Rodger Pettichord Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Hi all. This week, we will draw on our extensive life experiences to highlight a particular kind of memorable moment. THIS WEEK'S MEANINGLESS TOPIC: In all your working life, what was the worst smell you encountered? (For me, it was a thousand sick chickens crapping pure ammonia. Another fellow and I were given two shovels and two wheelbarrows and assigned the duty of cleaning the shed floor beneath the birds.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregmorin Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Overflowing latrine at camp Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 My boss farting. cheers Gumby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 13 minutes ago, gumbypickett said: My boss farting. cheers Gumby LOL Have to agree! Beer fart after a long evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rob Abernathy said: LOL Have to agree! Beer fart after a long evening. Yeah my Boss farted like an old Mule. He would them go to his office and I was left to serve customers in a Bottle shop. cheers Gumby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Q Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I can certainly identify with Rodger and the chickens, though we never had more than a couple of dozen at the farm at the living history museum. There were also, of course, the horse and cattle stalls. They got pretty ripe too. And also the pig pen. But all typical farmy odors, nothing to get upset about. It was the human element; just to the north of our bucolic 19th century village was a very 20th century land fill. When the wind was light from the north the stench was over whelming. That is the worst I can associate with work. But worse than that was one encountered on vacation. Years ago my mother and I took a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. We stayed in a hotel outside of Richmond, which just happened to be next to a tobacco processing plant. What a stink!!! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I'd like to say but I won't because Ruby Sue would never forgive me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Truckload of animal parts of some kind dumped on the road in front of me. Wife and I and every car behind me got out and puked. In the heat of summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Q Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Wife just reminded me. Many years ago (in the 1990s) I came home from work and walked into the house. Wife says, holding her nose, "oh, you were on the farm today". "No, I wasn't. Why?" "I smell horse manure. On your boots?" "No, I was in the hat shop. Never near the farm today". " Well, I smell horse. Wonder why? " Well we figured out the reason. For the previous several years this area (Long Island, NY) had a horrible gypsy moth ( and I don't mean the airplane) infestation. Then we learned that that year they were infected with a fungal disease. There were thousands of them, all sick, and leaving foul smelling droppings, which covered our driveway. And yes, it smelled like horse manure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 In 1952 on board the troop ship coming into Singapore Harbour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 That´s a question where I can not decide. Two options cause pain to me: In the first semester of my chemistry studies the lab course was wet inorganic analytics in the 1800s style. Everyone was using Hydrogen sulfide and/or ammonia sulfide the entire day. That smell was awful and easy to remember. On my first audit tour to China we came to a chemical plant in southern Zhejiang. My chinese guide kept me back from entering the plant building, but inspecting the waste water treatment plant, warehouses and lab were already enough. Back in Germany I took my suit to wet cleaning, kept it outside the house for weeks but had to throw it in the garbage bin, just like my shoes - the strong chemical smell just would not go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 When I was a young GI at Paine Field WA, the nearby town of Everett had a large paper mill. When the wind was right the smell from that was terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renault Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 A teenager with "Stinky feet" . Nothing else even comes close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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