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Gonna get flamed for this one!

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I'm a brown guy who specifically keeps his clothes sealed away as far as possible from the kitchen to avoid this sort of thing. Also have to make sure I don't eat anything smelly before leaving the house - it's a real pain. And unfortunately it's far too easy to let your guard down.
 
I had some Indo/Pakistani friends back in college and they all tell me it's the bathing oil they use. Also yea their cuisine smells rather on the strong side of things.
 
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Topic Title: Gonna get flamed for this one!
Topic Summary: Why do middle eastern/Indian people... stink?
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I didn't even have to read the rest of the thread.

Do you realize we stink worse to them than they do to us??? That's a fact.
 
If you want stink ride a crowded Korean bus in the summer. Your nose hairs will be burnt out by the kimchi aroma sweating out of the pores of the riders.

BTW, Arab hygiene standards are pretty high. The Arabs used to look at us (American soldiers) as barbarians because we don't typically completely shave our bodies monthly (women are expected to do so daily). Lots of jokes about how we must have had pubes three feet long.
 
I'm from Iran and I don't stink. Every girlfriend I've had has told me I smell good.

I have had friends who have smelled from Afghanistan and India. They did everything they could. It was the food they were eating. AXE Body spray works a little for those people.
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
i agree to that tho...lol

IIRC, most "white" people (i'm indian 😀) don't have a shower in the morning, but in the afternoon and/or evening because they don't have the time to in the morning.

in many beliefs in India, they say you should alwas have a shower before you start your job or go to study, because that freshens you up, and wakes you up.

now, this part is just my theory, but because we have a shower in the morning, i think it starts to stink up by the time the day wears on, but i don't see how that would make sense, because the "white" people don't have a shower in the morning (at least not with water [they do it with cologne 😉])

personally, if i prefer to have at least two showers a day, time permitting

(i SO know i'm going to get flamed for this)
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I'm white and almost every white person I have ever known showers in the morning.
 
I'm white and almost every white person I have ever known showers in the morning.
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Ditto. Don't know where Logic lives that the white folks don't shower in the morning. Perhaps in the tent city that springs up at the track before every NASCAR race. Or a trailer park. Or the homeless shelter.
 
Originally posted by: glenn1
If you want stink ride a crowded Korean bus in the summer. Your nose hairs will be burnt out by the kimchi aroma sweating out of the pores of the riders.

BTW, Arab hygiene standards are pretty high. The Arabs used to look at us (American soldiers) as barbarians because we don't typically completely shave our bodies monthly (women are expected to do so daily). Lots of jokes about how we must have had pubes three feet long.
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kimchi sweat yum
 
Originally posted by: glenn1
If you want stink ride a crowded Korean bus in the summer. Your nose hairs will be burnt out by the kimchi aroma sweating out of the pores of the riders.
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i spent a summer in south korea and have hated kimchi ever since... the only other thing that smells worse than kimchi is probably durian.
 
Originally posted by: jtusa4
Here it's Indians/Pakistanis that all reak of B.O. and curry. It's not a pleasant combination. Just had a family of them move out next door and it smells so much better. The curry smell used to come through the walls.
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that's what i notice.
i was in the grocery store and this pakistan looking guy was checking out the meat section.. started to smell him from like 10 feet away. got a bit closer to grab my meat, and i almost threw up... such a strong disgusting smell of B.O.. how the hell could he live with himself like that? and in a grocery store!

so freaking gross.... *puke*
 
I think different body chemistries smell different to different people.

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
Maybe to them you stink and they smell normal.

Ponder that for a moment.
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Along this line, a black friend of mine once made the comment that white people smelled funny to her. Possibly has something to do with the oiliness of one's hair and skin.
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
i agree to that tho...lol

IIRC, most "white" people (i'm indian 😀) don't have a shower in the morning, but in the afternoon and/or evening because they don't have the time to in the morning.

in many beliefs in India, they say you should alwas have a shower before you start your job or go to study, because that freshens you up, and wakes you up.

now, this part is just my theory, but because we have a shower in the morning, i think it starts to stink up by the time the day wears on, but i don't see how that would make sense, because the "white" people don't have a shower in the morning (at least not with water [they do it with cologne 😉])

personally, if i prefer to have at least two showers a day, time permitting

(i SO know i'm going to get flamed for this)
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where the hell are you from?

Every white persone showers in the morning.
 
it won't matter how many times they shower or whatever.

They stink from their clothes and hair and such.

It's not BO it's BBO.

 
Middle easterns stink!!!! wow! I've seen so many white folks who smell like sh!t. I guess they don't clean their asses for some reason. Another thing middle easterns clean themselves with water (their asses) everytime they go to the bathroom.
 
hmmm I also noticed if I eat Cup O Noodles , it reeks through my pores an hour after consuming.
So I think it's partly the food you eat. Try eating fast food for a week (had to when I went cross country). You'll really smell.
 
It's the curry for sure. I live in Fremont, CA, which is the Indian capitol of California pretty much. In our aparment complex, I'd say it is 80% Indian. In our particular building, we are one of only three that are non-Indian. The other 17 units in the building are all Indian. Indian family above us, below us, and on both sides. We simply cannot have our windows open around dinner time, because the entire apartment will smell so bad of curry. Plus, the smell in the hallways are unbearable. I often have to hold my breath to get on the elevator.
 
I'm an American-born Indian (don't stink) but notice that a lot of Indians do reek of curry and/or BO. Usually though, the longer they have lived in The States the less likely they are to stink. Though Indians are in general very good about showering daily and keeping up good hygene, I think it has something to do with the fact that deodorant has not caught on big in India and they tend to sweat a lot.
 
Originally posted by: Sex Smurf
Went to a small Pakastani owned computer shop a few years back - nicest people you could meet. They even offered me snacks. . . .breath mints. . . .Pakistan breath mints. . . . It looked like gray grape nuts cereal. At first I said "no thanks" but then got pressured into taking some. He demonstrated by taking a handful and popping them into his mouth. So he poured them into my hand and I popped them in. I felt my whole face pucker as the saliva from my face got sucked into those things. It was the worst thing i've ever had - kinda bitter, sour, salty, earthy taste. I do not know how these can be breath mints. I spent the next minute trying to keep a straight face until i told them there was something in the car i needed to get. Cold sweat oozing from my body, i ran outside and spat it out.
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They were trying to tell you something. 😉
 
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