July 26 2008: I Smell Like Meat
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I have to admit, I’m a creature of some disgusting foul habits. Like, right now? I haven’t showered for forty-eight hours, and I’m pretty certain I smell like I haven’t showered for forty-eight hours. If I’d only been sitting around at home on my laptop…yeah, not showering for forty-eight hours isn’t an issue. When however, that forty-eight hours involved:
- Seven hours of work
- Two hours of shopping
- Four hours at a Korean BBQ place for dinner
- Seven hours of work
…it’s a fairly dire smell emanating from your pores that greets people ten steps before you do.
If anyone’s ever been to a Korean barbeque place, you’ll know exactly how much it smells. Ever been to a normal backyard barbeque? Now, imagine standing ten centimetres away from that barbeque for four hours straight, soaking in the smells of smoke and cooking meat. This isn’t a smell that can be masked with a spritz of perfume (though believe me, I tried). Rather it’s one that you will still be able to catch a whiff of a week later after you’ve washed your hair three times and after you’ve washed your clothes a dozen times. It’s pervasive, and it does not leave.
And right now? That’s what I smell like. I think it’s time to get myself off the Internet and into a shower.
13 Responses to “I Smell Like Meat”
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shower, shower!! I know that smell…Chinese/Vietnamese barbeque place. After I went there the smell would radiate from my coat while it was hanging in my closet. The smell actually seeped down into my bra. Yes. and it took many washes to get out. Not fun.
marilyn on July 26 2008 #
YOU AND YOUR AWFUL PEOPLE HAVING SEX IN THE SNOW COMMENTS.
You smell!
Tracey on July 26 2008 #
Geez, I could never stand not taking a bath for a day!
Enzo on July 26 2008 #
Woah I can smell you from here!
Bobbi-lee on July 26 2008 #
Haha. I have one thing to say: EW.
Arwen on July 27 2008 #
AHAHAHA!~ I never realised Korean barbecue places had that smell? I guess I never noticed it?
Is it the kind that’s a round table, with a circular opening in the middle where they put this coal thing in to heat the pan that cooks the meat? Just wondering.
Tara on July 27 2008 #
Korean food is SO amazing! But I know… the somewhat sour smell of the marinades tends to stick to people.
Felisa on July 27 2008 #
I do this sometimes, although I refrain from blogging about it because the boyfriend reads my blog sometimes and I think he’d have a heart attack if he knew I sometimes have hobo tendencies.
I ADORE Korean BBQ.. Almost as much as I adore hibachi grills. Hibachi grills wreak the same havoc on my scent!
Shen-Shen on July 27 2008 #
Korean food is yummy. :D Although, it is very, erm… strong in odor. Kimchi will stink up your whole house. :P
Josh on July 27 2008 #
Oh that was you? Hahaha, I kid :P
I can’t stand leaving my house for work or something without taking a shower first. It irks me. And Korean BBQ is awesome.
Eina on July 27 2008 #
I have never been to a Korean BBQ! I don’t think I’ve ever tried Korean food for that matter. What’s it like?
Susan on July 27 2008 #
BBQ is definitely one of those STICKING smells. At least you don’t have to explain what you’ve been up to! It’s quite obvious to others already!
Jen on July 27 2008 #
I usually shower daily, but on those days when I ‘forget’ to shower, I have this tendency to smell like I just smothered myself in a Korean BBQ, whether or not I’ve been near Korean foot itself :P
Austin on July 27 2008 #