Thursday, December 9

Smelly Stories

   1. "Organisers worried about smell of horse dung at VMAs"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1180826.html >
   "The ceremony is taking place in the Tore di Valle racecourse in Rome
    later and bosses are worried the overpowering smell of manure will
    offend star guests"

   2. "Manure mishap provides new car smell"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200409/s1194405.htm >
   "A Dutch driver was covered in hundreds of litres of manure when a tank
    burst on a truck carrying fertiliser"

   3. "French cheese the smelliest"
      < http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/11/26/732861-ap.html >
   "Academics at Cranfield University north of London said Friday that
    Vieux Boulogne, a Normandy cheese made from cow's milk, was the
    smelliest of 15 cheeses tested. Two other Normandy cheeses, Pont
    l'Eveque and Camembert, came in second and third"

   4. "Pungent-smelling flower expected to draw crowd"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1214712.htm >
   "A newly-bloomed, giant Indonesian flower is expected to draw huge
    crowds to Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens over the next few days with
    its foul smell"

   5. "Las Vegas to spend $100,000 to solve mystery of downtown stench"
      < http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/07/31/564798-ap.html >
   "Along with neon lights and casinos, the downtown area of Las Vegas
    has become known for the 'Stench of Fremont Street' - and city
    officials are fed up"

   6. "Whose nose knows? Concord looking for sniffers"
      < http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/3971625/detail.html >
   "In an effort to deal with complaints about odors, Concord officials
    have hired a Massachusetts company to identify and quantify exactly
    what smells are bothering residents"

   7. "Emails set to arrive with scent"
      < http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8728108%255E13762,00.html >
   "A British Internet service provider plans to market a 'scent dome',
    which would plug into customers' computers much like a printer"

   As you read the stories listed here, it's a good thing you don't have
   one of those 'scent domes' installed  :)

   (a John West post)