# Hey! This flowering shrub smells like jizz! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624 "2008-06-11T21:42:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/1 "2008-06-11T21:42:18Z")
How revolting! I’ve heard of this, but I didn’t really believe it. Now I find there’s a row of 'em in front of my office building. Nasty. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/2 "2008-06-11T21:49:09Z")
One of the Straight Dope Books has an article about “The sperm trees of Seattle” Not sure if it was Seattle for sure. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/3 "2008-06-11T22:17:38Z")
Ewwww… That’s just nasty. Er… What kind of shrub was it again? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/4 "2008-06-11T22:18:22Z")
Go rub against it. Report back with any unusual secretions. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/5 "2008-06-11T22:47:34Z")
Cook it up in a frying pan!! ---
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/6 "2008-06-11T23:10:20Z")
Make some risotto with it, see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/7 "2008-06-11T23:19:58Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] One of the Straight Dope Books has an article about “The sperm trees of Seattle” Not sure if it was Seattle for sure. [/QUOTE] L.A. [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_363.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_363.html) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/8 "2008-06-11T23:22:00Z")
I always thought it was horse chestnut trees. We had one outside our science block at school. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/9 "2008-06-11T23:26:37Z")
Are they [boxwood](http://www.floralimages.co.uk/pbuxussempe1.htm)? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/10 "2008-06-11T23:35:04Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Are they [boxwood](http://www.floralimages.co.uk/pbuxussempe1.htm)? [/QUOTE] heh-heh heh-heh Box. Wood. Jizz. heh-heh heh-heh heh ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-this-flowering-shrub-smells-like-jizz/452624/11 "2008-06-11T23:37:38Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] heh-heh heh-heh Box. Wood. Jizz. heh-heh heh-heh heh [/QUOTE] Well, it wasn’t actually meant as a joke, because boxwood does have a distinctive, kind of musty/bitter odor that’s kind of like semen. When you stop and think about it, yeah, it’s kind of funny, though…