Smell

[Ironsouled]

Our mad science teacher once had us experiment with esters [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esters]. One was so bad I could still smell it two days later. Damn, that stuff was nasty.

Aah, science class. So many horrible, horrible things people can do.
Now the worst smell/experience to have happen is to have someone mix up Hydrogen Sulfide, mix it with DMSO and n-butyl mercaptan (the active ingreient in skunk spray) and let loose into a wing.
It. Was. Horrifying. imagine an entire wing of classrooms running out of the building to vomit their guts out, creating another unpleasant smell.

 

[Axzarious]

A few years ago, I was looking at my lunchbox (it was one of those water-proof, thick fabric types) which I'd had for years and never washed. I decided to take a whiff of it and before I could even register a scent, my nose began to bleed copiously. So much so that, for about a day I had the smell of fresh blood stuck in my nasal passages. Afterward, it began to decay, I suspect, because for about 2 or 3 weeks after, the stench of death flooded my head inescapably. To this day my nose doesn't work properly.

In short, the worst thing I ever smelled would have to be my old lunchbox, because it eviscerated my sense of smell.

Ok can anyone honestly say they can top this? I'm afraid you win.

Woah... What was even in that lunchbox? Aside from caustic chemicals, I cant even fathom what was in that thing.

As for me, Aside from the typical things that smell horrible, theres Grease Traps. God those are awful...

I also cant stand the smell of almost any cologne or perfume. The stuff has been known to give me headaches, and in a few cases, nosebleeds. I dont know how people can enjoy the smell of it.

 

[AcidMittens]

rotten potato's

 

[Etherian87]

Hmm, I'm torn between "incontinent smelly old man on train" and "Boris the cat".

I mean, for pure agony I'd say the old man, because he was getting off at the same stop as me, so there were no respite, and he always took the same train as me. After a week all I thought was "die, already!".

Boris the cat had a more concentrated smell, practically weaponized, even. As long as he was just sitting still and being quiet all was well, but when he got tired... god.
You see, Boris could sit at the other end of the apartment, then he yawned and unleashed a concentrated beam of smell across the entire area, and burninate the nostrils of anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in the beam.

Spoiler: Sort of like this, only with bad breath.

Needless to say, it's easy to assume this is simple exaggeration, but I can assure you it's not.

In the end I'll say "piss-soaked old man" because his only redeeming attribute was that he didn't look evil. He was truly horrible, though.

Boris was a very pleasant cat to be with, as long as he didn't open his mouth in your general direction.

the boris the cat story made me piss myself laughing and also finally stop lurking

OP: the worst thing I ever smelled was when my housemate got drunk and decided to put dog shit in the oven... its not pleasant to wake up to the smell of burning dog shit and find your housemate laughing and covered in his own sick... Needless to say told his girlfriend on him.

 

[lokun489]

Hmm, I'm torn between "incontinent smelly old man on train" and "Boris the cat".

I mean, for pure agony I'd say the old man, because he was getting off at the same stop as me, so there were no respite, and he always took the same train as me. After a week all I thought was "die, already!".

Boris the cat had a more concentrated smell, practically weaponized, even. As long as he was just sitting still and being quiet all was well, but when he got tired... god.
You see, Boris could sit at the other end of the apartment, then he yawned and unleashed a concentrated beam of smell across the entire area, and burninate the nostrils of anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in the beam.

Spoiler: Sort of like this, only with bad breath.

Needless to say, it's easy to assume this is simple exaggeration, but I can assure you it's not.

In the end I'll say "piss-soaked old man" because his only redeeming attribute was that he didn't look evil. He was truly horrible, though.

Boris was a very pleasant cat to be with, as long as he didn't open his mouth in your general direction.

the boris the cat story made me piss myself laughing and also finally stop lurking

OP: the worst thing I ever smelled was when my housemate got drunk and decided to put dog shit in the oven... its not pleasant to wake up to the smell of burning dog shit and find your housemate laughing and covered in his own sick... Needless to say told his girlfriend on him.

Why the hell did he do that?

 

[Crazy_Dude]

A few years ago, I was looking at my lunchbox (it was one of those water-proof, thick fabric types) which I'd had for years and never washed. I decided to take a whiff of it and before I could even register a scent, my nose began to bleed copiously. So much so that, for about a day I had the smell of fresh blood stuck in my nasal passages. Afterward, it began to decay, I suspect, because for about 2 or 3 weeks after, the stench of death flooded my head inescapably. To this day my nose doesn't work properly.

In short, the worst thing I ever smelled would have to be my old lunchbox, because it eviscerated my sense of smell.

I bursted out in laughing when I read this. It sucks for yo though its just a really funny story.

Also I have got a Bearded Dragon as pet. And whenever it takes a shit it leaves a stench that is just unbearable. Rumors has it if you feed it Mice/Small Rodents they stench would be even worse.

 

[Etherian87]

[/quote]Why the hell did he do that?[/quote]

He heard the sentence dog shit kebab on an old show called Bottom and thought it would be funny to see how bad it would smell... it was bad... i have to admit i did also laugh a little

 

[Marcosn]

Decaying bodies would have to be number 1 for me. Awful.

In day to day life, I'd probably go with uncleaned public bathrooms. There is one at a petrol station not far from here and I swear the place has never been cleaned. The toilet bowl is completely stained brown and old bits of feces are permanently stamped onto the bowl. I've only been in there once and threw up violent, but I hear it is still in the same condition.

Ok question. I watch the BBC and I live in Amercia so I never knew what petrol is. What is petrol?

First i LOL'ed then i realised how different the UK and US is and saddened me

OT: The worst smell i've encountered was after extreme bowel problems after not needing the toilet for over a week, i swear i lost my sense of smell to that :/

Period blood.

Not just one instance of it either, I think I'm just extremely unlucky in knowing women who don't clean up when they dispose of pads properly AND have awful, awful-smelling walls on their uterus.

ok, i think yours wins and now you made me imagine it!!! (darn you and taking advantage of my wandering mind!)

 

[Leemaster777]

For me, it was back in High School, when we had to dissect animals.

I don't know what our teacher was on, but he decided to just skip ahead of all the small stuff, and start us on rats.

The preservative, mixed with that oh-so-pleasant rat stench was unbearable. Worst thing I have ever smelled. And to put that in perspective, I work in a hospital in Florida, where we have PLENTY of elderly patients, so the stink of fresh shit is not unknown to me.

 

[thedeathscythe]

Bathrooms at the end of Cochella. Pretty much the worst thing I've experienced, and I'm straight edge so I was sober the entire time, wasted people had it easy I think.

 

[ThatLankyBastard]

Someone left a bologna sandwich in my Math class 3 years ago...

My teacher has been keeping it for them...

THAT was the absolute worst thing I ever smelled...

 

[DreadfulSorry]

Dead, rotting mouse in the wall, where you can't get to it, so you have to let it rot itself out. Sometimes I hate living in the boonies :\ I think we get one every few months or so. We need more snakes.

 

[Irridium]

Your breath when you first get up in the morning. It tastes like ass, and it smells worse. Just... eugh.

Iraq.

Ooooh-kaaaay...

OT: Cat shit.

Jesus fucking Christ that stuff stinks.

Have you ever been wherever your cats litterbox is and been doing something you can't easily stop when it decides to do it's buisnes?

No, it goes in the garden - just like a civilised cat should do.

*judgemental eyes*

You have a garden?

Huh, didn't know that. I just learned something today.

 

[OneOfTheMichael's]

Cat litter, dog sh*tt, normal sh*tt, old compost, overused axe or old spice spray or deodorant, moldy cheese (any food with mold), and people who have really bad breath and don't brush in the morning.

 

[Outright Villainy]

The placenta of a calf. It nearly made me throw up from 15 feet away.

 

[SeanTheSheep]

I hate bleaching my hair I did it once and it was all dry and frail...

That's because you're burning out the pigment with corrosive chemicals. It probably wouldn't be great for thin strands of keratin hanging off your bonce. Conditioner helps though.

Personally, I haven't ever minded bleaching my hair, I don't mind the smell, and I dye it with something that smells weirder nearly straight away afterwards anyway.

OT: When I was a kid, my grandma used to make something called aroth alakabhana (I have no idea how to spell it, that's how it sounds) The smell would linger for a month, and just when you thought it was gone, you'd open your wardrobe and you'd get a blast of awful, rotting fishy banana gods know what.
I can't even remember what was in it, justthat it was foul.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

The outhouse at camp. It was just a hole in the ground with a big metal cap on it. That was fucking horrible.

 

[EPolleys]

It comes down to either my own puke, piss, or cat shit.
What could make any of those worse? Put em together X (