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High Noon: Eau De Boy

In the comments section under the Smelly Sneakers thread below, Liz states: "I am not surprised the winner was a nine year old boy. I have a ten year old boy who could win this were he to enter. Absolutely vile." Which prompted me to remember a boy who once inhabited my house whose room had a certain unsettling smell. I dubbed it "eau de boy." The smell was a mix of unwashed socks, dirty sneakers, sweat, and mounds of stuff in various degrees of decay, including a small baby food bottle of toe nail clippings that were being saved for a friend's birthday. I'm happy to say that the boy married a young woman who keeps a clean house. Unlike his parents, she's been able to train him to pick up after himself.

Question: Can you think of a domestic smell that's worse than a boy or a boy's room?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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