@tweezak I much prefer horse poop, it’s really soft & there’s much more of it in general. Although i guess that would depend on how often you scoop out your litter boxes…?
@Kyeh I wish!! And the name makes the whole thing even more adorable – Freckle Butt Fred! The funny thing is that’s one of my nicknames for my dog, without the “Fred” part, that is.
@ircon96 On an episode of American Pickers they went to the home of a guy who owned a bunch of race horses. He was deceased but he’d had his house built to a massive scale so his horses could live with him. The place was like a castle.
@ircon96@Kyeh The horse in that first picture is real. There are small horses that have the normal proportions of a regular horse. I think they are very rare.
@Kyeh@tweezak Yes, they’re literally called miniature horses & aren’t particularly rare, but can be a little pricey, depending on pedigree, etc, like many pets/livestock. They’re often used for animal-assisted therapy, for obvious reasons. I’d love to have a whole herd of the little buggers!
@tweezak That’s a cool factoid about Belcourt, I didn’t remember that. I’ve loved the Newport mansions ever since we studied “The Great Gatsby” in my AP history/literature combo class in high school & the teachers took us on a field trip to tour them. Those were my favorite teachers by far & they made that class really interesting.
@ircon96@Kyeh Thanks for that info. Do you have to cut up apples for them? I always loved that you could just hold your hand flat with a whole apple on it and a horse could just grab it with his lips and eat the whole thing in one go. I always found it oddly satisfying. Great way to make friends with a horse.
@Kyeh@tweezak I guess that would depend on the size of the apple &/or the horse. Unlike dogs, horses actually chew their food, so if it’s too big, they’ll just bite it into chunks. Most also love carrots (for a healthier, low-sugar treat), sugar cubes, & strangely enough, peppermint hard candy, like those starlight mints. So true, that’s a great way to make a best friend, they do tend to like their snacks a lot!
@Kyeh@tweezak It sure would be worth a try, it’s supposed to be good for digestion, although I’ve heard some have huge patches of it that they ignore while grazing, so it seems to be an individual thing. The ones who just like the candy might have a highly developed sweet tooth, like a lot of us humans!
one of the cats has decided the litter box is unworthy of her shits so. Could be one of those somewhere I’m not smelling. But actually thanks for the reminder… I need to decide if I’m taking trash this morning. One of the outside trash cans was getting pungent now that is above freezing…
@Chakolate well… She sometimes pees outside the box but only one. It’s unfinished/I will rip out the cement board. And subfloor if needed.
The random shits… If you forget to check before you open a door…
But she is going to the vet for parasites. Probably all it is
Have you taken her to check for a UTI or is she fixed? Summer (RIP)
Had a habit of peeing on stuff. Not the floor. Stuff. She shit in the litter box but. She found a laundry basket or something else to piss on. I think they dealt with the UTI and it stopped.
Could be remembering wrong and had her spayed at the same time… Either way. She saw a vet and the situation was resolved.
@Chakolate@unksol
I had one that started peeing on things when he got a really bad flea infestation that we didn’t notice right away. We treated him for fleas, and he was right back to his old reliable self.
@unksol@werehatrack The family who owned him before me (richer than god) had him checked six ways to Sunday, nothing wrong. Lately he’s been taking to peeing in the bathtub. I try not to show how happy that makes me, because I don’t want to discourage him.
@Chakolate@werehatrack I would be thrilled too. And holding my breath that he keeps doing it. Vs random spots. Hell I’d be excited if they all peed in the tub/shower. The savings on liter…
@Chakolate@unksol@werehatrack My cats only start going outside the box when they are really old. Well except one who’d poop right next to the box when the box didn’t suit her level of cleanliness - as in another cat had pee’d in it - she was OK with poop from another cat in there, just not pee. Who knows why. Didn’t matter how many boxes I had as one cat had to pee in all of them as soon as I cleaned them out.
@Kidsandliz well… She technically is old. I think. Twixie who wanderered in the back door last winter before the kittens. So could also just be that. But I have no way to verify.
Also. Vis-a-vis the first two options… Do you all just put that in the trash in the kitchen? I never put food waste in the kitchen trash. Especially meat trays or trimmings. Both of those options get put in their bags and tossed in the bottom bin of the freezer till I take trash. I don’t need to smell that. Maybe I’m weird?
There is of course the dreaded rotten potato…
I have seriously thought about smacking people when they casually throw liquid in the trash… Empty your cup first you barbarian…
@unksol You’re not that weird - or I’m as weird as you are. We have composting pick-ups but putting the food right in the bin isn’t wise because they only pick up every other week. So I freeze the stinky stuff too.
The survey says Oh, there’s something deep within the crisper drawer that’s gone rotten
and I have exactly that going on right now; every time I open the fridge door this odor fills the kitchen. I should be clearing the veggie bin right now instead of goofing off on Meh.
@unksol
I have started keeping the “dirty” ziploc bags to use as leftover fluid disposal containers. And I repurpose a disposable drink container for things like chicken fat and bacon grease drippings. I generate more of those than I can use.
@werehatrack I generally have a sacrificial grease can that will end up in the garbage… I guess I could just scrape it into the trash and keep the can once it cools…
Trash wise for food waste I generally use the ceral bags. Or grocery store bags. Deboning a chicken, meh. It will be frozen in a block till not like it needs aseal. Then when I take the trash toss all the food waste on top. No smell no racoons etc
@Kyeh@unksol I’m glad I’m not the only weirdo &/or genius who uses the freezer method. And i totally agree with the liquids thing, nothing more disgusting than dripping garbage!
@ircon96@Kyeh well and licquid equals mold or bacteria growth at home. In public there are those people with the “that’s someones job, I’m creating work” attitude. eww to both.
@ircon96@unksol I guess I have it lucky (and I otherwise hate apartment living). Down the trash shoot is goes in a left over grocery bag (sorted already holes vs no holes) and then not my problem. It’s then in the dumpster.
@Kidsandliz That’s my dream! My grandmother & brother both lived in the same high-rise apartment building (at different times) & that was always my favorite feature, other than the views. I’ve always lived in triple-deckers (when in what passes for a city in NH), or in the country, like I am now, so I’ve never had either. Wah wah.
Scented dryer sheets or fabric softener. I just got a nice little hat from Poshmark, and it’s in perfect condition except it reeks of that synthetic/chemical “fragrance” - ugh! I’ll have to air it for a while before I can wear it.
@Kyeh
Bummer. SWMBO is also fragrance sensitive, so no dryer sheets for us either. Besides, it takes too many extra clothes pins to stick a sheet between each item on the clothesline!
Someone cooked fish in the microwave.
@cengland0
@yakkoTDI in a former management career in the 80’s, I had to ban employees microwaving fish at work because customers complained about it.
Once it affects the customers, it must be stopped. No other option.
I farted!
I took my shoes off.
What, @stinks? In here?!?
Punctuation can be fun.
The dogs did it…
Whoever smelt it, dealt it.
@katbyter And, the appropriate retort,
(if I recall correctly), “whoever denied it, supplied it.”
Let’s ask Giphy
/giphy what stinks
It’s yekoP…he definitely needs to go out one last time before bed
Christ, did a cow shit in here?!
@00 KFM?
@00
@macromeh no wonder I couldn’t find a gif of it. I thought it was IGGYS.
Your mom?
According to some people, the kerosene heater. Obviously they didn’t grow up around diesel engines!
@PooltoyWolf Mmmmmmmm… the sweet smell of burning heavy distillates.
The cat didn’t cover up. Although with one of my cats, covering up doesn’t help!
Brie
or my shoes. Not sure.
@tweezak Did you step in some brie? Seems like a bad idea keeping it on the floor.
@ircon96 It feels good squishing between your toes. Kinda like cat poop.
@tweezak
I much prefer horse poop, it’s really soft & there’s much more of it in general. Although i guess that would depend on how often you scoop out your litter boxes…?
@ircon96 There’s a horse in your house? Never mind. I don’t want to know.
@tweezak
@ircon96 @tweezak Is this your house?
Or this?:
@Kyeh I wish!!
And the name makes the whole thing even more adorable – Freckle Butt Fred! 
The funny thing is that’s one of my nicknames for my dog, without the “Fred” part, that is.
@ircon96 On an episode of American Pickers they went to the home of a guy who owned a bunch of race horses. He was deceased but he’d had his house built to a massive scale so his horses could live with him. The place was like a castle.
@ircon96 Belcourt Castle. I guess it was just for the horses. He didn’t live there.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/240309330091221125/
@ircon96 @tweezak OMG. That’s insane!
@ircon96 @Kyeh The horse in that first picture is real. There are small horses that have the normal proportions of a regular horse. I think they are very rare.
@ircon96 @tweezak
I had assumed it was. What a beautiful little creature!
@Kyeh @tweezak Yes, they’re literally called miniature horses & aren’t particularly rare, but can be a little pricey, depending on pedigree, etc, like many pets/livestock. They’re often used for animal-assisted therapy, for obvious reasons.
I’d love to have a whole herd of the little buggers!
@tweezak That’s a cool factoid about Belcourt, I didn’t remember that. I’ve loved the Newport mansions ever since we studied “The Great Gatsby” in my AP history/literature combo class in high school & the teachers took us on a field trip to tour them. Those were my favorite teachers by far & they made that class really interesting.
@ircon96 @Kyeh Thanks for that info. Do you have to cut up apples for them? I always loved that you could just hold your hand flat with a whole apple on it and a horse could just grab it with his lips and eat the whole thing in one go. I always found it oddly satisfying. Great way to make friends with a horse.
@Kyeh @tweezak I guess that would depend on the size of the apple &/or the horse. Unlike dogs, horses actually chew their food, so if it’s too big, they’ll just bite it into chunks. Most also love carrots (for a healthier, low-sugar treat), sugar cubes, & strangely enough, peppermint hard candy, like those starlight mints. So true, that’s a great way to make a best friend, they do tend to like their snacks a lot!
@ircon96 @Kyeh We get a lot of wild mint growing around here. I used to chew on it as a kid on the farm. I bet a horse would love a handful of that.
@Kyeh @tweezak It sure would be worth a try, it’s supposed to be good for digestion, although I’ve heard some have huge patches of it that they ignore while grazing, so it seems to be an individual thing. The ones who just like the candy might have a highly developed sweet tooth, like a lot of us humans!
The jokes in this thread
yes…fine…mine included
This:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/cultivating-the-worlds-largest-stinkiest-flower-is-no-small-task
Oh, I wouldn’t know. After 2 rounds of covid, I still can’t smell much. So, it smells fine in here to me.
Whatever it is, it’s coming from everywhere. It’s equally strong wherever I go.
@hchavers Start with the basics of investigation. What factors are common everywhere you go?
@hchavers @yakkoTDI LOL
@hchavers @yakkoTDI
deductive reasoning 101:
one of the cats has decided the litter box is unworthy of her shits so. Could be one of those somewhere I’m not smelling. But actually thanks for the reminder… I need to decide if I’m taking trash this morning. One of the outside trash cans was getting pungent now that is above freezing…
@unksol Be happy it’s poops. I have a cat who pees on everything, including the bed and the sofa.
@Chakolate well… She sometimes pees outside the box but only one. It’s unfinished/I will rip out the cement board. And subfloor if needed.
The random shits… If you forget to check before you open a door…
But she is going to the vet for parasites. Probably all it is
Have you taken her to check for a UTI or is she fixed? Summer (RIP)
Had a habit of peeing on stuff. Not the floor. Stuff. She shit in the litter box but. She found a laundry basket or something else to piss on. I think they dealt with the UTI and it stopped.
Could be remembering wrong and had her spayed at the same time… Either way. She saw a vet and the situation was resolved.
@Chakolate @unksol
I had one that started peeing on things when he got a really bad flea infestation that we didn’t notice right away. We treated him for fleas, and he was right back to his old reliable self.
@unksol @werehatrack The family who owned him before me (richer than god) had him checked six ways to Sunday, nothing wrong. Lately he’s been taking to peeing in the bathtub. I try not to show how happy that makes me, because I don’t want to discourage him.
@Chakolate @werehatrack I would be thrilled too. And holding my breath that he keeps doing it. Vs random spots. Hell I’d be excited if they all peed in the tub/shower. The savings on liter…
@Chakolate @unksol @werehatrack My cats only start going outside the box when they are really old. Well except one who’d poop right next to the box when the box didn’t suit her level of cleanliness - as in another cat had pee’d in it - she was OK with poop from another cat in there, just not pee. Who knows why. Didn’t matter how many boxes I had as one cat had to pee in all of them as soon as I cleaned them out.
@Kidsandliz well… She technically is old. I think. Twixie who wanderered in the back door last winter before the kittens. So could also just be that. But I have no way to verify.
Also. Vis-a-vis the first two options… Do you all just put that in the trash in the kitchen? I never put food waste in the kitchen trash. Especially meat trays or trimmings. Both of those options get put in their bags and tossed in the bottom bin of the freezer till I take trash. I don’t need to smell that. Maybe I’m weird?
There is of course the dreaded rotten potato…
I have seriously thought about smacking people when they casually throw liquid in the trash… Empty your cup first you barbarian…
@unksol You’re not that weird - or I’m as weird as you are. We have composting pick-ups but putting the food right in the bin isn’t wise because they only pick up every other week. So I freeze the stinky stuff too.
The survey says Oh, there’s something deep within the crisper drawer that’s gone rotten
and I have exactly that going on right now; every time I open the fridge door this odor fills the kitchen. I should be clearing the veggie bin right now instead of goofing off on Meh.
@unksol
I have started keeping the “dirty” ziploc bags to use as leftover fluid disposal containers. And I repurpose a disposable drink container for things like chicken fat and bacon grease drippings. I generate more of those than I can use.
@werehatrack I generally have a sacrificial grease can that will end up in the garbage… I guess I could just scrape it into the trash and keep the can once it cools…
Trash wise for food waste I generally use the ceral bags. Or grocery store bags. Deboning a chicken, meh. It will be frozen in a block till not like it needs aseal. Then when I take the trash toss all the food waste on top. No smell no racoons etc
@Kyeh @unksol I’m glad I’m not the only weirdo &/or genius who uses the freezer method. And i totally agree with the liquids thing, nothing more disgusting than dripping garbage!
@ircon96 @Kyeh well and licquid equals mold or bacteria growth at home. In public there are those people with the “that’s someones job, I’m creating work” attitude. eww to both.
@unksol Exactly! That’s what makes the drippage so gross, the thought of what could be growing (& mutating) in there!
@ircon96 @unksol I guess I have it lucky (and I otherwise hate apartment living). Down the trash shoot is goes in a left over grocery bag (sorted already holes vs no holes) and then not my problem. It’s then in the dumpster.
@Kidsandliz That’s my dream! My grandmother & brother both lived in the same high-rise apartment building (at different times) & that was always my favorite feature, other than the views. I’ve always lived in triple-deckers (when in what passes for a city in NH), or in the country, like I am now, so I’ve never had either. Wah wah.
Farts, lots of farts. My farts. Spouse’s farts. Kids’ farts. Dogs’ farts. Cats’ farts. SO MANY FARTS!
@Dstraktd Farts are the highest form of humor.
@Dstraktd Must be a real gas to hang out at your house.
/giphy it’s a gas
@Dstraktd
/giphy terrance and phillip
@zinimusprime then my household is mfkn hilarious!
@Dstraktd
/giphy fart on fire
The recycle bin. The one with the washed out pet cans and rinsed out milk cartons.
The one for compostable items (egg shells, banana peels, etc) is small and gets emptied often, so not much smell there.
But that one with the recyclables can get pretty bad.
We used to have a dumpster here, but our trash company is making everyone go green. Which is why our kitchen gets stinky.
Oh, and there was that time when Natasha had giardia and her poop was to die for…antibiotics took care of that, though.
My roommate. Seriously. Only my room is safe, because I keep the door shut most of the time because he’s loud too (screaming gamer).
@Angelmaat
Ugh - someone needs to move!
The economy.
@daveinwarsh
crypto got you down?
@chienfou @daveinwarsh
Buy the dip!
Scented dryer sheets or fabric softener.
I just got a nice little hat from Poshmark, and it’s in perfect condition except it reeks of that synthetic/chemical “fragrance” - ugh! I’ll have to air it for a while before I can wear it.
@Kyeh
Bummer. SWMBO is also fragrance sensitive, so no dryer sheets for us either. Besides, it takes too many extra clothes pins to stick a sheet between each item on the clothesline!