Today the record was broken for the number of smelly people who crossed my path in downtown Halifax. The elderly woman with the open sores all over her body, wearing the same clothes I’ve seen her in for over a month (obviously not washed during that time), whose rank odour caused me and several others in the shop to nearly puke, to the point that several of us left the store without purchasing anything; the young wannabe-hippie guy with long, greasy, unwashed hair who smelled like he hadn’t bathed in months; the middle-aged, smartly dressed woman who looked clean at first blush, but who stunk to high heavens of old sweat; the pretty teenage girl who smelled like she had fucked an entire football team and hadn’t changed her underwear for weeks; the elderly man who smelled like someone had poured beer all over him and sat him in the sun to broil; the disgustingly filthy old drunk who lives in my building who’s been wearing the same clothes, every day, for the past three months…there are more, but you get the picture.
I’ve lived all over the world, including several tropical countries, and have never lived anywhere where there are so many foul-smelling people. There is no reason why people can’t wash themselves and their clothes; a bar of soap and some deodorant will only cost a couple of dollars and will last a month or more; there are public washrooms where you can do a “soldiers’ bath” if you’re living rough. There is no bloody excuse for anybody to be so disgustingly filthy and smelly. —Disgusted in the City
This article appears in Aug 2-8, 2012.
Perhaps you should move to New York…I’m sure the people there are a real treat for the ol’ shnoz
If you left a tropical paradise to come live here, you’re an idiot.
AND I BET YOUR SHIT DOESN’T STINK, RIGHT?
have you been checked for brain tumours? Seems like everything smells to you. I have a nose like a beagle and haven’t noticed especially highly aromatic lingering about Halifax people. and I too have lived in tropical climes.
OP, you should learn not to be so nosey.
This whole thread should have closed following SHITD’s comment. Bang on!
All the stinky people, where do they all come from?
All the stinky people, where do they all belong?
I’ve lived all over the world and …blah blah blah blah blahdilly blahdidly BLAHHHH. Your bitch stinks.
I couldn’t agree more, OP. Stinky people are fucking gross. Can’t they smell themselves? I shower twice a day, but I still notice if my pits get a little ripe, and I WASH them. OP is right, soap and water are cheap, and in great supply. There is no excuse.
Kontee is that a picture of Sarah Palin as your avatar?
It’s the humidity, it magnifies the scent of everything. True story.
Weird how 100% humidity and 30 degree weather can make it difficult for people to control their sweating. You must be Win Hof. And you must smell like a daisy all the time.
I heard if you take some lemon wedges and stick em under your pits for a whole day, you’ll never need to buy pit stick again.
Many of these people are probably mentally ill and not exactly lucid. Many still probably don’t have anyone in their lives to tell them they smell bad. Others probably need their last two dollars to buy a can of tuna or to put toward their insanely high power bill so it doesn’t get cut off. If you’re so worldly, I’m surprised you didn’t stop to think of these people’s possible misfortune.