Posted on 04/07/2009 8:13:14 AM PDT by posterchild
Don’t you mean, read messages hidden in those seemingly innocent statements?
As I understand it, women can see more colors than men, and presumably finer graduations of color. Next time I mix paint for a painting job, I’ll get a woman to check to see if it’s evenly mixed. :-)
What you said.
I have read a lot of material by and about Johnson and I don't recall this story or anything about his lack of bathing, although he was sometimes known to be careless in his attire.
When I searched for the quote online, lots of people attribute it to Johnson, but no one seems to provide an original source. I did see it mentioned on one page devoted to questionable quotes.
Gee, thanks for being such a stinker!
"Samuel Johnson paused to rest on a London park bench one hot summer's day, his profusely sweating bulk caused a young woman sitting next to him to accuse him of smelling. ''No, Madam,'' he replied. ''You smell, I stink.'' Dr. Johnson was taking delight at pointing out the grammatical ambiguity of a verb both transitive and intransitive, but his observation is underpinned by our curious relationship with our sense of smell. When we want to indicate understanding, or clarity of mind, we invoke the visual sense: ''I see.'' ''That is quite clear.'' Suspicion and intrigue, however, lead us to olfactory imagery. If something is not quite right we exclaim, ''I smell a rat.'' ''This whole rotten business smells.'' ''The perpetrator is a stinker!'' What does this tell us about the sense that never rests as long as we breathe?"
I did not read this article for obvious reasons but i can predict.......
“After an 18 Million dollar study, UC Berkley concludes that Women smell better then men.”
Haha... .......
“Thanks alot. I’d managed to forget Patti Smith for well over a decade.”
LOL....I was thinking the same thing.
Sorry :)
From: www.samueljohnson.com
The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page
"The most comprehensive collection of Samuel Johnson quotations on the web. Over 1,800 quotes from Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), one of the most quoted men of the 18th century."
"You smell me, and I stink."
"This anecdote centers on usage of the verb 'smell,' and Johnson's cleanliness. I've seen it set in a number of locations ...
"The anecdote basically goes like this: somebody says to Johnson, "Dr. Johnson, you smell!" Johnson usually replies something like, "Incorrect, Madam/Sir, you smell me, and I stink!"
"This is generally accepted as an apocryphal anecdote."
I’m a dude and i wouldn’t go near that dude with a ten foot pole.
That is LOL funny!!!
I bet he’s the most popular guy in the cell block...
This is the only sentence I can think of right now that won’t get me banned.
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