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Topic: Cities through the senses: smells of Paris ... and?
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pity sing
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posted 03 August 2003 08:39 PM
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And that is when you can smell Parisians on their way to work.
They wear more perfume and aftershave than Londoners, or indeed Muscovites do, and they are smarter, too.
Hmmmm...I'm not sure how to take this. Is it a good thing that you can smell the Parisians on their way to work? And why do they wear more perfume and aftershave than Londoners or Muscovites? Optional bathing? I assume that "smarter" is being used in the Brit. sense, as in "better dressed" rather than more intelligent. [ 03 August 2003: Message edited by: pity sing ]
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pity sing
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posted 03 August 2003 09:54 PM
1. Been to Paris several times. Enjoyed it immensely. My horizons are quite okay, thank you!2. Thought the writer might be saying that it is smarter (ie. more intelligent) to use more perfume and aftershave. Seeing that many people are allergic to such fragrances, I guess I was just wondering whether it was indeed "smarter" to slather them on. But I see your point -- the writer is talking about style. 3. I don't believe, for a moment, that standards of personal hygiene drop once one crosses the Channel (or the Atlantic, for what it's worth). I guess I just get suspicious when lots of fragrance is applied by men or women -- sometimes it IS used to cover things up .... 4. Enjoyed the article -- interesting perspective!
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'lance
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posted 04 August 2003 02:38 AM
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Hey 'lance -- since you asked for it...
I didn't. Unlike you, I don't care. quote:
Been to Paris several times. Enjoyed it immensely.
Would that be on behalf of the CBC, by chance? [ 04 August 2003: Message edited by: 'lance ]
From: that enchanted place on the top of the Forest | Registered: Jul 2001
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skdadl
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posted 04 August 2003 07:52 PM
Now there's a thought, 'lance. I wouldn't have said sulphur -- I would have said ... London!  But that could explain it.(I note when I go back to read the opening link -- shame on me for posting before reading  -- that the writer there, a Londoner, admits that petrol is the smell she associates first with London.) Thing is, there are a LOT of lorries heading out of the Scottish fishing ports down to London. You will find this out if you go to stay in a rustic Scottish fishing port, expecting delicious fresh fish for your suppers. You will go to the picturesque docks and watch the picturesque fishing boats sailing in for the day -- and unloading their catches directly into enormous refrigerator lorries bound for London! (You will only be able to witness this sight if you have not already been killed by a head-on collision with one of those lorries on the single-track road heading into the picturesque fishing village, which the lorries negotiate with terrifying speed.) If there's a good local restaurant or two, sure, the padrone will have managed to snaggle a few fish for the visitors for supper. Bribing him ahead of time can't hurt.
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'lance
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posted 04 August 2003 08:41 PM
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Now there's a thought, 'lance. I wouldn't have said sulphur -- I would have said ... London!
Mwahahaha! Dark Satanic town, hey? I don't recall a petrol smell, but London did seem a sooty place to me. Assuming they don't burn much coal there any more, diesel would be the likeliest culprit. quote:
Thing is, there are a LOT of lorries heading out of the Scottish fishing ports down to London.
I'm sure. Meanwhile, there must be a double LOT of lorries heading to and from Dover and Portsmouth, especially Dover in these Chunnel days. Lorries coming from the ports bringing steel from Germany, or like as not Korea these days, cars from Japan, electronics from Indonesia, cheese and butter from France, and so on. And lorries going to the ports bringing... bringing... ah, just what does Britain export these days? Apart from those fish from Scotland?
From: that enchanted place on the top of the Forest | Registered: Jul 2001
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What else would "smart" mean in that context? Duh... 
