It struck me that cows, cats, dogs and horses don’t have regular showers. But you can tell if a human has not showered for a week. Is it species specific sensitivity, omnivore or carnivore diets?
bacteria
Seriously? Dirty dogs smell like shite! And there is no such thing as a clean cow. At least cats clean themselves… After a fashion…
party_pants said:
bacteria
that feed on our sweat.
other animals don’t sweat as much as us to keep cool.
AwesomeO said:
It struck me that cows, cats, dogs and horses don’t have regular showers. But you can tell if a human has not showered for a week. Is it species specific sensitivity, omnivore or carnivore diets?
Before i go out anywhere, i like to take a ‘smellfie’… a quick sniff of the armpits to make sure i don’t smell too bad
party_pants said:
bacteria
I guess so but why our aversion to particular bacteria? Herbivore and carnivore shit smells different and offensive to us? Genetic memory?
furious said:
Seriously? Dirty dogs smell like shite! And there is no such thing as a clean cow. At least cats clean themselves… After a fashion…
Cows smell okay, b ut yeah a house can get a doggy smell but would It be worse than living 15 years with someone who never washed?
Try not washing a dog for 15 years and you might find your answer…
furious said:
- Cows smell okay, b ut yeah a house can get a doggy smell but would It be worse than living 15 years with someone who never washed?
Try not washing a dog for 15 years and you might find your answer…
How about a dog and a human for a week. I reckon you would think the human smells worse than the dog.
AwesomeO said:
furious said:
Seriously? Dirty dogs smell like shite! And there is no such thing as a clean cow. At least cats clean themselves… After a fashion…
Cows smell okay, b ut yeah a house can get a doggy smell but would It be worse than living 15 years with someone who never washed?
>It struck me that cows, cats, dogs and horses don’t have regular showers. But you can tell if a human has not showered for a week. Is it species specific sensitivity, omnivore or carnivore diets?
How much humans smell depends on the individual (a lot), state of health likely, how much a person sweats, clothes worn (if changed, and how often), diet likely, and more. Also what people don’t like of each others odours depends on the receiver, and the relationship or potential relationship between the two. The context of exposure/s is also a powerful factor.
Showering is not the only method of cleaning the body (or smelly parts of), there be baths, flannels, Baby Wipes etc.
One of the smelliest things can be feet that have had shoes around them, and shoes/boots etc.
stumpy_seahorse said:
Before i go out anywhere, i like to take a ‘smellfie’… a quick sniff of the armpits to make sure i don’t smell too bad
That might be the first recorded instance of the term “smellfie”. Expect an interview with the Oxford Dictionary in a decade or so.
furious said:
- Cows smell okay, b ut yeah a house can get a doggy smell but would It be worse than living 15 years with someone who never washed?
Try not washing a dog for 15 years and you might find your answer…
Not helped by the dog perfume they can harvest from an apparently benign paddock.
On a related note, the contraceptive pill may alter a woman’s smell and what she likes of a man, altering mate choice.
morrie said:
AwesomeO said:
furious said:
Seriously? Dirty dogs smell like shite! And there is no such thing as a clean cow. At least cats clean themselves… After a fashion…
Cows smell okay, b ut yeah a house can get a doggy smell but would It be worse than living 15 years with someone who never washed?
I am sure that in the past this was common. I think that people in Tibet don’t wash too often IIRC.
Indeed,I understand that the western daily shower with perfumed soaps is new . Maybe we were smelly but cleanliness he always been valued. Many ancient texts refer to the desirability of white teeth and sweet breath.
morrie said:
AwesomeO said:
furious said:
Seriously? Dirty dogs smell like shite! And there is no such thing as a clean cow. At least cats clean themselves… After a fashion…
Cows smell okay, b ut yeah a house can get a doggy smell but would It be worse than living 15 years with someone who never washed?
I am sure that in the past this was common. I think that people in Tibet don’t wash too often IIRC.
Cows are renown for their flatulence, so probably best to periodically walk away.
morrie said:
morrie said:
AwesomeO said:Cows smell okay, b ut yeah a house can get a doggy smell but would It be worse than living 15 years with someone who never washed?
I am sure that in the past this was common. I think that people in Tibet don’t wash too often IIRC.
from a trekking guide “Tibetan women don’t usually wash their bodies except during an annual bathing ritual”
“where do you wash?”
“in the spring”
“i said where.. not when…”
I do smelfies as well. I will kill myself having a shower before seeing a doctor. One thing I am conscious I am smelly and don’t want to subject the doctor, and the other, healthy people don’t realise what an effort a shower is. It’s frigging huge,
Even more dramatic than not washing perhaps is the Aboriginal practice, reported at first encounter in Sydney, of covering their bodies in fish oil and having pieces of fish in their hair to generate oil.
AwesomeO said:
I do smelfies as well. I will kill myself having a shower before seeing a doctor. One thing I am conscious I am smelly and don’t want to subject the doctor, and the other, healthy people don’t realise what an effort a shower is. It’s frigging huge,
morrie said:
Even more dramatic than not washing perhaps is the Aboriginal practice, reported at first encounter in Sydney, of covering their bodies in fish oil and having pieces of fish in their hair to generate oil.
sounds fishy…
morrie said:
Even more dramatic than not washing perhaps is the Aboriginal practice, reported at first encounter in Sydney, of covering their bodies in fish oil and having pieces of fish in their hair to generate oil.
Native Americans considered Europeans to be incredibly and offensively smelly. I guess you get used to it.
>…healthy people don’t realise what an effort a shower is. It’s frigging huge,
>>You’re saying showering is difficult when you’re down and out? Too weak to stand?
I understood it as code for deviant obsessive willy washer, WR.
AwesomeO said:
morrie said:
Even more dramatic than not washing perhaps is the Aboriginal practice, reported at first encounter in Sydney, of covering their bodies in fish oil and having pieces of fish in their hair to generate oil.
Native Americans considered Europeans to be incredibly and offensively smelly. I guess you get used to it.
Viet Cong used to say they could smell their deodorant and mints metres away.
morrie said:
Even more dramatic than not washing perhaps is the Aboriginal practice, reported at first encounter in Sydney, of covering their bodies in fish oil and having pieces of fish in their hair to generate oil.
Animal fat is also commonly used.
AwesomeO said:
morrie said:
Even more dramatic than not washing perhaps is the Aboriginal practice, reported at first encounter in Sydney, of covering their bodies in fish oil and having pieces of fish in their hair to generate oil.
Native Americans considered Europeans to be incredibly and offensively smelly. I guess you get used to it.
Apparently it’s all the dairy products we eat. Gives off a certain stench that we have apparently got used to.
Witty Rejoinder said:
AwesomeO said:
I do smelfies as well. I will kill myself having a shower before seeing a doctor. One thing I am conscious I am smelly and don’t want to subject the doctor, and the other, healthy people don’t realise what an effort a shower is. It’s frigging huge,
You’re saying showering is difficult when you’re down and out? Too weak to stand?
Yep. Tis one of the first indications of illness is lapsing of hygiene, it is extraordinary the effort required in a shower. Knocks shit out of you.
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AwesomeO said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
AwesomeO said:
I do smelfies as well. I will kill myself having a shower before seeing a doctor. One thing I am conscious I am smelly and don’t want to subject the doctor, and the other, healthy people don’t realise what an effort a shower is. It’s frigging huge,
You’re saying showering is difficult when you’re down and out? Too weak to stand?Yep. Tis one of the first indications of illness is lapsing of hygiene, it is extraordinary the effort required in a shower. Knocks shit out of you.
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need a plastic stool and flexible hose perhaps?
party_pants said:
AwesomeO said:
Witty Rejoinder said:You’re saying showering is difficult when you’re down and out? Too weak to stand?
Yep. Tis one of the first indications of illness is lapsing of hygiene, it is extraordinary the effort required in a shower. Knocks shit out of you.
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need a plastic stool and flexible hose perhaps?
i have to have baths..
showers on 1 leg are just too difficult
it’s the clothes
SCIENCE said:
it’s the clothes
Aye. People who wear very little and spend most of their time outdoors probably don’t smell too bad even if they seldom wash.
furious said:
Seriously? Dirty dogs smell like shite! And there is no such thing as a clean cow. At least cats clean themselves… After a fashion…
In total agreement with furious. As for cats, you can almost always tell by the smell whether there is a cat living in any house.
Which animals consume shit their systems don’t need or can cope with?
Processed food may contribute to our bad smell.
The people released from weekend detention really smell so much so it hangs around in the air many minutes after they have left
Cymek said:
Processed food may contribute to our bad smell.
The people released from weekend detention really smell so much so it hangs around in the air many minutes after they have left
Brings back to mind the time on a slim racing dog bus, I travelled to Proserpine which took almost 24 hours. I had purchased a new set of sneakers before I departed but by the time I arrived, the smell of whatever they used to clean the loo could never be removed from ad-didas.
I’ve lost count of how many religions and various derivatives of same religion claim theirs is the one and true religion. I read a story about the chances of your religion being the right one assuming any are right is 1 in 10,000 or more. The correct religion could be one from the past, past or as yet unmade-up
Cymek said:
I’ve lost count of how many religions and various derivatives of same religion claim theirs is the one and true religion. I read a story about the chances of your religion being the right one assuming any are right is 1 in 10,000 or more. The correct religion could be one from the past, past or as yet unmade-up
So., religions are smelly human stuff?
roughbarked said:
Cymek said:
I’ve lost count of how many religions and various derivatives of same religion claim theirs is the one and true religion. I read a story about the chances of your religion being the right one assuming any are right is 1 in 10,000 or more. The correct religion could be one from the past, past or as yet unmade-up
So., religions are smelly human stuff?
That does work
Cymek said:
roughbarked said:
Cymek said:
I’ve lost count of how many religions and various derivatives of same religion claim theirs is the one and true religion. I read a story about the chances of your religion being the right one assuming any are right is 1 in 10,000 or more. The correct religion could be one from the past, past or as yet unmade-up
So., religions are smelly human stuff?
That does work
It was just a thought, mind.. ;)