Reged: 08/06/04
Posts: 4381
Loc: Within stray mortar fire of DC
Yep. <story insues> One 4th of July when I was 8, we had an egg throwing contest. I caught the egg thumbs first, exploding raw egg all over my face, hair and torso on the hottest day of the year. We were about 2 miles from home, and my dad wouldn't let me back in the car. They tried to wash me off with some ice from the cooler, but there was beer in the ice and I ended up with a wet sticky egg beer mixture on my clothes, in my hair, and on my face and ears for the whole walk home in the burning sun. (voilins playing ). I never got over that smell!! What 8 year old would?
But I've had heightened smell for my whole life. On car tirps I can smell if there's running water nearby. I can smell apples and tomatoes being peeled almost anywhere in the house. Unf, it's not something I can turn off, tho.