PSA: Body stink

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OK folks, I know we don't like the funk of unwashed, but dang it, perfumed out is just as bad.
I live a good half mile from my nearest neighbor, but I can smell his wash like he threw in 10 dryer sheets.
My eyes water and nose runs (yes I tried to catch it).
Same with the Cologne for both men and women, why must you douse youself till it's a fire hazard?
A little goes a long way, and if you're using it to cover up the fact you don't know basic hygene, it makes it even worse.
Body washes are not a replacement for soap and water, and will not make you attractive to the opposite sex if used by the Gallon.

Thank you,
Please scent responsibly.
 
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Gunslinger808 said:
OK folks, I know we don't like the funk of unwashed, but dang it, perfumed out is just as bad.
I live a good half mile from my nearest neighbor, but I can smell his wash like he threw in 10 dryer sheets.
My eyes water and nose runs (yes I tried to catch it).
Same with the Cologne for both men and women, why must you douse youself till it's a fire hazard?
A little goes a long way, and if you're using it to cover up the fact you don't know basic hygene, it makes it even worse.
Body washes are not a replacement for soap and water, and will not make you attractive to the opposite sex if used by the Gallon.

Thank you,
Please scent responsibly.
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Sir, I'm with ya, but I think the problem is one of ignorance rather than hygiene.

Whatever the cause, going about over-scented should be a punishable offense, and entering a confined space (such as an elevator) while over-scented should entail mandatory three-strikes sentencing.

JMHO, FWIW.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.
 
This is the Axe Body Spray generation. No need to clean off the bacteria and grime, just cover it up with something more potent and pungent. Funny thing is the commercials act like it makes you smell good to the opposite sex when it really just makes you smell like a South end of the North bound skunk. :D
 
Sometimes I think this is more to do with so many folk having become desensitized to sensory input. I am convinced that should the predatory aliens land in force that there will be a great deal of "low hanging fruit" to eat before they get anywhere near me. Many people these days are so unaware of their environment that it takes a loud noise, a powerful smell or some huge visual event to catch their attention.
 
My mother and I were flying Space A on a military flight back in '79. We got bumped of in Zaragosa Spain, and decided to take the train the rest of the way home. My father was a Chief in the Navy and we lived in Rota Spain, about a 14 hour drive from Zaragosa. We didn't know Spanish, but saw a Express train going to Rota and purchased two tickets thinking Express meant we would be home soon.

Well evidently in Spanish Express means go slow and stop in every one horse town along the way. It was like something you see in the movies, with people getting on the train carrying chickens and such. My mother sat in the enclosed compartment with two rows of bench seats along with a family of 5. I got to sit outside in the aisle with our luggage(which turned out to be the good seat).

I tried to sleep, as it was at night and there were 10 or 12 others with no seats, sleeping/sitting/standing in the aisle. I wasn't very happy about the hard floor, having people stepping over and on me all night, and the wonderful aroma of stale body odor and chicken poo.

In the morning, the family in the compartment with my mom woke and took a little bath, washing their faces with a worn bandanna and water from a water bottle. Then they all doused themselves with cologne, and combed their hair after pouring cologne on the comb. My mother came out of the compartment to "check" on me, her eyes red and full of tears, her nose running like a faucet. When she opened the door, I swear the the cologne fumes killed three chickens.

My mother finished the train ride standing with me and the chickens in the aisle, with the natural odors of stale sweat and fresh chicken poo as our only and welcome respite from the cologne.
 
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The guys and most of the women around here smell like Lava soap. Thank goodness I bought the gallon size bottle of .007 cologne in '70. I still have a half a gallon left. Two winters ago I got snowed in and had to drink about a quart. I usually dab a bit behind both ears and "special places" before I hit the Walmart.
 
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LVSteve said:
Sometimes I think this is more to do with so many folk having become desensitized to sensory input.
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Definitely a factor. As we age, our senses dull. Oldsters are, along with the newly pubescent teens, the most egregious offenders of OOOPS (Offensive Over-application Of Perfume Syndrome).
 
I remember playing music in bars in the 70's around here and the favorite, or at least most used fragrance for women, was Taboo. I think I still have a chunk of it stuck in my nose. One woman in a tavern could stink the whole place up. Makes you think, flammable. I wonder if folks that douse themselves with strong fragrances may have defective or at least very insensitive sense of smell? I say God bless them all. This thread really stinks.
Pray for our country,
gordon
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
Try sitting at counsel table with a defendant that hasn't brushed his teeth in 5 months continually whispering in your ear.
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Or sitting there in the warm wash of wave after wave of Copenhagen and expectin' (no pun intended) the inevitable splatter. If'n Adam had discovered Copenhagen, I'm guessin' the human race would have ground to a halt right there...
 
When i was younger i went to a small baptist church and ALL of the older ladies absolutely reeked of perfume it was so bad i became violently ill on several occasions.
 
I did have to ask to be moved from a plane seat next to a man whose cologne was causing me to experience asthma symptoms.

Thankfully, the flight attendant found me a better seat.
 
I work at a local college campus and there are a lot of middle-eastern folks that attend and man are they big on the Axe body spray. That stuff stinks I don't understand what their draw to that stuff is but I wish the supply would dry up. I know this sounds racist but it's true.
 
I don't really like the smell of someone who threw on half a bottle of colonge/perfume/deoderant/etc. But if I gotta make a choice between that and B.O. Then bring on the colonge!
 
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