# Dead Freezers Are No Fun **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760 "2008-10-13T19:34:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760/1 "2008-10-13T19:34:40Z")
I was at my sisters house Saturday and it stink stank stunk. Horribly. She knew it. It was coming from the basement, but couldn’t find the source. In her need to expunge the smell, she decided tossing a handful of mothballs down the stairs would “help”. Nope. When I walked into the house it was like walking into wall of mothballs with an underlying decaying smell. My brother in law wouldn’t go down to find out what was causing the smell as he despises the smell of mothballs. Note: If he would have gone down there THURSDAY when my sister mentioned something was dead down there… but he had to hold down the Barcolounger. Finally, last night braved the basement only to find out the chest freezer full of venison, cow, turkey… was dead. The freezer is now in the garage, rotted meat in the trash. But the basement still reeks. How do they get rid of the stench? It’s a “normal” basement - poured concrete floors, brick walls. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760/2 "2008-10-13T19:39:26Z")
\*Dead freezers Dead freezers Dead freezers aren’t much fun They don’t keep Your food on ice They don’t smell Very nice Dead freezers aren’t much fun Mom says freezer’s Days are through All the food’s Turned into goo Dead freezers aren’t much fun Dead freezers (Dead, dead, dead) Dead freezers Dead freezers aren’t much fun\* ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760/3 "2008-10-13T19:49:13Z")
After Hurricane Katrina, there were a lot of dead freezers and refrigerators lying around in New Orleans. Somebody spray-painted one of them with the words “WARNING: BREATH OF SATAN INSIDE”. No cite but I saw it in the news. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760/4 "2008-10-14T03:40:01Z")
But…but…those things could save you from an atomic blast! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760/5 "2008-10-14T03:40:51Z")
Cooler of Death redux! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760/6 "2008-10-14T07:15:45Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > \*Dead freezers > Dead freezers > Dead freezers aren’t much fun > > They don’t keep > Your food on ice > They don’t smell > Very nice > Dead freezers aren’t much fun > > Mom says freezer’s > Days are through > All the food’s > Turned into goo > Dead freezers aren’t much fun > > Dead freezers (Dead, dead, dead) > Dead freezers > Dead freezers aren’t much fun\* Bravo, bravo! There’s at least one other person that was thinking this when opening the thread. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760/7 "2008-10-14T18:26:04Z")
> [@missred](#): > > There’s at least one other person that was thinking this when opening the thread. 🆒 And the inspiration just now finished playing on the iPod. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760/8 "2008-10-14T21:19:27Z")
And that’s the (modified) tune going through my noggin when I was trying to come up with a somewhat creative thread title. However… Can anyone answer the OP? Please?? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760/9 "2008-10-14T21:42:01Z")
One more time for Roman Hruska! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-freezers-are-no-fun/467760/10 "2008-10-14T21:50:36Z")
When I was a kid, some vandals broke into our home while we were on vacation and unplugged our refrigerator/freezer. (I’m not fully clear on the details; I was about 7 at the time.) After emptying and cleaning them, I remember having ozone generators in both compartments to try and get rid of the smell. I also remember a massive coughing/wheezing spell when I was walking past them once. I think we decided the smell was localized and hadn’t spread to the room. If it’s in the pores of the brick, that might change the situation. And maybe the state of the art in odor elimination has advanced in the last 35 years. But you might look into it, **Missy**. Come to think of it, my mother still has that fridge.