# A brief survey of sense favorites **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486 "2012-05-10T08:09:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/1 "2012-05-10T08:09:45Z")
Smell Taste Sound Sight Touch ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/2 "2012-05-10T08:12:31Z")
Smell : grapefruit Taste : fudge and raspberry together Sound : rain from the roof Sight : low tide Touch : bare feet in soft grass ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/3 "2012-05-10T13:33:37Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/4 "2012-05-10T15:31:53Z")
Maybe I will change my favorite sound to “crickets” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/5 "2012-05-10T15:41:01Z")
Smell : Fresh cut grass Taste : Hard one… Cheese eaten with jalapenos Sound : Dogs snoring. Sight : Clouds floating in the valley below my house. Touch : Kissing ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/6 "2012-05-10T15:54:34Z")
Smell : Fresh washed woman Taste : Creme brulee Sound : Ocean waves Sight : Ocean waves Touch : Fresh washed woman ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/7 "2012-05-10T16:29:02Z")
What about proprioception? My favorite proprioception: My sense of proximate position between me the Mrs. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/8 "2012-05-11T00:47:24Z")
Smell: Bacon frying. Taste: Fried bacon. Sound: Sizzling bacon. Sight: Big plate of bacon. (Maybe some eggs.) Touch: Perfectly crisp bacon melting in the mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/9 "2012-05-11T01:42:45Z")
Smell: Summer rain. Taste: Fresh, ripe blueberries. Sight: The face of the person I’ve missed most of all. Sound: Cicadas on a hot summer’s eve. Touch: _Good_ kissing. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/10 "2012-05-11T02:40:34Z")
Smell(s): someone with whom I’m in love. Frankincense and myrhh (I’ve got some actual tress resin from Africa). Many rears ago I smoked opium: it was wonderful. Taste: Wisconsin bar food Sight: open water Sound: mourning doves ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/11 "2012-05-11T05:46:22Z")
Vision: Claude Monet, Nymphea Audition: Ludwig van Beethoven, Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement Gustation: Cake Olfaction: Coffee Tacticion: Breasts Equilibrioception: Not feeling unbalanced Thermoception: A lot of warm blankets on a cold night Proprioception: Supine, feet together, knees apart Nociception: None ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/12 "2012-05-11T05:52:41Z")
I prefer feel. Sight and taste are tied for second. Sound and smell are highly overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-survey-of-sense-favorites/621486/13 "2012-05-11T06:21:53Z")
Smell - petrichor Taste - chicken masala Sound - [Satan’s song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRr7QSzvBYs) “Up There” from the South Park movie Sight - **this color, cerulean** Touch - cat fur