"All these profits make me honnnnngray!"
Posted on 10/28/2005 8:48:38 AM PDT by kinghorse
Strong, Sweet Smell Reported in Manhattan Oct 28 10:24 AM US/Eastern Email this story
NEW YORK
New York City has many odors, but when the city began to smell a little too good, New Yorkers became alarmed.
Residents from the southern tip of Manhattan to the Upper West Side nearly 10 miles north called a city hot line to report a strong odor Thursday night that most compared to maple syrup, The New York Times reported Friday.
There were so many calls that the city's Office of Emergency Management coordinated efforts with the Police and Fire Departments, the Coast Guard and the City Department of Environmental Protection to find the source of the mysterious smell.
Air tests haven't turned up anything harmful, but the source was still a mystery.
"We are continuing to sample the air throughout the affected area to make sure there's nothing hazardous," said Jarrod Bernstein, an emergency management spokesman. "What the actual cause of the smell is, we really don't know."
Although many compared the smell to maple syrup, others said it reminded them of vanilla coffee or freshly-baked cake. All seemed to agree that it was a welcome change from the usual city smells.
"It's like maple syrup. With Eggos (waffles). Or pancakes," Arturo Padilla told The Times as he walked in Lower Manhattan. "It's pleasant."
Heheheh!
"All these profits make me honnnnngray!"
That man is living proof why brothers and sisters shouldn't make babies.
LOL! Nice picture.
Methinks Jerry Nadler had five dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts and a can of black beans.
Good one.
He looks like Martin Short playing Jiminy Glick.
Yeah, ol' Jiminy here is laughing all the way to the bank.
The oil companies are beginning to sound like global warming alarmists....Short supply! Hurricanes! Federal regulations! High demand! The sky is falling! (but all will be OK once we raise prices).
Perhaps a timely donation to the federal deficit is in order?
That was my first thought, too. I had a busted radiator once, and now I almost can't stomach the smell of maple syrup.
Probably a mixture of human urine and bad pizza.....
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