Foul. What a sweet word in comparison to the expletives I could use when it comes to the foulest stench I have ever encountered. As you could probably imagine, in the time I have been a funeral director I have come across some indescribable assaults on my nasal senses. I'm not going to list each of them for you because today we are looking for the foulest not just the foul. What a word.
Have any of you ever had the pleasure of waking up one day to the smell of a dead animal either in a wall, attic or crawlspace underneath your house? Perhaps a mouse that has gotten trapped somewhere and began decomposing before it was discovered? Well my friends, multiply that horrendous smell by a couple of hundred, maybe even one thousand and you might begin to get the gist of the aroma I am trying to describe.
When the human body decomposes, and I dont mean the beginning phases, I mean full blown decomposition; when that occurs and is left unchecked the ensuing smell can literally knock you over, heaving is not uncommon. It is an odor that remains with you for days. It gets into your clothes, in your hair, and seems to remain hovering in your nostrils no matter how hard you try to cover it. This is gross, it's not something I really care to discuss or even remember but for me, this fits the topic.
All attempts at masking this are worthless. I have discarded many clothing items because they have been soiled by this "foul" scent and no matter how they're cleaned it still somehow remains. Replacing soles on shoes won't work, even if the cobbler will accept them they've become trash. When I hear the words "discovered in the woods", "found at home after 10 days", "pulled from the river after rising to the surface" or other similar explanations I cringe imagining the newest assault I am about to encounter.
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how did i know you would never let this one glide by with any grace!!!!!
It was just too tempting!
An enjoyably pungent post.
I was swimming in Lake Michigan once and a body floated that had been down a month. Really rotten. Can't imagine combating this on a regular basis. Good luck!
Yow. When I kick off, I plan to do it right after a shower, a hair fix and in happy clothes. I just hope someone finds me before the 10 days error. Yow. Yow.
Wonderful, you intoxicated the senses - well done!
I have heard about this before, my Grandfatherv was also an undertaker. I work in a hospital, have you ever smelt gangreen. It's pretty bad too, and the smell travels right through.
You sweeped us over with this description..
oh geez, that reminds me of an episode of CSI **can i say that** where the body was in the bathtub for days... **it was awful** scooping it up like...ewww.. just thinking abt it makes me sick all over again... it was just a tad bit too realistic...
I also deal with corpses on a daily basis but they are still alive. At least physically.
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