posted on 01/12/2009 11:23:48 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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To: Fido969; Revolting cat!

6 posted on 01/12/2009 11:25:14 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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To: Fido969; Revolting cat!

7 posted on 01/12/2009 11:25:39 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

For Smellers/Lovers Only

8 posted on 01/12/2009 11:27:26 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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To: Daffynition
All users have to do is click on a balloon tag on the map or enter a keyword to reveal vital data, such as when best to inhale – or avoid – a particular smell and where to encounter it. The smells are ranked in order of pungency, from light to extra bold... Also best avoided is nearby Kamakura, Japan's ancient capital, where the aroma of temple incense now apparently mingles with that of the bad breath of cats.

"...your father smelled of elderberries"

9 posted on 01/12/2009 11:32:15 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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To: EveningStar; Slings and Arrows

PING!


10 posted on 01/12/2009 11:33:55 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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11 posted on 01/12/2009 11:34:28 AM PST by Revolting cat! (After all is said and done I'm goodier goodier than you!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"All that is missing on the web is a smelling function," the spokeswoman Kayo Matsubara told the Associated Press. "That's our next challenge."

You'll need internet tubes for that.

12 posted on 01/12/2009 11:36:34 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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13 posted on 01/12/2009 11:38:17 AM PST by Revolting cat! (After all is said and done I'm goodier goodier than you!)
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To: Revolting cat!

“Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early and they got some treatment, and a, a breathalyzer...” - Obama gaffe, 2008


14 posted on 01/12/2009 11:41:58 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Worst smell?

Obama in the morning, according to his Daughter.

For me, Obama’s policies have a stench to them. The stench of Fascism.

15 posted on 01/12/2009 11:42:29 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The smells submitted so far range from the decidedly fetid – cow dung and old liberals.....fixed it


16 posted on 01/12/2009 11:42:49 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Cow Pies? That’s perfume compared to a deer repellent spray I used on some shrubs yesterday. It’s main ingredient is something called “putrescent egg solids” and it’s potent.


17 posted on 01/12/2009 11:48:11 AM PST by dainbramaged (the Tree of Liberty needs watering)
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To: weegee

Oui-oui on the French.


18 posted on 01/12/2009 11:49:35 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY ((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Yes I Can-Can

19 posted on 01/12/2009 11:55:05 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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To: Lucky9teen

Silly PING


20 posted on 01/12/2009 11:58:39 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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