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Jan 31, 2017 1:51 PM
sowdom
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KokonutBinks
When we have bonfires at our ranch, I stand in the smoke a bit to get the smell stuck in my clothes :)
NotoriousThug
hiltonking
You can't win.
Thejimmyjams
Same thing happened to me when I was in high school. House burned down and the kids in my class made fun of me for "smoking". When I 1/2
Thejimmyjams
started crying everyone felt like shit. Don't feel too bad about it. Simply an observation. 2/2
hofbrauhauss
Grew up always smelling like wood smoke. Can't stand the smell of it now. Enjoy campfires but as soon as I get home, wash eveeeerrrythinggg
rav3nE
Nice work, Sherlock meet up with Watson to the fire we got lots of investigation to do.
justanotherpeon
Doh!!
OrionRed
And you'll never forget that smell...I can still get mild flashbacks when i smell it.
sowdom
http://images.liveluvcreate.com/create/s/smelly_smell_spongebob-567764.jpg?i
DarthCoon
Savage
jzlbek
I once asked a girl with one arm if she needed a hand
usernameporfavor
Your house burns down and you go to work?
sowdom
I mean, it wasn't my house nor their work.
snugsthesnugglebear
Not nearly as bad as "how far along are you?"
sowdom
Ya got me there.
buzzl1ght
Or: Is that a roll of quarters in your pocket?
HadMeSomeChickens
I dunno, I'll take "you're fat" over "I like the smell of your misery."
AgentTempest
I would call that a 100% successful roasting. Literally.
MaxPower
We need a foot in mouth meme
ImMoeGreene
All the imgurians who own newts proceed! Yes all 12 of you....
SorryThisUsernameHasBeenTaken
I like the smell of matches, and the smell when you blow out birthday candles. It's a nice smell.
bigdaddyfatpants
Plot twist : Your the arsonist that burn it down. You do meet a lot of firemen, so you got that going for you.
CthulhusGreasyBallsack
you're*
bigdaddyfatpants
Which is nice.
LemonG34R
my the arsonist that burn it down what
Jophis
Wood smoke and a house burning down smoke are pretty different. I do like the wood smoke smell.
TheBlahblahblah
I like the house burning down smell in the morning
sowdom
Fair enough, but it's been a while since I had been around it.
Chrispybobispy
Ya house fire would be alot more garbage fire-ey
muinmuin
Exactly what I was thinking... but I guess you only know it if you've been around it
Flyndaran
Most houses have plastics, synthetic fibers, etc. that smell god awful when burnt. I seriously doubt this post unless OP is ULTRA-clueless.
sowdom
Was having an excellent, and was hardly paying too much attention. Prolly should have actually taken a good look before I opened my mouth.
Flyndaran
I've been that clueless but it does lower the likelihood of this post being true.
Oneness
gawd. that's like the secretary at work making faces and she touches her stomach. I asked if her ovaries hurt (i'm a woman too), she says...
Oneness
I have no ovaries anymore... SEAL FACE ALL THE WAY! -_-
TheDumptruck93
I'm calling bullshit as a survivor of a house fire, it's a very distinct smell, not like wood. Everything burns, not just the wood
sowdom
I've been seeing comments like this one a bit. And while you are right that everything burns. I've never had the absolute unluckiness 1/?
sowdom
for this to happen to me, friends or even be near one. It was what I smelled and immediately asked about. After wards they made a quick 2/?
sowdom
getaway from me why fighting back emotions. 3/3
Jenesuiscomprendpas
So were you with this person on a bus? Or did you just smell them kilometres away..?
sowdom
I was at work. Retail, small talk, rural area.
Jenesuiscomprendpas
Oh coolio.
sowdom
I was at work. Retail, small talk, rural area.
Jenesuiscomprendpas
Oh coolio.
Bringer0fJoy
Worked fast food for a while and the ppl who came in smelling like campfire were usually homeless.
sowdom
But they didn't look as homeless as they apparently were.
Bringer0fJoy
Oh, they definitely looked homeless.
daisy73
This! This is why I don't speak to people! I come out with this shit all the time!
DefinitelyNotDavidDuchovny
Makes a mom joke. Someone's mom in the group died...
DefinitelyNotDavidDuchovny
Apologies for hours due to these Canadian tendencies
catznstuff
Worst is asking a woman when she's due and she's just gained weight. It's basically a waiting for death moment
RelativeVelocity
I have been there for that conversation. My audible hysterics made it so much worse for them
catznstuff
The only thing audible from me was a *gasp*
daisy73
You should always wait for the woman to talk about being pregnant. Even as a woman I know this lol
catznstuff
I'm a woman as well so you would think I would know better but nuuuu. Felt awful :(.
daisy73
Haha yeah, you should definitely have known better. But now you know and I bet you'll never do it again
catznstuff
Oh yea learned that lesson the hard way. Lol, still cringe when I think about it
sowdom
Most griped about thing in retail :/
ChiLLeCheeze
I once asked a customer if they were going to buy a game system for the grandkids. She said it was for her kids. I was so embarrassed.
daisy73
And that's why I work from home and do all communication by email.
justanotherpervatwork
Work at a casino, the will power I show not open my mouth has to be a superpower....that and common sense.
pandamandana
I wish I can do that...
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
I go one step further, I do all my communication my imgur comments!
daisy73
Good job!
pandamandana
Lol I know. One time when I lean on my friend i smell something funny from her so i naively asked "hey you smell like a plywood!" 1/3
pandamandana
"did you smelled like that because we just brought in some plywood from outside to the room?" *i was renovating rural school and she helped
pandamandana
Everyone hold in their laughter because actually she rarely take a bath.. The acidic aroma that I smell is actually not from plywood...
daisy73
Ewwwwww lol
pandamandana
Yeah my friends know I can be too 'honest' sometimes.. But I really didn't know that she rarely took a bath and we live in tropical country!
FusRoDoodles
Once a lady was hacking and I told her I feel her pain because I have the seasonal cold too. She had lung cancer.
sowdom
https://cdn.meme.am/cache/instances/folder15/400x400/73687015.jpg
makeusmirk
Well, at least you didn't ask him why he/she smelled like burned meat
OutrageousHemmorhoid
Hey man, you smell like charred kitten. And smokey... what is that? Baby? Toddler? Yum. That a new cologne, or something?
missbirdie
On god, I made a comment about BBQ because it smelled smokey around some people. They were coroners who had just come from a bad accident...
TheBestRussian
I asked a girl how she got that "horrible bruise on your arm". She said it was a birthmark. I felt... awful.
sowdom
Where's the barby at.
Koshunae
WHEH'S DAS BAHBY AT
SexyMexican
OMG I thought you said where the baby at
CountessHiru
If my house burned down, then I would probably tell everyone directly after "hi".
TheDumptruck93
My house burnt down when I was 16 and I hardly told anyone right away after hearing my family scream in terror and seeing my animals corpses
CountessHiru
Holy shit
Flyndaran
I don't think I believe this. Burning buildings do not smell anything like fireplace wood. I've been mega-clueless before though.
sowdom
Exactly
astrogeek
Meh how would you know? It was a legit question. I like the smell too.
Ohhhlookaunicorneatingasamurai
I like trains.
Noevilgifs
I smell like smoke for days after smoking ribs, my family walk into ny room and it hits them like a truck
Refmylife
Plot twist: OP burned down his house.
Meanderingmonk
A house fire does NOT smell like a camp fire
helpusdrzaius
dude, wtf, my house burned down
Mechlai
I'm reading this and realizing I smell something burning. Look out of door. Wood stove is blazing as hot as it possibly can and I am 1/2
Mechlai
now going to shut off imgur and make sure my pizza isn't burning.
SonsOfiFap
I think it's that type of smell you don't like, but want to keep smelling
Imhereforthelurking
Bullshit, I love that smell. Now, the hot smoke in the eyes and sinuses is less appealing, especially after a few hours.
rubbarz
"my mom is dead" is your sense of humor dead too?
OSCgal
If I lost my house in a fire & the next morning someone commented on the nice woodsmoke smell, I honestly think I'd laugh.
AceofShades
at that point, its all you can do
SirKillsTheJoy
Smoke signals.
coasterghost
@thereallukecage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3QCyuab6KU
relatablesarcasticguy
Hahaaaaa. That's a good one
cheeseriot
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic . But I can relate to you guy.
relatablesarcasticguy
Yeah it really was a good one
ProneHub
The smell of wood smoke is my favorite. Vanilla and cinnamon come next.
DailyAdorablePuppies
Make a combination
ProneHub
Vanilla, cinnamon and wood smoke sounds like it would smell really good. Welp, time to burn my house down and drink vanilla and cinnamon.
DailyAdorablePuppies
I'm working on making this into a candle. Message me.
ProneHub
I don't know how to make candles so I'm not sure why you need me
ProneHub
I'll gladly buy the candles tho
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
Wood smoke, pine needles, cedar, and that smell after it rains.
ProneHub
Oh, that would be really nice. I fucking love rain so that makes it even better.
vonkeswick
It's like the smell on your clothes after camping! Also in your hair, and your car, and your bedding, and whole house somehow
SebastianCrab
Are you sure you aren't having a stroke?
pandamandana
Random comment - my room suddenly smell like burning wood but only at night :(
LordFarquadisBae
You have a ghost visiting you while you sleep!
pandamandana
Aw man but can't they wear some perfume or something... Haunt me but don't erase the scent that I'm familiar with
LordFarquadisBae
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
Lol nigga you bout to be possessed. Is it around 3am?
pandamandana
It's 01:38, not the satan hour yet. Aw yisss
NexiKuro
It always hits me in the shower for a few days after camping, I think it might be a long hair thing?
DavidPhantomatic
I always thought it was a beard thing. For days, after camping, when I wash my face I get a whiff of smokey goodness.
tex81024
I have a super thick and curly beard, doesn't matter how thoroughly I wash it, smoke smell won't leave it
massInsomnia
I used to have really thick hair (that I didn't really wash well) and I used to have smoke smell for like 3 days after a fire
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
Must have been camping in their back yard...
TheFirstSineOfMadness
Seems more like camping in their living room...
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
OOOOH BURNED
chronohwhocares
Yeah literally that's the point of the story.
vonkeswick
My car is an old VW Vanagon. Every time I go camping, I have to drive to work with that smell for weeks lol
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
I have a fire pit in my back yard, sometimes I purposely sit in the smoke so I smell like it for weeks.
ChrisTallant
Uh.. who comes into work when their house burns down?
spiderqueendemon
...Americans? In at-will states, you can be fired for anything. Simply anything.
HadMeSomeChickens
Ghost hunters?
Crawley
Where else are they going to go?
groundhogsday
The friend of a liar?
Zlimeshili
.... someone without a house
ChrisTallant
Technically... correct.
voltlunok
The best kind of correct.
ScienceOnImgur
Kevin
ollypops
it didn't say anything about being co-workers, firstly, and secondly why is it hard for you to believe they'd be at work anyway?
Azmania
The one who lit it.
tehzpoon
What's he gonna do, stay home?
jcow1995
Oh dam. +1
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ChrisTallant
Understood, but if someone came in and management found out that they're house burned down, they'd be sent home-possibly forced.
ToMatomoto
Sent where?
ChrisTallant
Wherever they needed to go. Here at GM, there's a fund for such emergencies.
ToMatomoto
I was just poking fun because in your first comment you said you'd send them home, which isn't really possible
TheBlahblahblah
To be fair it's not like you can stay at home lmao
Shartibartfast
Someone in a story that didn't happen.
LateNightBunnyParty
Someone who doesn't have a choice. My husband had to go to work three hours after our daughter was born. Electric bill won't pay itself.
usernameporfavor
Sorry? Go get a better job. Honestly that's ratshit
LateNightBunnyParty
Yeah, ain't so easy for everyone. He would've lost insurance and all other benefits. Luckily, that was 11 years ago. Much better life now.
TheEngy
The Baudelaire children.
zezethedragon
They didn't, technically. Nice try, though.
batlrar
Uh, yeah they did.
zezethedragon
But not WORK work. Like, voluntary and paid.
KCMOFO
Where did it say anything about it being a co-worker or anything about work?
Atimlotus
Wow.. I had to go back and re-read it.. I also had assumed it had taken place at work.
fortheloveoftoasties
That was exactly my impression too but now, reading it again, I have no idea why.
ChrisTallant
Great point... the way this meme was written it felt implied.
HamRoll
Customer?
aminarra
I am guilty of this assumption
outoftheshadows
I actually made that assumption too. Maybe because we're in the middle of the workweek?
ChrisTallant
Ooh, great point!
MCClapYourHandz
I also made that assumption. Had to scroll back up to re-read it.
TidePodPirate
Same here. Strange lol
fevertrees
lol How? Which words gave that impression?
ChrisTallant
The smelling of random person and the random person telling them about their house burning down. That's not stranger talk.. hence my thought
somekindafuckingidiot
that totally is stranger chit chat. "you have a bonfire? i can smell the smoke still" "no, actually...etc" *stop walk turns green*
fevertrees
Now you got me wondering where this all did take place
LosPer
As a manager, I'd tell that person to go home and take care of things...all paid.
jayol
Go ho... go to where your home use to be
madetheaccountjustforyou
So, mocking them? What an ass.
LosPer
I didn't mean it that way. LOL. It was more - do what you need to do.
HelloMyNamesInigoMontoya
You're one of the good ones.
LosPer
Thanks. Been a manager for 15 years. People come first.
isvara
Sounds like someone needs sensitivity training.
ffilm
"Go home and take a shower, you smell like smoke."
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FellWolf
Ay lmao
Missyfit160
LosPer
I didn't mean it that way. LOL!
idontknowwhybutihaveahugefetishforredheads
Yes you did, and i bet you're laughing at Them while they walk out the door
LosPer
lol, no.
LosPer
Even better, if they needed a place to stay, I'd offer my place, or I'd have the company pay for a hotel. Seriously.
LosPer
I'm not joking.
WhatIsThisIdontEvenKnow
Became homeless once, manager at work offered to pay for a hotel for a few weeks.
LosPer
Great person. Good company
VBot
Where do you work and whats the insurance like...?
LosPer
I work for a leading IT services, software, and cloud company based in NY. We have great benefits...and good people.
VBot
Oh shoot. Closest I could get is bioinformatics, I think. Just learning python now :(
ChrisTallant
Same. No way should they have to work.
LosPer
Yup.
HelloMyNamesInigoMontoya
There's not nearly enough managers it there like you. Way to be a decent human being.
LosPer
Thanks. Been a manager for 15 years. People come first.
ChucklePuss
Totally! Years ago when we were still servers, my boyfriend's nephew died tragically (and young) in a sledding accident, our manager >
ChucklePuss
> wouldn't let him off to go to the funeral out of state because it wasn't his "immediate family." We quit shortly after.