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Offline Ivo

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perfume - eau de sewage
« on: May 21, 2011, 06:44:48 AM »
i just had to post this one as it may generate a flurry of merry comments. The enamel text on the bottle reads "Gruss aus Hameln". 

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Re: perfume - eau de sewage
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2011, 06:53:00 AM »
Chanel No 5 in the original bottle...

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Re: perfume - eau de sewage
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2011, 07:21:05 AM »
Nice piece of resource for a teacher ...mmm maybe they don't teach that anymore as it's too scary.
I like it  ;D

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Re: perfume - eau de sewage
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2011, 07:54:33 AM »
  Rattenfänger von Hameln - Wikipedia.org link

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Re: perfume - eau de sewage
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2011, 08:54:58 AM »
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Kane - you got there before me! C. no.5 must be the most revolting "perfume" there is - I'd rather real sewage - no kidding - I used to analyse sewage professionally.  :tsk:

Is it actually a pongy thing, Ivo - or does it contain some sort of drink?
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Re: perfume - eau de sewage
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2011, 09:46:27 AM »
I'm a bit reluctant to open it but it has glitters in it so I assume it is for drinking. I guess it would taste like rat piff whatever it is....

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Re: perfume - eau de sewage
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2011, 11:37:57 AM »
Don't let the moderators move it to the Cafe - we would be closed down.   :24: :24: :24:

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Re: perfume - eau de sewage
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2011, 11:53:10 AM »
Rat piff is in sewage, but I'm familiar with the pure stuff - I used to work with rats as well, but in a different job.
I suppose which honk is worse really depends on the quantity.  :tsk:
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Re: perfume - eau de sewage
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2011, 05:23:16 PM »
There's a really bad English slang word for this and it means you are very drunk but i'm afraid i can't say it on here as it's very censored. Two words and it starts with rat .....  :no:
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Re: perfume - eau de sewage
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2011, 05:32:42 PM »
Rats (not the ones which are wild, I don't suppose) are actually rather nice beasts, very highly intelligent and inquisitive. They like being scratched behind their ears. I'm horribly allergic to them.

They caused a lot of trouble in labs for tobacco/nicotine researchers - rats refuse, point blank, to smoke.
(I said they were smart).
When researchers tried putting rats in boxes which had a tube introducing tobacco smoke to them, every single rat promptly poo-ed, picked up the poo, and shoved it into the tube to block it. That's even smarter, isn't it?
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