To the people on the bus who don’t wear deodorant: The term ‘no scents is good sense’ applies to body odor as well!!!!! —Have a Shower
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To the people on the bus who don’t wear deodorant: The term ‘no scents is good sense’ applies to body odor as well!!!!! —Have a Shower
This article appears in Nov 3-9, 2011.
22 Comments
What are people suppose to do ?
You can’t use a scented product, cause you stink !
You don’t wear a scented product, then you stink !
Personally I think all of you can go fuck yourselves. I will continue to use my Irish Pond… &
When I put on scented Underarm Deodourant, I do it for myself. I like that fresh sport scent & I don’t care what you OB, or anyone else thinks…so please don’t bother telling me what an asshole I am .
At least if you’re trapped in an elevator with me it won’t be BO you smell !
If its bopthering you please just stick your nose into your own armpit & breath deeply.
If you need to live in a bubble that’s your problem, no mine.
Here in Halifax, we have scientists working around the clock on this problem….
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but without the accompanying sign and the general populace abiding by it,
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the fight on odor rages on.
Some people in some cultures do not believe in deoterants.
Other people that use them…unfortunatly they don’t work for them.
Get a nose plug I guess
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I’m going to tell you something a lot of people don’t know:
If you are an adult, you need to shower once a day. OK?
And do it at night so you aren’t taking all the days sneezes and sweats to bed with you.
Seriously people!
there was a guy on the #52 sunday evening, who had too much of something on himeryone was covering their nose, and opening fucking windows. i got the fuck up, and moved to the very front of the bus.. it was the rankest fucking thing i have smelled, since the avon shit came out.man o man, every one was covering their noses and gagging. i had to get the fuck up and move to the front of the bus. this guy fucking reeked of some of the vilest shit i have ever had the misfortune of smelling.p-fucking-ewwwwwww.
Life Sucks, same shit on the 81, 3 or 4 young guys bathing in Blue Stratos or some crap, makess for a long ride even with the window open.
Well, one thing you can do, More, is realize that odour is caused by bacteria. No bacteria = no odour.
I spent some tie this past spring moving my nieces furniture several hundred kilometers away; a smelly job if there ever was one. At one rest area en route, she laughed at me slapping hand sanitizer in my pits. Point of the story is that it is possible, in this day and age, with ubiquitous hand-sanitizing pumps to be funk-free. Am I wrong?
… and then sweat all night and wake up grimy…
and have to take another one in the morning…
such a very ‘green’ plan.
What do you expect OB, those morons on the bus have to scrounge for hours just to come up with the bus fare to get on that loser cruiser. You think they’re going to splurge on deodorant. Ha! You get what you pay for with that shit service……enjoy the stench of rotting welfare bus people.
… yeah like that girl telling me she showers 1 time every 3 days … Holy hell. I’m sorry y’all. I just feel sooo much better when showered and all clean.
… and if you’re taking a shower … you wet your body … turn of water … put soap on body, lather, scrub … turn on water … rinse off for a min or two … simple. No HUGE waste.
Ma told me that a long time ago … waste not, want not. Perhaps it comes from living in a place before where water wasn’t always reliable and one had to make do.
I have noticed though, with the little rains we’ve been having … the human smell as I call it … people get wet … they tend to emit a real rough odor … you know what else is a good indicator of shower frequency, the crap under your fingernails and toenails … yuck
Someone came in my work today and literally wafted the smell of human shit at me. Either they hadn’t wiped their bum or were wearing soiled adult diapers. It was extremely nasty and unexpected. I’d have rather smelled rank armpits.
Mole rat…I have no idea if this was the case in your instance, but a local person out here has a colostomy bag, & sometimes when you’re near them…it ain’t a pleasant odor !
One of the people that know about this, says the bag can sometimes not be sealed correctly or has been knocked etc.
But anyway, smelling that is IMO no where near as unpleasant as having to deal with that day in & out !
One more reason to be happy with my life as it presently is !
Colostomy bag, oh, Jesus H. – if my old lady wanted to clear a room, she’d punch a bobby pin in the fucker. Worked like a charm. A very eye-watering one.
That could have been the case, I never thought of it. Yes, I think we can all count our blessings that we don’t have to excrete through a hole in our abdomen.
I don’t disagree with you… it’s gross. But you’re on a bus. It’s probably something you’ll want to get used to until you get a car..
The worse are the stupid guys who wear a shitload of cologne but no deodorant. They smell like a mix of alcoholic flowers and rancid underarm. I will never understand it. How can you care enough to spray yourself with that piss but then leave your underarms to weep vinegar without a second thought?
Takes all kinds to make a world i guess..
yes i_k, it does. and donk, that is called taking a navy shower. very popular on long trips overseas. when i was in the coast guard, we had to use recirculated sea water, heated and sprayed on you, then soap lather, scrub, and rinse. and get the fuck out so next person can get in. about 2 minutes each.
a.k.a. taking a “pusser shower”. Used when there are imposed water restrictions onboard ship. Pusser is a naval term taken from the old Royal Navy for “Purser” – the person in charge of provisions and stores onboard. Due to long voyages and lack of reliable suppliers at various ports of call, often supplies were rationed out and the person in charge of this was the Pusser. (Not always the most well liked guy onboard as you can imagine) This was also the guy that handed out the daily rum ration or tot. (Pusser’s Rum anyone?) Nowadays, the term Pusser is still used but in a different context. If something is described as being pusser, it means it is very navy-like or by the book; regimented. Ex. A sailor in imaculate full dress uniform could be described as looking very pusser.
Bos’n! Pipe “Up Spirits” We’ll splice the mainbrace lads. Death to Boney and his bleedin’ Crapauds.
“Have ye seen me mizzen mast? It’s mizzen.”
-Yosemite Sam (Sea-goin’ Sam! The blood-thirstiest, shoot-em-firstiest, dog-gone-worstiest buccaneer as ever sailed the spanish main.)
Good point about the cologne, IK. And how about patchouli? I have never liked the scent of this, mostly because it’s mixed with the smell of dirty hippy.
I suppose though, in keeping with the spirit of this bitch, if I’m going to be quoting Looney Tunes characters, this fellow would be more appropriate:
http://www.animationconnection.com/inc/ima…
“ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK! I pierce you with the ack ack of love, flowerpot!”