I am going out on a limb here to say you aren’t married, or have children. Once either of those happen, it’s usually that she wants you to smell meat or milk or some food to see if it’s still good. Or to share with you how preposterous something smells that one of your kids did or made.
this post was submitted on 21 May 2026
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My kid is 12 now and honestly, baby smells are way better than puberty smells.
Two of my three are teenagers now, and I completely agree. Not only that, but some of the science projects that my son has inadvertently created by leaving food in places in his room (which is against the rules of course), have had their own interesting odors.
As a teenager my brother put a frozen hamburger patty in the toaster.
We had to get a new toaster.
Lucky you didn't have to get a new home with the grease + high heat = fire situation...
Yes.
The toaster does have a built in timer, and it's not the hottest appliance.
As a teenager I ruined a 20+ year old microwave/convection oven by trying to microwave nilla wafers so I could put ice cream on them and it would melt. Turns out microwaves don't play nicely with completely dry foods, made our kitchen smell like burnt cookies for days.
That’s a solid idea… probably better fit for a toaster oven.
If I had perhaps moistened them first it might have worked
You definitely do not want a limp biscuit.
Nah, then it's "could you smell/sniff this?"
Divorced and kids are grown. So.... Wrong limb? It's called humor. Have a giggle. Enjoy life.
Not the kind of women I'm attracted to.
Hey guys, does anyone smell burned popcorn? crop dusts the room
When my wife says that, she wants to show me that her cat pissed on something in the house. HER cat. Chosen by HER.
And this is how a girl got me to sniff straight ammonia gas in middle school.
hey. does this smell like chloroform to you?.......
coming out of the bathroom
Hey, y'all gotta come smell this!