Can you die from overexposure to an offensive odor?

[Manzelle]

I wonder if it's possible...suffocation perhaps? Like if you were locked in a vomitorium for a long time...

 

[Eli]

As long as you are getting enough oxygen, no.

Your body will just learn to ignore the smell after a while.

 

[tweakmm]

Maybe if one threw up and then gagged on one's own vomit.

 

[Nebor]

No more than you could from hearing nails on a chalk board, or looking at Linda Tripp.

 

[Manzelle]

Originally posted by: Nebor
No more than you could from hearing nails on a chalk board, or looking at Linda Tripp.

So your answer is yes?

 

[Insane3D]

I've been sprayed by a skunk....let me tell you...that smell has a physical affect on you, and you do not "get used to it". I literally had to keep moving or I was going to pass out.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Side topic. What exactly is a "vomitorium"? I reckon it's one of those misused terms...


Main Entry: vomitorium
Function: noun
Definition: in a theater or stadium, esp. ancient, a passageway leading to and from the seating
Etymology: Latin vomitorius, alluding to the path's discharging of the spectators
Usage: plural vomitoria

 

[Manzelle]

Originally posted by: ming2020
Side topic. What exactly is a "vomitorium"? I reckon it's one of those misused terms...


Main Entry: vomitorium
Function: noun
Definition: in a theater or stadium, esp. ancient, a passageway leading to and from the seating
Etymology: Latin vomitorius, alluding to the path's discharging of the spectators
Usage: plural vomitoria

Here you go...

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/021101.html