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Is that the putrid stench of death?  

secret_lade 49F
14389 posts
10/24/2020 6:03 am
Is that the putrid stench of death?


There are moments in life where you begin seriously doubt your sanity....

Am I hearing things? There is nobody around me....

Did I just see that move?? I could have sworn it was sitting over there a moment ago...

Where is that God awful smell coming from??? The garbage has been taken out, the dishes are done, and I scooped the kitty box....

I was in the kitchen this morning making myself a cup of coffee when....

Inhaling deeply, I closed my eyes become one with my fresh brewed delight.... Only....

It wasn't the smell of coffee I was taking in.

"Oh My God!! What the am I smelling??"

After scouring my postage stamp sized kitchen for 20 minutes and finding nothing, I decided follow my nose.

My nose took me to the cupboard when I keep the Instapot, the crock pot, the ice cream maker, and the cookie cutters.

"Jesus Christ, what died in here??"

I pulled all out, emptying the cupboard expecting find a dead mouse.

Nothing

was when I was putting all back in that I discovered, the Instapot wasn't exactly empty.

"Oh dear God, when is the last time I used this thing??"

So I scanned the ole memory banks trying remember when I cooked in last.

Last weekend.... I made pork country ribs in and then broiled them in the oven when I got back from the gym. The Spawn had done dishes while I was at the gym so I could just turn on the oven and finish them off.

I knew immediately she didn't wash the pot.

Me - Hey!! Explain me why I nearly passed out from the smell coming from the unwashed Instapot?

Spawn - was gross. I didn't want wash .

Me - Then WHY did you let me put away knowing was still dirty????

Spawn - I was weighing my options.

Me - Weighing your options??

Spawn - By the time I get home, you won't be mad anymore.

Which brings me here and now... I feel as though I've gone battle and come back scarred. The sight from the inside of that pot will forever be burned into my memory.

But, is now clean.

I've earned my Saturday day drinking.

secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/25/2020 1:21 am

    Quoting topherific:
    i laugh with you enjoy your evening
It was nice and relaxing....


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/25/2020 1:19 am

    Quoting easy_going2014:
    I think you have a twin

    someone who knows you quite well

    you will laugh at these stories when you're holding her children

    you will say things like "Remember the time"

    the things are children say to us, and, we have to keep from laughing or imagining where they came from

    such is life

    hmm

    Zarina West - "She's just like me"

    She's just like me
    when I was her age
    She's just like me
    takin' all the easy roads

    She's got so much more
    goin' for her
    Than I ever did
    at that age

    She's just like me
    wanting every thing
    She's just like me
    counting her every step

    She's just like me
    a boy always on her mind
    She's just like me
    wanting to be on her own

    You're just like me
    when I was your age
    You're just like me
    skipping over water

    You've got so much more
    goin' for you
    Than I ever did
    at your age
She is very much my mini me.... Only, she has brown eyes. Lol She's got my same witty, sarcastic personality and intillect. She could be my twin when I was her age. She is also growing up to be very strong and independent.


easy_going2014 57M
14366 posts
10/24/2020 10:10 pm

I think you have a twin

someone who knows you quite well

you will laugh at these stories when you're holding her children

you will say things like "Remember the time"

the things are children say to us, and, we have to keep from laughing or imagining where they came from

such is life

hmm

Zarina West - "She's just like me"

She's just like me
when I was her age
She's just like me
takin' all the easy roads

She's got so much more
goin' for her
Than I ever did
at that age

She's just like me
wanting every thing
She's just like me
counting her every step

She's just like me
a boy always on her mind
She's just like me
wanting to be on her own

You're just like me
when I was your age
You're just like me
skipping over water

You've got so much more
goin' for you
Than I ever did
at your age

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topherific 61M
5209 posts
10/24/2020 10:09 pm

i laugh with you enjoy your evening


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/24/2020 5:26 pm

    Quoting jolielaide:
    speaking of smells, i once cracked an egg into a pan thinking i was gonna make a lovely bk'fast. i don't know what the hell came outta that shell but it was putrid and immediately permeated the kitchen. the urge to vomit was immense and even after cleaning the pan i could still smell that stench. it wasn't worth keeping so i chucked it. ending up having a lot of anxiety about eggs after that episode.
I can add that to the list of reasons why I don't like eggs.... Yikes!


mc_justmc 63M

10/24/2020 4:25 pm

    Quoting jolielaide:
    speaking of smells, i once cracked an egg into a pan thinking i was gonna make a lovely bk'fast. i don't know what the hell came outta that shell but it was putrid and immediately permeated the kitchen. the urge to vomit was immense and even after cleaning the pan i could still smell that stench. it wasn't worth keeping so i chucked it. ending up having a lot of anxiety about eggs after that episode.
ahhhhhh that brings back memories of finding some missing Easter eggs during our 1st lawn mowing of the spring in early May.


jolielaide 52F  
1754 posts
10/24/2020 3:10 pm

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    can you ever use that again without thinking about that smell?
speaking of smells, i once cracked an egg into a pan thinking i was gonna make a lovely bk'fast. i don't know what the hell came outta that shell but it was putrid and immediately permeated the kitchen. the urge to vomit was immense and even after cleaning the pan i could still smell that stench. it wasn't worth keeping so i chucked it. ending up having a lot of anxiety about eggs after that episode.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/24/2020 1:49 pm

The kind you cook in or the kind you smoke....


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/24/2020 1:43 pm

    Quoting Paulxx001:
    You certainly do. 🍷🍷😎

    What gets me is that mystery potato 🥔.
    You know it's rotting somewhere in the cold pantry. You've checked the bag of potatoes and the box and the floor and you KNOW it's crawled out and is lying somewhere under the shelves, laughing at you as you get on your hands and knees with a flashlight and try and coax that fucker outta his spot.
    I won't talk about what it's like to pick him up as your fingers smoosh through his blackened skin.

    Yep... the smell of death - I know it all too well. 😶
I keep my potatoes in the fridge for that very reason. At least there, I always know where they are... Onions too. True story, I once had a fruit fly infestation that I just couldn't figure out. I had gotten a new potato / onion bin and at some point, bought some onions and put them in the bin.

Guess where the fruit flies were coming from??

A long, forgotten bag of onions that had started to decompose in the onion bin. Yah, that fucker went in the trash that very day.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/24/2020 1:33 pm

    Quoting citizen4722:
    Kids!...Can't live with them...can't live without them
    At least you have a sense of smell....there's many who don't.
My ex husband can't smell. So, a full year before we were all paralyzed by the fear of COVID-19, he got sick with all the same symptoms of COVID. He was hospitalized because it went right to his lungs, he lost his sense of smell, and they told him it was a virus. I find it very interesting.


Paulxx001 67M
22642 posts
10/24/2020 1:33 pm

You certainly do. 🍷🍷😎

What gets me is that mystery potato 🥔.
You know it's rotting somewhere in the cold pantry. You've checked the bag of potatoes and the box and the floor and you KNOW it's crawled out and is lying somewhere under the shelves, laughing at you as you get on your hands and knees with a flashlight and try and coax that fucker outta his spot.
I won't talk about what it's like to pick him up as your fingers smoosh through his blackened skin.

Yep... the smell of death - I know it all too well. 😶


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/24/2020 1:28 pm

    Quoting  :

She only pulls the "if you loved me" bit when she wants something she knows I will say no to. LOL The last time was when she wanted $18 shampoo.

But Mom! It's paraben and sulfate free... My hair needs this! Maybe your hair wouldn't be so fluffy if you used it too!!

Would have been a more convincing argument had I not seen her cleaning her Converse in the sink with a toothbrush and shampoo the day before.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/24/2020 1:21 pm

    Quoting  :

It was too rancid.... If I'd done that, the whole apartment would smell like dead bodies. Egads.... It was bad enough that it was locked away in the kitchen.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/24/2020 1:20 pm

    Quoting allgud69xxx:
    Damn ... TV and the internet are ruining kids! Where else would they learn to apply expressions like, “I was weighing my options,” in a situation involving their parents? LOL

    Guess we can’t so harsh, since we’ve all probably done such stupid things when we were kids ( [Homer Simpson awkward-situation shirt-collar pull ). Why do you think your parents are happy about you having kids? Time for a little payback ...

    Good job on at least expecting the dead mouse while you searching. If it was, far less chance there would be any finger holes in the ceiling.

    Enjoy your Saturday day drinking. Considering the state in which you reside, it might also just be practice for the Tuesday day drinking you could very-well be doing, the week after next ... regardless of how things go ...
Unfortunately, I think she gets her gift of vocabulary from me. I totally used that exact phrase at work on Friday. Yikes.... I've started the day drinking late, just cracked open my first beer. There was a crucial nap to be had and then I had to go pick up the pizza.

Priorities!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/24/2020 1:07 pm

    Quoting bustinout20202:
    Okay, now that's a fun read. A fun and relatable read!
I think every parent out there has a similarly horrifying story like this! LOL When my oldest son was about 13, I had told him a million times to take out the garbage, it was smelling. I ended up putting it in his closet that night, during the night, and letting him get the full effect of just how stinky it was.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/24/2020 1:01 pm

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    can you ever use that again without thinking about that smell?
I'm uncertain.... But, I spent like $200 on the stupid thing and I can't throw it away. I smelled it a couple of times since I cleaned it... Still smells like stainless steel. Thank God... At least I can pretend it never happened, even if I'm pretty sure it's going to be causing some reoccurring nightmares.


Apollorising60 63M

10/24/2020 12:47 pm

I have had issues with pot myself!


mc_justmc 63M

10/24/2020 11:17 am

can you ever use that again without thinking about that smell?


bustinout20202 67F  
1080 posts
10/24/2020 9:19 am

Okay, now that's a fun read. A fun and relatable read!

~~~" Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift." --Mary Oliver~~~


allgud69xxx 50M
502 posts
10/24/2020 9:15 am

Damn ... TV and the internet are ruining kids! Where else would they learn to apply expressions like, “I was weighing my options,” in a situation involving their parents? LOL

Guess we can’t so harsh, since we’ve all probably done such stupid things when we were kids ( [Homer Simpson awkward-situation shirt-collar pull ). Why do you think your parents are happy about you having kids? Time for a little payback ...

Good job on at least expecting the dead mouse while you searching. If it was, far less chance there would be any finger holes in the ceiling.

Enjoy your Saturday day drinking. Considering the state in which you reside, it might also just be practice for the Tuesday day drinking you could very-well be doing, the week after next ... regardless of how things go ...

-- allgud69xxx

Yeah ... that's right ... I went there ..
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citizen4722 66M  
74582 posts
10/24/2020 7:50 am

Kids!...Can't live with them...can't live without them
At least you have a sense of smell....there's many who don't.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/24/2020 7:46 am

    Quoting  :

I will not tell her this part, but I did laugh when I figured it all out. It reminded me of the time I hid a bunch of dishes under the sink, as a kid, because I didn't want to wash them at that moment. Yah.... Karma.


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