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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI think this was a compliment
A young lady gave me a ride the other day to one of my appointments.
Earlier I had put on some Old Spice aftershave.
When I got in the car, she said:
"You smell like my grandfather."
And then:
"He's been dead about ten years."
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I think this was a compliment (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Oct 2017
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redwitch
(15,241 posts)1. LOL!
I saw a bumper sticker today that read: old people are cool.
So don't you fret!
onlyadream
(2,248 posts)2. I would welcome that smell
My dad died five years ago today (went to his grave earlier). When I smell a pipe, cigar or old spice , I immediately think of him. So, I would say that it's a compliment.
unblock
(56,071 posts)3. And then "that didn't come out right"...?
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)4. Does she mean that you smell as if you had been dead for 10 years?
Interesting.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)7. That reminds me of ...
People who go to a funeral and say of the deceased ...
"He never looked better"
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)9. Agreed. Unintentionallly funny.
MLAA
(19,676 posts)5. I think it is right up there with 'you smell of elderberry wine' 😉
LuckyCharms
(22,160 posts)6. lol
I'm stealing that.
Ohiya
(2,701 posts)8. Now I'm going to be whistling the Old Spice song all day
