Mysterious smell???

[elucidate]

I have NO idea where to put this, so I thought I'd make it a fun game.

There is a mysterious smell of smelly fish on my right arm sleeve of my thermals. I have NO idea where it came from, and even washing it doesn't seem to get rid of it. It's disgusting, and makes me want to barf everytime I smell it. I'm wearing them right now, and thought it would be ok, as I washed them last nigh...but no!

What could it be? Where did this darn smell of fish come from, and why won't it leave?

My first guess is that somehow one of my omega three fish oil capsules split and dripped down onto it...somehow?

Lets get our imaginations going and solve this silly thing for me, ok...

[supertom]

Have you been having feelings of doubt or acting suspiciously ?

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by supertom

Have you been having feelings of doubt or acting suspiciously ?

I have been having feelings of doubt, yes. How is that relevant?

I don't think I've been acting suspiciously though...but then, I haven't asked anyone around me if I've been acting suspiciously.

[supertom]

Originally Posted by elucidate

I have been having feelings of doubt, yes. How is that relevant?

I don't think I've been acting suspiciously though...but then, I haven't asked anyone around me if I've been acting suspiciously.

You smelled fishy because you were acting fishy....not funny, i thought it was gold!!!

I remember my mum had beauty oil that smelled actually like those omega 3 tablets, so have you tried any new facials or beauty creams.

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by supertom

You smelled fishy because you were acting fishy....not funny, i thought it was gold!!!

I remember my mum had beauty oil that smelled actually like those omega 3 tablets, so have you tried any new facials or beauty creams.

I wondered if that was what you meant.

No, I haven't got any new beauty creams, though I did just start using neem oil in my hair...but it's stinky in a different way to fish.

It's only on one specific spot on my right arm sleeve...and not under the armpit. It isn't on my other sleeve. it's just weird!

[Wax Frog]

Charlie the Nocturnal Intruder?

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

Charlie the Nocturnal Intruder?

This just sounds like it's bordering on disturbingly kinky and plain old perverted.

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by elucidate

That sounds like it's bordering on disturbing/kinky and just plain perverted!

You haven't been kissed until you've been Star-kist!

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

Charlie the Nocturnal Intruder?

Actually, now that i come to think about it, this sounds like something a guy would call his "Mr Winkie", or a woman would call her favorite vibrator.

You're a sick man Waxy. A sick, sick man.(;

[desertrat]

Let me tell you about this fridge that I fixed . They took out all the food except a fish that fell inside where it was hard to see. It set out in the hot AZ sun for awhile. Lets just say it did not smell good inside. desert rat

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Actually, now that i come to think about it, this sounds like something a guy would call his "Mr Winkie", or a woman would call her favorite vibrator.

You're a sick man Waxy. A sick, sick man.(;

Oh, how many times my youngest sis has called me that!

BTW, karma came to your rescue this morning... Once every three weeks, I help my parents with their marathon shopping trip to the Army commissary. Well, today was that day, and it happened that I forgot to eat breakfast, so my stomach was feeling a bit "off", and I decided to grab something at the "Shopette". Well, with my luck, major renovations were going on, which meant no breakfast burrito or suchlike, so I had to improvise.

The standard assortment of meat sticks and chips and cheese-stuffed pretzel rolls were off-putting, so I kept desperately searching until I made a fateful discovery that I thought might work well. My reactions to the sight, in order:

1) "Oh, yeah, that might work!!!"
2) "Uhhh... wait a damn minute... OH, NO!!!! LOL!!!!! Elucidate's revenge!

Yes, this is what my improv breakfast consisted of this very morning, scarcely more than an hour after I'd ribbed you - seriously! It didn't "click" until after thought #1:

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by desertrat

Let me tell you about this fridge that I fixed . They took out all the food except a fish that fell inside where it was hard to see. It set out in the hot AZ sun for awhile. Lets just say it did not smell good inside. desert rat

So, maybe my shirt astral traveled to Arizona, and for some reason decided to rest on your fish that was baking itself...and then flew home to me in the night?

It could happen...right?

Anything's possible.

[elucidate]

Well, that's what you get for ribbing me Waxy!

You'll know better next time, won't you.

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

Oh, how many times my youngest sis has called me that!

BTW, karma came to your rescue this morning... Once every three weeks, I help my parents with their marathon shopping trip to the Army commissary. Well, today was that day, and it happened that I forgot to eat breakfast, so my stomach was feeling a bit "off", and I decided to grab something at the "Shopette". Well, with my luck, major renovations were going on, which meant no breakfast burrito or suchlike, so I had to improvise.

The standard assortment of meat sticks and chips and cheese-stuffed pretzel rolls were off-putting, so I kept desperately searching until I made a fateful discovery that I thought might work well. My reactions to the sight, in order:

1) "Oh, yeah, that might work!!!"
2) "Uhhh... wait a damn minute... OH, NO!!!! LOL!!!!! Elucidate's revenge!

Yes, this is what my improv breakfast consisted of this very morning, scarcely more than an hour after I'd ribbed you - seriously! It didn't "click" until after thought #1:

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by elucidate

So, maybe my shirt astral traveled to Arizona, and for some reason decided to rest on your fish that was baking itself...and then flew home to me in the night?

It could happen...right?

Anything's possible.

"Roadkill" Charlie, livin' large, seeing the world!

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

"Roadkill" Charlie, livin' large, seeing the world!

Hey, opposites attract.

So if a white t-shirt with puffy sleeves and an image of a butterfly on it decides to fly to Arizona because cupid is calling and it lands on a half baked fish and falls in love for one brief moment...who am I to question it?

[KaleidoskopicVision]

Certain bodily excretions often give off the smell of rotting fish after a while. Such bodily secretions are also notoriously difficult to remove. Just sayin.

[desertrat]

Originally Posted by elucidate

So, maybe my shirt astral traveled to Arizona, and for some reason decided to rest on your fish that was baking itself...and then flew home to me in the night?

It could happen...right?

Anything's possible.

This was like 15-20 years ago , the fridge worked for a while after I fixed it , then it quite . It had a freon leek inside somewhere. They junked it , and got a fridge that did not have a fish smell. desert rat

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by KaleidoskopicVision

Certain bodily excretions often give off the smell of rotting fish after a while. Such bodily secretions are also notoriously difficult to remove. Just sayin.

I'm not sure how those sort of bodily excretions would find their way onto the sleave of one side of my t-shirt though? This wasn't rotting fish, it was fresh fish...which is why I thought one of my fish oil capsules may have burst and dripped onto it.

Actually, that might be it...now that I think about it, I do keep a fish oil capsule in the pocket of my jeans for when I'm at work at lunchtime, and I washed them recently, so maybe it burst in the wash and leaked. That would mean that most of my clothes would smell of fish though, not just one small spot on my t-shirt sleave??

I was wondering when someone of the male gender would bring this up though!

I don't think that's what it is, but thanks.

I'm not in the habit of wiping myself with my t-shirt, especially not after just having washed it. I didn't realize that sort of thing was hard to remove though, so that's something new.

The mystery continues....

[OptimistPrime]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Well, that's what you get for ribbing me Waxy!

Yeah Waxy, you should know better than to rib someone for your pleasure!

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by elucidate

I'm not in the habit of wiping myself with my t-shirt, especially not after just having washed it.

Originally Posted by OptimistPrime

Yeah Waxy, you should know better than to rib someone for your pleasure!

Read the first quote and then tell me you blame me!

[KaleidoskopicVision]

Originally Posted by elucidate

I'm not sure how those sort of bodily excretions would find their way onto the sleave of one side of my t-shirt though? This wasn't rotting fish, it was fresh fish...which is why I thought one of my fish oil capsules may have burst and dripped onto it.

Actually, that might be it...now that I think about it, I do keep a fish oil capsule in the pocket of my jeans for when I'm at work at lunchtime, and I washed them recently, so maybe it burst in the wash and leaked. That would mean that most of my clothes would smell of fish though, not just one small spot on my t-shirt sleave??

I was wondering when someone of the male gender would bring this up though!

I don't think that's what it is, but thanks.

I'm not in the habit of wiping myself with my t-shirt, especially not after just having washed it. I didn't realize that sort of thing was hard to remove though, so that's something new.

The mystery continues....

Aye, definitely would be the fish oil capsule then. Pardon my maleness

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by KaleidoskopicVision

Aye, definitely would be the fish oil capsule then. Pardon my maleness

Again though, wouldn't that spread to all my clothes, not just one tiny spot on my t-shirt sleave?

Don't worry, I know you can't help it...being male.

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by KaleidoskopicVision

Pardon my maleness

I'd rather aggravate it!


[imagines elucidate rolling around in a tub full of fish capsules]

[Mynder]

Okay. Now I guess you'll have to go smell all the clothes that were in that machine at that time to find the spots that got tainted.

Or maybe it's something different. Remember how in Ghostbusters, the ghosts tended to excrete ectoplasm...?

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

I'd rather aggravate it!


[imagines elucidate rolling around in a tub full of fish capsules]

Imagine elucidate rolling waxy around in a tub of fish oil capsules that have been burst from the heat on a hot sunny day outside...with all his delicate little frog skin blistering.

[KaleidoskopicVision]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Again though, wouldn't that spread to all my clothes, not just one tiny spot on my t-shirt sleave?

Don't worry, I know you can't help it...being male.

Oh well maybe when it burst it was in your pocket and your sleeve happened to brush it. Smell all your pockets to solve this most intriguing mystery, or at least rule out one cause.

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Imagine elucidate rolling waxy around in a tub of fish oil capsules that have been burst from the heat on a hot sunny day outside...with all his delicate little frog skin blistering.

Meanie! I should have said "oil"

Being serious for a moment - I've had fish caps pop in pockets once or twice, and I can vouch for the fish-smell-where-it-doesn't belong phenomenon...

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by Mynder

Okay. Now I guess you'll have to go smell all the clothes that were in that machine at that time to find the spots that got tainted.

THAT's the mysterious part. If it was a fish oil capsule, and right now that's about the only thing it could be, why did it not infect my entire clothes bundle? Why just this one spot?

I wonder if it has any connection with the fact that whenever I buy food and walk home with it, it disappears before I get there? And NO, I didn't eat it!

I think there is something cosmically amiss here!

Or maybe it's something different. Remember how in Ghostbusters, the ghosts tended to excrete ectoplasm...?

Could be, could be...I haven't ruled anything out yet. Someone was talking about cannibal demons last week on a thread, so maybe there is a fish demon in my washing machine?

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by KaleidoskopicVision

Oh well maybe when it burst it was in your pocket and your sleeve happened to brush it. Smell all your pockets to solve this most intriguing mystery, or at least rule out one cause.

Ah yes...good thinking. I shall do just that.

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

Meanie!

Being serious for a moment - I've had fish caps pop in pockets once or twice, and I can vouch for the fish-smell-where-it-doesn't belong phenomenon...

Diabolical!