Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 06, 2021

It’s my dog that puts product on the lawn…

F’sure. the neighbor has just sprayed his fence line w/ some kind of poison. The grass has turned yellow, but the odor lingers on.

They put bbq grills on their lawn. That smells nice.

Ahhhhh, the enticing aroma of manure!

“Product” is an incredibly expansive definition

Salons exist to sell “product.” Hair styling is just a sideline. I’ve never gone to a place (that’s not an old-time men’s barber) that didn’t try to strongarm me into buying some garbage or other to put on my hair.

Barber shops don’t have any particular smell as far as I can discern. Women’s hair salons sometimes have a putrid smell coming out from them, and I believe it’s from some “permanent” hair product.

Barber shops used to smell like Bay Rum. Can you even buy it now?

That product has killed off billions of bees and insects which are food for birds, not to mention the water wasted to make grass the dominant plant in the US.

There are lots of ways to get rid of mosquitos that do not involve long lasting poisons and fogs that are dangerous to life. Plants and shrubs, mixes that kill them but do not harm soil or plants, old remedies long forgotten. All it takes is looking and reading and applying one’s common sense.

And, speaking of commons sense, when suburbanites think about applying for the now ubiquitous mosquito fogging, I believe their HOA should require them to the approval of their neighbors before contracting. After all, if anybody is watching, the guy who sprays that stuff usually wears a hazmat suit and mask. I don’t hear where he has offered the same protections to the people and pets where he is spraying.

Or a dog by product.

We have a pond that sits back in a forested area of our neighborhood. Used to be lots of frogs in the area. Loved to hear them in the evenings and the mornings. New subdivision just up the hill. After the homes were occupied the frogs became "silent. Found out the new HOA of that division poisoned the pond so the frogs would not disturb their (the home owners) nature environment. So many mosquitoes now.

I remember the first time a “stylist” (who apparently thot that “barber” was too pedestrian) asked me if I wanted some “product” in my hair, and I said “What, like WD-40?”. She thot I was kidding. In fact, I had no idea what in hell she was talking about.

Growing up, my Mom planted a bunch of different mint varieties just off the edge of the backyard. Over time, a couple got out and spread in amongst the grass, particularly the Orange Mint and Lemon Mint. They grew nice and lush, and whenever I mowed the lawn, that area smelled like Froot Loops.

The chemical products use in salons and on lawns are both toxic.

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That’s a rather cute girl he’s talking with. Who is she?

What’s awful about freshly cut grass is the lingering smell of diesel.

Rainwater is what goes on our lawn, and I’ve identified about a dozen different kinds of ground cover in addition to whatever was seeded in 1973 when the property was used to grow soybeans and hay. The lawn is mowed once a week, mostly because I need a few hours out of the house. The only artificial stuff put on the lawn are the empty food and drink containers and cigarette cartons tossed out of windows by people too friggin’ lazy or stupid to keep them in their cars for the last quarter-mile to the subdivision down the road.