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27. Yeah... I think ours exploded

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #10)

Sun Nov 26, 2023, 02:26 PM

Nov 2023

There was this one day that the odor increased exponentially. Absolutely horrific smell.

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Tell me about the worst smell you've ever had in your home. [View all] milestogo Nov 2023 OP

I can imagine broccoli would be the worst. For me the one time I cooked lamb... hlthe2b Nov 2023 #1

A dead rodent in the walls calguy Nov 2023 #2

Dead rodent would be my answer, too. Diamond_Dog Nov 2023 #30

that is the worst, all right. yellowdogintexas Nov 2023 #48

Yep, the invisible, unfindable, unending dead rodent wins the prize. nt 4dog Nov 2023 #54

Dead rodent in the dryer AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2023 #60

rat up inside the bottom of a portable dishwasher Kali Nov 2023 #68

We had roof rats AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2023 #69

A dog who got sprayed by a skunk. CrispyQ Nov 2023 #3

A friend of mine rented a condo for the summer. milestogo Nov 2023 #4

Oh man! I'll bet that was hard. Or expensive! CrispyQ Nov 2023 #24

Never did one dog cost so much. milestogo Nov 2023 #25

You have some peculiar curiosities, milestogo! True Dough Nov 2023 #5

Thankfully, I've never had a dog with that habit. milestogo Nov 2023 #6

My brother left a loose, mesh bag of onions that I did not see. keithbvadu2 Nov 2023 #7

A large, old possum died AmBlue Nov 2023 #8

That happened to me too. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 #10

Yeah... I think ours exploded AmBlue Nov 2023 #27

I think I'll skip lunch today. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 #29

RFOL!! AmBlue Nov 2023 #32

A russet potato fallen behind the bin quaint Nov 2023 #9

OMG you are correct!!!! I once reached in the bin and stuck my thumb through a rotten potato. Argh!!!😫😠 LakeArenal Nov 2023 #12

Eww quaint Nov 2023 #23

Skunk. Dogs got sprayed. Had to pick the dogs up... LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #11

Same smell, different source: modern pot. Mister Ed Nov 2023 #14

That is true! Easterncedar Nov 2023 #16

I had to bathe my dog with tomato juice. I was told by the vet to do this . It was awful for the dog and for me. He kept CTyankee Nov 2023 #39

That's the remedy. milestogo Nov 2023 #72

At the time, no. This was many years before we had the Internet and Google (which is where I'd go now). CTyankee Nov 2023 #74

I lived in a building where there were squirrels living in the space milestogo Nov 2023 #13

Rats stealing nesting material from under my stove Easterncedar Nov 2023 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author sinkingfeeling Nov 2023 #62

Chlorine gas. Midnight Writer Nov 2023 #17

Sounds dangerous. milestogo Nov 2023 #21

Didn't even clean the toilet. Midnight Writer Nov 2023 #22

I did that once. I started coughing and couldn't stop. Had to go to the ER to get the right inhalant sinkingfeeling Nov 2023 #63

It's dangerous stuff. Midnight Writer Nov 2023 #64

My Mom cooking Liver and Onions... rogerballard Nov 2023 #18

Yes, The smell of liver, to me. is sickening debm55 Nov 2023 #42

liver and onions enid602 Nov 2023 #51

Rotten potatoes Marthe48 Nov 2023 #19

I unintentionally cooked a mouse in our oven. Niagara Nov 2023 #20

I was cleaning out a brownstone in Brooklyn Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #26

Coming home after a 4 day trip to find the upright freezer had quit on day one. Runningdawg Nov 2023 #28

Ugh. milestogo Nov 2023 #31

Frig died while we were on vacation. Frozen MOMFUDSKI Nov 2023 #33

I had a gas stove. Lunabell Nov 2023 #34

I'll sign on to the dead rodent, but the worst I've seen was when I was working as a chimney sweep. rsdsharp Nov 2023 #35

What were the maggots feeding on? milestogo Nov 2023 #36

I didn't stick around to find out. I slammed the ash clean out door and ran. rsdsharp Nov 2023 #37

The only place I would expect to see them is a garbage dump... milestogo Nov 2023 #38

I assumed it was a small animal. There is no way a body could have gotten into an ash dump. rsdsharp Nov 2023 #40

A decomposed raccoon dclarston13 Nov 2023 #41

Well, this one time after a meal of beans and broccoli... Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #43

Actually I once found a mouse under the seat cushion on the sofa. milestogo Nov 2023 #45

Wasn't quite in the house but on the front porch. marked50 Nov 2023 #44

I had a dog that would always find dead animals, but usually they were dried out. milestogo Nov 2023 #46

My mom lived in an apartment building where one of the tenants doc03 Nov 2023 #47

Hmmm Are they oniony? electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #49

They are like a super strong wild garlic nt doc03 Nov 2023 #50

Oh! Hmmm, I do love garlic, though. But maybe that'd be a bit much even for me! electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #67

Red Tide enid602 Nov 2023 #52

whale enid602 Nov 2023 #53

And of course its not really in your home, so there's nothing you can do about it. milestogo Nov 2023 #58

Thawed shrimp, chicken and beef in freezer after hurricane Rita. Dustlawyer Nov 2023 #55

Omg So lucky I never had dead rodents. But... electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #56

Any of my Trump supporting family members. Funtatlaguy Nov 2023 #57

Two contestants Bayard Nov 2023 #59

Fed my python a rat JoseBalow Nov 2023 #61

My mother took crab fondue to a party once. LisaM Nov 2023 #65

We collected some shells in the ocean when visiting Florida as kids, Ocelot II Nov 2023 #66

Burnt popcorn Boomerproud Nov 2023 #70

That's A Tough One RobinA Nov 2023 #71

That's A Tough One RobinA Nov 2023 #73