I Only Smelled These Things After Moving to America

"I'm a plain guy; I'm the sort of person who'll even eat pasta without adding anything to it." - This right here is in the top 3 most British things I've ever heard in my entire life.

When my Korean Ex smelled a skunk for the first time, she asked what it was. I told her it was an animal called a skunk. She asked, "How long has it been dead?" I had to explain to her that they smelled like that when they were alive.

Freshly cut grass smells so good. When my dad was building the garage I loved the small of wood being cut.

You forgot cut grass. I live in Asia now but when I visit family in the US I am filled with nostalgia over the smell of lawns being mowed in the summer. Also the reason skunk smell is rather common is not that they are defending themselves, it's that one of them has been hit by a car, releasing its whole sac full of stench.

Many dog owners can tell you that not only do skunks spray for defense, they are incredibly accurate at impressive distances.

I think "I'll eat pasta plain without adding anything to it" might be the most British thing I've ever heard you say.

I've lived in Europe for 23 years. What struck me last year when I returned to Paris from the US, was the stench of cigarette smoke and urine outside the airport. I realized during my trip back to the Midwest, I hadn't smelled those things

One mid June day, my cousin and I were camping at a kind of local campground, and him and I decided to take a walk, just hanging out to enjoy the day!! We happened across this lovely field of wild flowers and medium length grass, as we continued walking and talking about life, music and girls! It was THEN in almost the middle of the field I turned to him and said "Do you smell that?" AND for a moment he looked at me kind of stunned!!!!!!! All we could smell was the sweet scent of Strawberries lofting in the air...........and in the middle of this field we'd stumbled upon a HUGE PATCH of wild grown strawberries!! We picked as many as we could care and took them back to camp with us!! It made for an amazing weekend, and we eat good for the four day weekend we were camping!!

In regards to skunks, the ones sold as pets are de-scented (the offending glands are removed). They can still go through the motions of spraying, but there's no smell. I've heard that wild skunks are often hit by cars because they're accustomed to simply raising their tail to ward off predators. In normal circumstances, this is usually enough to ward off attacks, but ... well, let's just say it isn't always enough to ward off a fast-moving vehicle.

I was on a business trip with a few Brits in Boston. I am a local to New England so I was used to the local scents. We had a few drinks earlier and were driving to a restaraunt when the wonderful stank of a skunk wafted into the car. I have never in my life laughed so hard. My Brit friends had never smelled a pew kitty in their life and theie reaction was hilarious. Gagging, wretching, and my laughter made them laugh at the same time. Their facial expressions were hilarious.

If I saw someone eating pasta with nothing on it, I would have to exit the building. Because you have no idea what else that madman is capable of. 😮

When I was young, my neighbor had two pet raccoons and a pet skunk. The skunk was quiet and curious, like a gentleman housecat, and would even curl up in your lap. The raccoons were like three year olds on méth

I’m surprised you haven’t come across one of the strongest cinnamon odor sources in the US yet, Cinnabon. They make ooey gooey cinnamon rolls that spread their aroma through entire shopping malls or airport terminals.

I am a microbiologist, having worked for over 40 years in that field in the US, but I also worked for a while in labs in the UK. One time, I was in the room where some of our culture media was being prepared, and immediately caught a whiff of something familiar: skunk. I asked the technician if he was keeping a skunk in there and he said, "no, why?" I said, because it smells like a skunk in here, then I asked him what the smell was and he told me it was thioglycollic acid, used in making a medium we used called thioglycollate broth, so there you have it, if you want to smell skunk in the UK, get yourself a bottle of thioglycollic acid

My friend went to London years ago, and kept smelling something familiar, but he couldn’t figure out what it was. His brother, who had lived there for a while, explained that he was smelling lead in car exhaust, something that disappeared in the late 1970s in the US.

When I went to college the downtown campus was surrounded by the Ambrosia Chocolate Factory, A major brewery, the Wonder Bread factory, and the Usinger Sausage Factory. We could tell which way the wind was blowing depending on smell. The school also had a culinary program where students could pay $3 and dine on the food cooked by the culinary students. Gadzooks the food was great and abundant. Even though I was poor and youthfully clueless at the time, I consider those years some of the best in my life.

Growing up in the Rocky Mountains, I cannot imagine not knowing what a skunk is or the smell they make. I love this channel for the fun and the perspectives!

when I was 12 I had two skunks that had their scent glands removed. 'stinky and blinky' they were curious and got into all sorts of trouble but mostly they were cuddly and cat like, especially their style of play.

After 'dogsitting" my daughter's dog for a couple weeks, I think I figured out that every COMMUNITY must have a different smell. I was driving my dog back home, which was an hour-and-a-half from my home. 99% of the drive is on an interstate. While I am still on the interstate - going 65 or 70, not slowing down yet - as I get nearer to my exit to go to the dog's home, he suddenly perks up and gets very excited. This happens every time I take him home. I can't help but think he is starting to smell his hometown!

I grew up in a neighborhood that had been built by the Republic Steel Corp. the furnace was very close to the neighborhood as it was built for the steel mill employees. It had an awful smell when the furnace was in operation. So my parents moved from the neighborhood when I, the youngest of their children left home to serve in the USMC. They moved to a town that depended on a paper mill for most of the jobs. Out of the frying pan into the fire, lol. Paper mills smell horrible.