Overboard by Chip Dunham for January 10, 2019

Coming soon: Overboard Online.. in SMELL-O-VISION

Invest in clothespins, crew.

You would hear a lot of, “HOW DO YOU TURN IT OFF?!”

Or, they could let us smell what is like after Louie has eaten about a dozen tacos!

Or when the mice (or rats) discover a particularly tempting dumpster.

But then there is the grill…steak or burgers!!!

Doesn’t smell any worse than some people, especially overseas where a deodorant is not heard of.

I’m sorry. My first thought on reading “Scratch and sniff” was Scratch the cat.

Or south of the border. BTW

Sometimes a log doesn’t want to burn and puts off a foul stinky smoke that smells worse than the dog.

From October to May my house smells like “eau de wet dog.” Unavoidable.

John Waters once had scratch and sniff cards to go along with one of his movies.

We readers LOVE Louie and I’m sure we would love his drying off doggy smell as well… Bring it on!!

Years ago, Ottawa County Michigan, which is west of Grand Rapids was getting a lot of people wanting to move there to “get away from the city”. The county put out a brochure warning them that they’d have to live with the agricultural community and all it entails as the county was primarily farm country. They’d have to live with slow farm equipment on the roads, farmers working machinery at 0 dark thirty and of course, the “aromas”. They even included a “scratch and sniff” on the brochure which was a smell mix of fertilizer, pig dung and other agricultural smells. They’re still primarily rural and agricultural.

What Carol Orshan said. Although the fragrance may not be the most appealing, its source is unbeatable.

’Evening, Crew.

Living closer to the water now we get that smell several times a week. Even in January.