Mass. Meeting to Have Scent-Free Zones

Ledger-Enquirer.com ^ | Mon, Apr. 28, 2003 | AP

[ChefKeith]

Pork Fat Rules!!!

[PatrioticAmerican]

Here come those plastic bubbles for us all to live so we don't offend anybody.

[ShotgunWillie]

What about people who simply forget to shower for days at a time, never brush their teeth, and wear their clothes until they stand by themselves. Great SCOTT!! Liberal Massachussetts DISCRIMINATES AGAINST THE HOMELESS! Imagine that!

Massachussetts, along with California, needs to just secede. Trust me-they won't be missed, and it'll stack the electoral vote in the right direction. LOL!

[VermiciousKnid]

It's no joke. Scent-free zones are popping up all over the place. Only a matter of time before it comes to your town, too.

Regards,

[fight_truth_decay]

There was a bum, if I remember the story, who took up residence on the steps of a brownstone..and the owner or tenant one night threw a bucket of water out the window (not hot) and the bum sued and got in the 3 figures. Now he had to smell as the resident passed over him on the steps each day. Some gratitude. A free shower and to turn around and sue? No good deed goes unpunished?

[flashbunny]

bump to read this later

[Lawgvr1955]

Will breaking wind in one of these protected zones be a misdemeanor or felony?

Excellent point. Shouldn't there be a fourth section at the meeting for those who want to be able to pass gas? Or should that be six sections. How about those that didn't use deodorant or cologne and didn't bathe several days before? Shouldn't there possibly be nine or twelve or fifteen sections. Man, being a left wing scent nazi is a hard job!!!

[Joe Hadenuf]

I don't think that this is funny or a joke. Recently I was in a restaurant and the smell was so bad that I started to have throat spasms, and had to get up and leave an expensive dinner behind.

It was probably the food you were smelling.....

[MrsEmmaPeel]

What happens if you don't wear any perfume or after shave but happen to break wind? What group do you belong to? ( Not that I do, mind you .. just asking )

[technochick99]

I'm with you. I am not allergic to scents, but it triggers my migraines. I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. Well, maybe... It hurts to blink, to move, to breathe, to hear noise - sheer agony. I used to wear perfume in the days before my reaction, but now have to use scent-free dryer sheets even.

I can handle smoke, bus exhaust, gasoline fumesm etc., but just about die from perfume, and the like. My thoughts are that if people can't cease and desist their heavy wearing, in a just universe I would be able to inflict the equivalent amount of pain back. Then people would realize that my day is ruined after an encounter with them. Luckily, I take imitrex now to control the reactions. My insurance has a cap on how many it will pay for each quarter though.

Someday, someone from PETA, the MMM or someone wearing perfume is going to push me over the edge. I will then be dragged off to jail, I am sure.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

There are several ways to effectiveley deal with office holders exhibiting the characteristics of this group; the lash, the whip, the knout, the dunking stool, the stocks and if the aforementioned fail-Hang em!

[Ditter]

What about people who stink? Where are we supposed to sit? tee hee

[Mr. Morals]

Wheeeeeewwwww! I think I smell B.O.!

From my favorite Seinfeld episode :)

[billorites]

"Mind if I smoke?"
"No. Mind if I fart?"

Steve Martin rules!

[F.J. Mitchell]

They sit wid th' peoble wid hed' colds, ub coursh.

[savedbygrace]

Everyone attending meetings will be required to strip naked and shower, using lye soap prior to entering the meeting hall. If this doesn't work, the meeting place will be relocatd to the local lake where everyone will be forced to strip naked prior to the start of the meeting. Passing gas or belching will not be allowed.

I think I see a pattern here. You want everyone to strip naked, no matter the occasion. ;-)

[fight_truth_decay]

I hate those candle and soap type places ...so I move past that section quickly. I am not going to have the place closed down just because it 'messes with my senses' when in bulk...and it does.

[fight_truth_decay]

<-------over there in the last Pew!

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

A hearty bowl of split-green pea soup has always helped me break up marathon meetings early.

[fight_truth_decay]

Your name suggests a WMD ( a weapon of mass departure ).