Things That Stink

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“If we have largely forgotten the physical discomforts of the itching, oppressive garments of the past … then we have mercifully forgotten, too, the smells of the past, the domestic odours—ill-washed flesh; infrequently changed underwear; chamber-pots; slop-pails; inadequately plumbed privies; rotting food; unattended teeth; and the streets are no fresher than indoors, the omnipresent acridity of horse piss and dung, drains, the sudden stench of old death from butchers’ shops, the amniotic horror of the fishmonger.”

- Angela Carter (1940–1992), British novelist."

Note: Some of the links above are to sites that are offering products or services related to "stinky problems." These are not posted as an inducement for you to buy anything, but because I find them humorous. Think of them as "anthropological curiosities" relating to the naked apes' (us) love/hate relationship with the stinky.