After hearing a friend's story about sitting next to a stinky person on the train, memories of a similar experience came flooding back. This happened in my London days, while riding the tube one morning on my way to work. After taking a seat, I smelled the most disgusting, most awful human body stink ever. It was SO strong that I thought it was coming from ME. I thought maybe I screwed up and put on a filthy, fermented, un-laundered shirt without realising it. I couldn't understand how I could have made such a serious mistake, nor how I didn't notice sooner, but I also couldn't see how the stink could be so strong if it was coming from somewhere else other than my own body. The train was packed with other "professionals" on their way to work and I became really embarrassed and self-conscious.
I knew I couldn't go to the office like that, so I made up my mind to get off the train at the next stop and go back home to change clothes. At the stop where I planned to get off, a homeless dude nearby me got off the train first and the stink went away! I was completely shocked that such a powerful stench was emanating from someone several feet away, but I was SO RELIEVED that it wasn't me that I started laughing out loud. ^_^
Ok...as I am reading this I can't stop laughing out loud myself. It's amazing how a stench so strong can alter our own minds into thinking that it is coming from us. LOL
ReplyDeletehaha! I actually forgot that I wrote about this! I'm glad you found it. It really was a mind-altering stench. I think the stink itself might have been alive. It scared me.
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