so i have this friend of mine that mentioned that he is bothered by a certain smell. that smell is the elderly. at first i thought this was ridiculous, i mean the worst you can get with an old person is that "old lady perfume"... you all know what i am talking about too. that strange... not actually good smelling but not exactly nauseating smell. cloying is the word that comes to mind for me. this was the worst i thought of when i heard his complaint.
that was until now... i ran into an older lady that smelled like a hamster cage. we have all had the experience as children of having a hamster or two, usually as children. and because we were children we never cleaned the cage... so it lead to that horrible mixture of urine and cedar shavings...
this makes me wonder... who lets themselves get to the point that they smell this way and how do they ignore their own stench?
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Dude, the only old people that smell like that are the ones who don't get the love anymore. And no, I'm not talking about that kind of love, I'm talking about loving care and attention from friends and family. When nobody cares about you, it's easy not to care about yourself. That is why hamsters and old people smell alike... when nobody comes to visit you in your cage, and maybe help you clean it up, there's no reason to do it yourself.
It is possible, however that maybe this particular lady just didn't have a cage for her hamster, so she kept it in her pocket, thus emanating the putrid smell. Hope that satisfies your curiosity.
hmm, good points... but how do you account that for this particular person: she is visited weekly and taken care of by her family?
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