So folks, what would you do in this situation? Would you grin (or should I say wince?) and bear it? Say, "Stinky Pits, lower those arms"? Write a letter--certainly passenger's bathing habits are out of the control of the airline and our flight was completely full...or do you do what we did, laugh about it once we were around fresh air again?

OWJ, I am almost crying with laughter! Thank you for this post. Now that I have met your OWJ2, I can actually see him making a snorkel out of a magazine! (waits a minute as painful laughter subsides)

And I think you all should have made identical snorkels----everyone within a certain "sniff circle." And when he asked, you could have said, "there's some terrible odor here, can't you smell it?"

Alternatively, you could have asked the cabin attendant to let down the oxygen masks---ha ha ha ha (kswl collapses in gales)

Thank you again! Please post again and often about your trips!!!!!!

OWJ, LOL!!! Love the Seinfeld reference--that episode was a hoot! Stinky TankTopMan needs to be sung to or hummed to..."a sprinkle a day help keeps odor away.....have you had your sprinkle todaaaaaaay??????" Apparently not! ;-)

Hint from Heloise-Cassandra: I carry a small tube or pot of sharply scented cream with me on planes, trains, etc., usually either lavender or peppermint, and I apply it to my upper lip, just under my nose, when there's an Air Pollution Event in my vicinity (or just to wake me up). Helps.

If you just put it on your hands, then you have to keep putting your hands up to your nose -- which, I admit, has the benefit of making a visible gesture of distress!

OWJ...I'm with the rest of the group. Picking myself up off the floor from laughter! Poor baby. But, I can just see that cute OWJ2 with his magazine snorkel! That cute grin of his...and you must be a saint to be embarrassed by his mask instead of having him design one for you as well!

OWJ,

I'm so sorry about your flight. Let me guess, the baby was also a lap child?

Stink, stench, and vomit -- oh my!

I have been very fortunate in that the only smelly situation I have been around just occured on our flight back from Seattle to Atlanta. Hubby and DD were in the middle of the plane and I took the seat across the aisle from them next to a teenage boy. He didnt appear to be yucky but the smell that came from him was and that was a loooong flight. It was very disgusting. I cant figure out how people are not aware of their own BO.

WHAT is wrong with people these days?

Deodorant in the aisle? Not bathing?

Poor OWJ, my heart goes out to you honey!

How was the trip?

Jeez~all this to end up in Newark!!

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Wow, OWJ!!!

I have friend who is "very rude to my nose" and he works in a job with heavy public contact. He thinks he's "very Elizbethan"...Go figure...he's a lonely Elizabethan from time to time.

HI OWJ--I would say that I was glad I had "hitched my wagon" to someone w/the good sense--no pun intended--to take appropriate survival action!! Rather than be embarrassed, be proud!!

Ah, memories! Your well written and hysterical tale brings to mind the old Halsted St. and Archie Ave. buses in Chicago. Same thing!. Often!

It was quite a treat when with my first pregnancy, years and years ago, I added to the mix just as the "cute" little girl did.

And I've been lucky on flights for the most part and have had the perfume bath syndrome more than the BO one. This is also nauseating and I'm with the tunnel guard team their as well.

Great report!

Got into a cab in Baltimore once and the stench nearly slammed my head back through the rear windshield. The look on the cabbie's face was so smug that it reminded me of my dog's expression when she comes up to me after rolling in dead fish and seems to be saying, "Like it? It's my new perfume! Don't I smell great?!"

I assumed he was daring me not to tip him, and I took the dare.

PS--did not read the replies, only your post--so forgive me if someone already said this--but it just occurred to me that Tanktopman was, perhaps, afraid that the odor was emanating from him, hence the deodorant application??

Kinch--I agree, I often wonder how people cannot notice such a smell.

There is a lady in town that i run into often. She is so nice and has a heart of gold, but she has the worst BO. I have learned to try to keep a distance. She often wears sleeveless shirts when it is nice out and that is awful

Any ideas on letting someone know without being mean? I do not know this lady very well, and like I said she is so nice, but I do not want to offend her or hurt her feelings. I keep thinking her husband and teens have got to notice.

Ah, memories! Your well written and hysterical tale brings to mind the old Halsted St. and Archie Ave. buses in Chicago. Same thing!. Often!

It was quite a treat when with my first pregnancy, years and years ago, I added to the mix just as the "cute" little girl did.

And I've been lucky on flights for the most part and have had the perfume bath syndrome more than the BO one. This is also nauseating and I'm with the funnel "guard" team there as well.

Great report!

When I edited my mistakes on preview and posted- it posted the edited copy separate and twice. This usually does not occur. Sorry for my duplicate post!

"Smelly cat, smelllllly cat
What are they feeding you?
Smelly cat, smelly cat,
It's not your fault!"

Once was told by a similarly "Elizabethan" male friend ( , Kal!) that he'd heard that male sweat was pheromonally sexy and a true woman would respond to it. There was apparently a dearth of true women in his area, it turned out.

Seriously: Only person I ever knew who had any excuse whatsoever was post-mastectomy friend who was told not to use anything on her underarms (for a while? ever? not sure). She still managed to bathe and keep her clothes clean and be nice to be around, bless her (I miss her).

For the heads up you stink speech, I suggest one employed by an old head nurse of mine who needed to address the BO issue with a particularly rank smelling pedi resident. She simply stated "It's come to my attention you smell particularly gamey". He cleaned right up. God, I miss her managerial style.

LOL Pam!!!