Ooh, ooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell?
Ooh, ooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you.
-Lynard Skynard from "That Smell"
(While reading the following keep in mind that I work 3 days every other weekend.)
Friday I arrived to work with my canvas work bag in tow. I sensed the foulest of odors surrounding me. What in the world was it? I bathed so it shouldn't be me. The stink was pretty bad. I eventually found the source: the smell was emanating from my bag. I carefully removed items from my tote, one by one. The stench was overpowering. At last, I found the culprit . . . a leaky container of chopped tomatoes from the deepest depths of my duffel. These tomatoes had been fermenting for 2 weeks! Trust me . . . it was not a pretty site.
My colleagues, at work, were none too happy with me either. The aroma of air freshener does not cover the putrid and rancid scent of rotting tomatoes but rather forms a whole new nasty and pungent smell all together. (Gag!)
In the meantime, it may be awhile before I have the stomach to look at, or even eat, another tomato.
