Canadi>nBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 986 times:
I dunno about the rest of you, but I'm starting to feel rather overwhelmed and mentally exhausted by the Iraq issue and the accompanying arguments, fears, paranoia and media overkill/propaganda, etc. etc. etc.
So, that said, let me ask you a rather inane question. I freely admit I find myself some mornings rummaging through my "mountain" of clothes in my bedroom, anxiously searching for something wearable, should I have failed/neglected to do laundry the night before. Yep, I will spend a frantic 10 minutes or so "sniffin" for some quasi clean socks, pants, shirts, etc to wear.
If the item does not have a "bleu cheese" odour, then it passes my test.
And yes...Y E S, I will even go out on a limb here and state for the record that I have been known to perform the snifferoo test on.........my undies. ("Oh,GOD! That is F******G disgusting!", you say?) So shoot me if I am the only guy who has had to resort to this. Don't get me wrong, I am far far from being an unclean, unhygienic person, but well, laziness and apathy for the washing machine takes its toll on me some days during the month.
So, any fellow "sniffers" out there? C'mon, fess up. It's good for the soul.
Have you grossed out your girlfriend/boyfriend/parent/dog by being caught in the act?
Women always profess (to me anyway) that they most definitely do not
sniff. Hmmmmm, I wonder.......
Hepkat From Austria, joined Aug 2000, 2341 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 973 times:
I'm not a sniffer but my cat is. Nothing gives him greater pleasure than to go rummaging through my hamper.
Anyway, I have a suggestion for you: dirty clothes go in a hamper, clean clothes remain in the closet. This way, you never have to perform the "sniff" ever again.
707cmf From France, joined Mar 2002, 4885 posts, RR: 32 Reply 2, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 964 times:
One of the joys of being a bachelor !!!
I won't comment on this point (which means my answer is actually implied), but I will add another point : how often do you change your bed sheets (I guess this concerns only truly single bachelors like poor me) ?
I'm changing my bed sheets tonight after one month of usage, when I've been raised to clean and change them every two weeks. What's your score ?
Turbolet From Cape Verde, joined Nov 2007, 0 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 948 times:
It does happen to me occasionally. Actually washing clothes is something I absolutely love doing - load the washing machine, put in tons of washing powder, turn it on, watch the clothes spin in the froth and get them out squeaky clean!
The problem is that the weather is pretty unstable here in Malta at this time of the year, so usually when I hang something up, it starts to rain. Since I wash my clothes in batches, e.g. when I run out of socks and boxers, there's nothing left to do than sniff and... erm... mask the odors.
In that case I usually hide myself in an aura of deodorant spray and talcum powder and stuff like that. Disgusting, I know, but it helps. But hey, this is rare. On the other hand, there's some frightfully hygienic people out there - my mum was absolutely shocked when I told her I sleep in my boxers, the same boxers I've worn a whole day...
One final note is a hint for washing: buy a little bottle of Dettol antiseptic and add a capful to each load you wash in the machine. Not only does it make your washing smell fresher and cleaner, it also disinfects.
Hepkat From Austria, joined Aug 2000, 2341 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 944 times:
707cmf, funny that you should bring that up! I'm changing my bed sheets tonight too, after about 2 or 3 weeks. As a matter of fact, they're in the dryer as we speak.
I don't have a set schedule for changing them, I just do it whenever the pillows start to smell or whenever there's been, ahem, a lot of "traffic". Interestingly enough, I've discovered that whenever you have a persistent cold, changing your bed sheets and pillow cases often gets rid of it.
Canadi>nBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 939 times:
Allow me to state for the record thatmy sniff tests occur once every blue moon (or is that once every "Bleu" moon?). I despise doing it, and am utterly disgusted with myself, but.......what can one say? Trust me, I am a clean freak, but there are occasions when......
Heavymetal From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 937 times:
Boys, do yourself a favor and by a frontloading washing machine. I think you'd be into watching through the little porthole the clothes tumble and the fizz bubble. And you'll never have "bleu cheese" again.
Eeew. Just don't say anything about Feta and we'll be fine. I like my salads.
Mr Spaceman From Canada, joined Mar 2001, 2782 posts, RR: 15 Reply 8, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 933 times:
Hello!
I'm a very clean guy. In fact I do most of the cleaning around my home.
Sure I'm a "sniffer". Who isn't? Who loves doing laundry everyday of the week! And where the Flying F**K does that one sock always dissapear to??? Amazing!
When I put on a clean pair of underwear after a shower and go to work or somewhere, after I get home I take them off and hang them on a fan in my bedroom. I then put on jogging shorts with a netted banna hamic. Then if I'm going back out later, I do the sniff test on my underwear ... if they pass, I'll wear them again. What's wrong with that?
Luckily I've never had smelly feet, but, I'll do the sniff test with my socks too. I can make two pairs last two days by alternating between them. Big deal! Like I said, who loves doing laundry? I CONFESS .... I'm a Sniffer!!!
Canadi>nBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 926 times:
Speakin of Feta.......did you KNOW, that if one takes a pair of sweaty dark dress socks, and then opens up a bag of "Cheetos" or "Cheese Sticks", and performs a sniff test on both the sweaty, stinky dress sock and then the
"Cheetos", that one will disocover the odour is identical? Tis true! Studies have shown that the same bacteria in Feta or Bleu cheese is identical to the bacteria that collects on ones sweaty stinky feet.
Canadi>nBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 919 times:
Gentlemen, I applaud those of you who confessed for both your honesty and integrity. You have given men everywhere the freedom to come out of the
"sniffer closet" and scream it out from the proverbial rooftops.
Hepkat From Austria, joined Aug 2000, 2341 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 917 times:
In that case I usually hide myself in an aura of deodorant spray and talcum powder and stuff like that. Disgusting, I know, but it helps. But hey, this is rare. On the other hand, there's some frightfully hygienic people out there - my mum was absolutely shocked when I told her I sleep in my boxers, the same boxers I've worn a whole day...
Ewww! This is a VERY major no no for me. I can't stand it when people do this.
Ok, confession: while growing up, it was always "implied" that black people kept themselves cleaner than whites. We were taught to wash ourselves thoroughly, twice a day if possible, and to never, ever, under any circumstance apply a drop of deodorant or perfume on dirty skin. That was actually a cardinal sin, and among black circles, you would be reviled and scorned if you admitted to such a thing. My grandmother would pass comments like "I was sitting next to an old white woman on the bus, and boy did she smell like blah blah blah", etc.
Anyway, when I moved away to college in 1992, that was my first time actually living with someone who was white and I learned some very interesting things. There seems to be a different cultural approach to cleanliness. The first time I saw my roommate put on deodorant without showering I thought I would pass out. I never knew such a thing was possible. Interestingly, my other roommate, who was Asian, had the exact same reaction. And it wasn't just Frank that put would splash on the cologne if he was late for class and didn't have time to shower. Practically the entire floor thought this was normal.
Here in Austria, a friend of mine that travels a lot called me up to ask me a question. She spent last winter travelling the Caribbean and was astounded by how seriously people there kept themselves clean. She said they were almost militant. Soap was the fastest selling commodity, and no one would be admitted to polite society with even the slightest offending odor. Has anyone else noticed this trend, or is it just me?
Vaporlock From Canada, joined May 2001, 3645 posts, RR: 58 Reply 12, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days ago) and read 870 times:
Hey! Nothing wrong with doing a "sniff test"......but I must admit I love it when my man runs out of undies......then he can just go without!!! Amazing.......and I love it!!!
Phyllis
Life is a bitch sometimes....Smile, laugh, play~~enjoy every moment~~life is too short!!
707cmf From France, joined Mar 2002, 4885 posts, RR: 32 Reply 13, posted (10 years 3 months 6 days ago) and read 874 times:
Okay. As it is confession time...
I've been raised to wash at least once a day (as a matter of fact, I'm just out of the bath tub right now, in a clean night er shirt and boxer matching the cleanliness of the fresh clean bed sheets )
To my utter disgust, I discove a few months after moving in with a new roommate (yeah, a few months, cause we don't have exactly the same schedule) that he would have a shower only every other day, sometimes seldomer than that !
And while I have at least one heavy load of laundry per week (actually it's more like three loads every three weeks ), he just fills half a machine every 2 ~ 2.5 weeks. I've even had to forbid him to sit on my couch after a summer afternoon of golf (and take a shower before comming to dinner, puleeaase !)
And you wonder why we Frenchpeople have that kind of reputation... Believe me, there are just a few like him, most of the French are like me !!!
Now, on the other hand, another friend of mine (French too) will have at least two shower per day. Even after a winter night, when he washed himself right before going to bed ! Now, that I find a tad excessive.
Lubcha132 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 2776 posts, RR: 8 Reply 15, posted (10 years 3 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 840 times:
I'm not a sniffer but my cat is.
^^^QUOTE OF THE WEEK^^^
anyway, i keep my clean clothes in the drawer, so sniffing is unnecessary and uncalled for.
Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 26 Reply 16, posted (10 years 3 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 804 times:
Ok.. That has to be the SADDEST, SORRIEST thing I have seen in AGES!!!
Chris
Lets do some sexy math. We add you, subtract your clothes, divide your legs and multiply
Seb146 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 9922 posts, RR: 17 Reply 17, posted (10 years 3 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 786 times:
Being a bachelor, in that pre-coffee state in the mornings, I find myself trying to figure out what the hell I did with this shirt or those pants. I have gotten in the habit of throwing everything in the washing machine when I am done with it. When it is 3/4 full, I just add soap and let 'er rip! Saves me from smelling things and besides, I have so many clothes, I have to keep my clean ones on the floor!
Canadi>nBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 20, posted (10 years 3 months 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 662 times:
Posted by "Canadi>nGirl" (Girlfriend of Canadi>nBoy)
So men do the sniff test? Surprise surprise. And Phyliss, I agree with you, honey, that if our men run out of boxers or undies to wear around the house, well, that's just fine with me, too! Mind you, when I catch my boyfriend sniffing some socks in the morning, I have to say it grosses me out just a little.
But, I learn to live with it. After all, I have 2 brothers, and they did it, too.
I think perhaps it really is a "guy thing".
Do women "sniff"? I myself and my sisters don't, and I can't think of any of my girlfriends who would even admit to it, but I'm sure there must be a woman out there who has.
AWspicious From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (10 years 3 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 620 times:
I'm a reformed sniffer. Ever since I bought a front loading washing machine, the only thing (well.... er...) I'm into sniffing is the fragrance of freshly laundered clothes. As Turbolet described, I use a few drops of Lysol Direct in the wash for it's anti-bacterial properties. However, ever since they stopped selling it here in Canada (dunno why) I now have to get it imported (via visiting relatives) from the U.S.
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