I smell dead people

[ouch]

You can't make this stuff up.

I received a package of samples from one of our highly esteemed senior members yesterday. Unable to contain my childlike glee, I had to pop open a vial of D. R. Harris sandalwood aftershave and splash on a few drops.

My nine year old future supermodel walks in, sniffs the air, looks at me with her pie plate eyes and says,

"I smell dead people."


She's becoming quite the little reviewer, I must say. Here's her take on Penhaligon's Castile-

"Rotting oranges and armpit hair."



Geeze. Talk about a tough customer.

[thatbrian]

With those kinds of reviews she should be able to save you tons of money!

[Joedy]

Better yet.... put some water in an empty container and splash it on.


And then, harden your heart from her piercing critique...


-joedy

[Scotto]

Maybe she meant "I smell old people", a common turn of phrase from my kids.

[ouch]

Maybe she meant "I smell old people", a common turn of phrase from my kids.

Nope. She already used that one for Hamman Bouqet- old people at a funeral.

Whatever review I give for it, it will pale in comparison. Thanks for the samples. I want to try the Green Pond at the end of a three day sandalwood session to get the full effect.

[Quagmire]

this makes me look forward to when my son is born even more than I am now. I can't wait till he's old enough to say funny phases like that.

[Joedy]

this makes me look forward to when my son is born even more than I am now. I can't wait till he's old enough to say funny phases like that.

Be careful.... You might well eat those words....


Case in point, my wife and 3 year old son were in Londons (www.shoplondons.com) and smelling the, "smelly things" as he puts it.

Took a wiff of something from Truefitt and Hill and said very, very loudly while waving his hand in front of his face, "Whew! That one is stinky!"

All of the Londons employees could not help, but to hear him. Luckily, they thought it was funny.


The irony of it all..... (I thought it was stinky, too.)

-joedy

[Joedy]

Nope. She already used that one for Hamman Bouqet- old people at a funeral...

I love Hammam!

Seriously, use the water and tell her that it's a new fragrance from some boy-teen hearthrob.

At this rate, you're quickly heading towards something with, "Brittany Spears" printed on the label!

-joedy

[fuerein]

So, has your scent critic had any positive reviews of any colognes?

[Suzuki]

this makes me look forward to when my son is born even more than I am now. I can't wait till he's old enough to say funny phases like that.

Even better is when they want to be lathered up and shave.

My guy (5.5) insists on picking the soap/cream (likes lavender and sandalwood), doing two passes (he uses a schick disposable with a blade guard that clips on very securly - although on reflection, I think I'll give him an old superspeed to use instead, not sure why I didn't think of this before?). He then insists on putting on a/s splash (aka smelly stuff) and has an afinity for Proraso and Tabac!

[guenron]

You can't make this stuff up.

I received a package of samples from one of our highly esteemed senior members yesterday. Unable to contain my childlike glee, I had to pop open a vial of D. R. Harris sandalwood aftershave and splash on a few drops.

My nine year old future supermodel walks in, sniffs the air, looks at me with her pie plate eyes and says,

"I smell dead people."


She's becoming quite the little reviewer, I must say. Here's her take on Penhaligon's Castile-

"Rotting oranges and armpit hair."



Geeze. Talk about a tough customer.
Good grief! What do keep around the house so that they can develop these similies? :huh:

[JohnnyWolf]

Wow, she's definetely on the track to having the super model personality. lol. But seriously, that's pretty ingenious and hard spoken of her, you have a tought critic on your hands!

[jduffy]

From the mouths of babes.....

[ouch]

Wow, she's definetely on the track to having the super model personality. lol. But seriously, that's pretty ingenious and hard spoken of her, you have a tought critic on your hands!

You should see her food reviews.

[JohnnyWolf]

You should see her food reviews.


Please do share. Start with the brussel sprout review.

[ouch]

Let's just say that at her age, ketchup is a vegetable.

There's a pizzeria in town that she refuses to frequent because she found a small (~1/4") piece of tomato skin in her slice four years ago.

[Arby]

Have you signed her up at basenotes.net?

Ron

[stropmegently]

Let's just say that at her age, ketchup is a vegetable.
[/B]

You mean ketchup is not a vegetable :confused: :confused: :confused: :frown: :frown: :frown: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I LOVE ketchup :001_tt1: :001_tt1: :001_tt1:

Darren

[Joedy]

...
There's a pizzeria in town that she refuses to frequent because she found a small (~1/4") piece of tomato skin in her slice four years ago.

Sounds like she'll make some lucky fella happy one day...

I hope for his sake that he doesn't like tomatoes... (smile)

You should aspire to wear something that smells like tomatoes.... or at least ketchup.

-joedy

[ouch]

Sounds like she'll make some lucky fella happy one day...

-joedy

Don't they all?:001_rolle

To show you what the future holds for that lucky guy, here's something I posted in another forum-

"By the way, the last time I returned from Canada, the following true story occurred. The border guard leaned in, looked at my wife, and, having decided that she was being held against her will (I get that a lot), asked her, "Of what country are you a citizen?"
Her response: "New York."

He looked at me, sighed, gave me that "you obviously have a lot more problems to deal with than being arrested for human trafficking" look, and signalled for me to pass. I couldn't stop laughing, and it took over fifty miles for her to figure out what she said.":lol:

[guenron]

Don't they all?:001_rolle

To show you what the future holds for that lucky guy, here's something I posted in another forum-

"By the way, the last time I returned from Canada, the following true story occurred. The border guard leaned in, looked at my wife, and, having decided that she was being held against her will (I get that a lot), asked her, "Of what country are you a citizen?"
Her response: "New York."

He looked at me, sighed, gave me that "you obviously have a lot more problems to deal with than being arrested for human trafficking" look, and signalled for me to pass. I couldn't stop laughing, and it took over fifty miles for her to figure out what she said.":lol:
Should she have said, "New Joisey?":001_unsur

[catatonic]

Heh, my mother still gives me all kinds of hell for all the stuff I said as a kid.

one of the more out there was when I was 4...we were in the mall, and we came across some punkers...big dyed mohawks, leather jackets with spikes and all of that.

She said next thing she noticed, I walked up to the nastiest looking one (as she put it, she was terrified to even go near any of them),and I just looked up and said "Your hair is YUCK!"

She said they all laughed about it, and told me to go back to my mom.

[JMT]

Let's just say that at her age, ketchup is a vegetable.
[/B]

Ketchup is my son's second favorite vegetable. Salsa is his favorite. He doesn't even need chips, he just sticks his hand in the jar or bowl when noone is looking and helps himself.

[mrob]

I'm also raising some serious food critics.

Last week my 3 year old (3 year old!) turned his nose up at the pork tenderloin with walnut pesto on his plate, saying, "The meat is overcooked. It should be just a little pink."

The kicker is that he was absolutely right--and he was the only other person at the table other than me that knew it.:wink:

[htownmmm]

Let's just say that at her age, ketchup is a vegetable.

There's a pizzeria in town that she refuses to frequent because she found a small (~1/4") piece of tomato skin in her slice four years ago.

now if that's not supermodel territory, I don't know what is!


Marty

[tonyespo]

Maybe she meant "I smell old people", a common turn of phrase from my kids.

What???? I'm an OLD people:mad3: Kid's should be seen and not heard...

[rikrdo]

I wonder....
Does she enjoy the aroma of McClellands Virginias in-a-can ??

[ouch]

I wonder....
Does she enjoy the aroma of McClellands Virginias in-a-can ??

She does know that they smell like ketchup.:blink: