Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 03, 2023

My mother told us tales of her childhood from time to time. One was that she had an aunt who was a bit strange, Don’t remember her name. She had but one child, Harvey, who was not quite entirely right. Among other things, he had no olfactory sense. When they were introduced to friends, Mom’s aunt would introduce her son thus: “This is my son Harvey. He doesn’t smell, you know.”

At least one of the answers should have been discernible to the lady, unless she couldn’t smell…

“My dog has no nose.”

“How does he smell?”

“_____________________”. I leave the answer as an exercise for the reader.

Our best girl went blind and deaf, and could follow us with her nose – touch and smell!

Funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qypEulhiHAw&ab_channel=MarkDean

It’s not just dogs, and not just smells. The ability of your taste buds to detect bitterness is genetically determined. Some kids can do it, but their moms can’t, which is why, when the kids complain that her cooking tastes awful, she takes a taste and says “There’s nothing wrong with this. Eat what’s put before you.”

Even better: “How does he smell?”

There’s a difference between “Does he smell?” and “Can he smell?”.

Oh my, does he!

We have 3 Newfie/Labs. And they spent the morning rolling around in the snow. And the mud room still has their “aroma.” Better that than their car. (The Mrs refuses to let her car be used to transport them. “That’s why we got your car.” (Big PHEV SUV))