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Ever have a smelly friend?

moonbogg

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I knew a guy who just didn't shower. He literally smelled like ass so bad that it stained any seat he sat on for hours. He was a thin guy, not over weight, but just didn't shower or something. Very odd.
So, you know anyone who smells? Describe your smelly friend.
 

BoomerD

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Feb 26, 2006
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Not a "friend," but in boot camp, there was a guy who refused to shower on his own...

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We "convinced" him that taking his own shower was easier...and less painful.
 

IndyColtsFan

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Sep 22, 2007
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When I was in grad school, I was an RA in a lab and my coworker there (the senior grad student in charge) would only do laundry like once a month (if that). He'd come in with clean clothes one day and over the next few weeks, you'd see stains start appearing along with a terrible smell. It was unbearable at times.
 

waggy

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yeah. in college a buddy of mine would never shower. he was a great guy and fun to hang around with. but when out looking for girls? oh fuck no
 

DaTT

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If you've never had a smelly friend, you are the smelly friend.
 

HamburgerBoy

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When I was in grad school, I was an RA in a lab and my coworker there (the senior grad student in charge) would only do laundry like once a month (if that). He'd come in with clean clothes one day and over the next few weeks, you'd see stains start appearing along with a terrible smell. It was unbearable at times.

This is exactly me, except that I don't smell anything. Therefore, I must not smell bad.

EDIT: Although it's about three weeks for me. Fifteen days in public makes it easy to go through all of my pants and shirts two or three times before putting them in the basket. Third weekend, I wash them all. My lab coat, on the other hand... hey, if it means less people showing up to office hours, it's worth it.
 
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inachu

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Not sure about the body but there is an uptick trend in people across USA who do not wash their hair They will go 4 months not washing citing health benefits.
 

lxskllr

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Nov 30, 2004
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Not a friend, but there was a kid in high school that smelled like a dumpster full of rotten cabbage brewing in the summer sun. His stench was strong enough to knock a fly off a shit wagon D^:
 

alzan

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Well my hands are my friends and they do have a distinctive odor, do they count?
 

AznAnarchy99

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Dec 6, 2004
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There are some people at the gym that need to take a shower before they even get there. It's disgusting walking by some people.
 

mmntech

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Back when I was at this store, we had this lady with the rankest breath I've ever smelt. She was very nice and all but her stank could take down a bull elephant. So bad it even got into the phone. I'd sit in her spot on weekends, but I had to disinfect the phone before I could use it. Makes me nauseous just thinking about it. Of course we never said anything.

We used to have this regular customer too that had the worst old man BO smell I have ever experience. Probably the worst smell I've ever experience. It was so bad, we literally couldn't rent the car for the rest of the day. We had do douse the car with industrial strength fabric deodorizer, then let sit on the lot for the afternoon with the windows down to let it air out.

A BO unrelated smelly story from the car lot is when this catering company left a plate of roasted garlic in one of our panel vans. Sat like that for two days (closed for a holiday) in the hot sun. From the day that happened until the day we sold the van almost a year later, it still stunk of garlic. Tried everything to get rid of it. Must have gotten into the plastic.
 

alkemyst

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If you've never had a smelly friend, you are the smelly friend.

/because Canada

Since high school, my friends have not been smelly. I don't tend to befriend riff raff.

Now out and about, there is always someone you encounter that just doesn't get it.

I was at a really nice function recently at a nice hotel. There was this guy at the lounge area that just reeked the first day there. My fiancee and I caulked it up that he must have just had a long flight or drive (it was very hot out that day). However; the next night he was there again in the same clothes we think and stunk even worse.

The guy had a room as he got on our elevator as we were going to bed and was on our floor.

Worst elevator ride ever.
 

shortylickens

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Not a "friend," but in boot camp, there was a guy who refused to shower on his own...

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We "convinced" him that taking his own shower was easier...and less painful.

Apparently your boot camp was for giant whiny bitches.

In our boot camp showering was all 88 of us at a time. In lukewarm water. And we were GOD DAMN GRATEFUL AFTER RUNNING AROUND IN THE HOT SUN ALL DAY!!!!!!
 

Ruptga

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I once knew this guy who, somehow, didn't really stink, but that may have been because I never got close enough to smell him. See, he didn't shower. Ever. Actually I think he showered once a semester or so, we could tell by his hair. Normally it was stuck to his head like an awful toupee, but once in a blue moon it would actually resemble hair. Oh, and he had bag lady fingernails. He probably had a more serious problem though, his teeth. One day at dinner one of his front snaggleteeth just broke off, three quarters of it snapped off "with no warning". Everyone knew why, even him, he just couldn't admit that his mouth always looked like he flossed with old TP because he literally never cleaned his mouth. I have no idea what ever happened to that guy, but my guess would be "not much".
 

BoomerD

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Apparently your boot camp was for giant whiny bitches.

In our boot camp showering was all 88 of us at a time. In lukewarm water. And we were GOD DAMN GRATEFUL AFTER RUNNING AROUND IN THE HOT SUN ALL DAY!!!!!!


You were a sailor...you boys all liked showering together...and at your height, you didn't even have to get on your knees...():)

By "shower on his own," I mean shower voluntarily. We "volunteered him." Fortunately, it only took once.
 

moonbogg

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I've smelled some BO that had the mixed smell of regular BO and decaying flesh. Made my almost gag.
Also, a guy I worked with years ago had THE worst halitosis I ever knew could even exist. Every time he got close to tell me something, I froze with terror that he might spit on me. Even a tiny droplet of spit was considered toxic waste of the worst kind and would require an immediate conversation ending trip to the bathroom to wash off.