# If you weren't already dead I'd kill you! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 1, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437 "2003-08-01T20:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gjorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@Gjorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gjorp)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/1 "2003-08-01T20:41:51Z")
That’s right you motherfucking skunk. Yes, you, the one who stank up my car for on the way and on the way back. You better be glad you’re dead, otherwise, if I had gotten my hands on you while you were alive you’d have wish you’d never been borne. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/2 "2003-08-01T20:57:17Z")
Sorry! Its all them Chedderworsts and Homebrew! 😃 * * * Catch and Release: Synopsis of the Criminal Justice System ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/3 "2003-08-01T21:58:47Z")
Are you sure you didn’t just cut a really smelly fart? ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/4 "2003-08-01T22:17:08Z")
Is it just me, or is there anyone else out there who doesn’t mind the smell of skunk? ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/5 "2003-08-01T22:31:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CelticCowboy \* > \*\*Is it just me, or is there anyone else out there who doesn’t mind the smell of skunk? \*\* Just you. ---
**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/6 "2003-08-01T23:09:55Z")
Not just you. I read somewhere that men are likely than women to like the smells of skunk and gasoline. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/7 "2003-08-01T23:13:48Z")
I don’t mind the smell of skunk. It reminds me of living out in the boonies. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/8 "2003-08-01T23:21:56Z")
So, what does skunk actually _smell_ like? (and the first person to suggest it is something like a cross between dead chicken and rancid veal will suffer the same fate as the critter in the OP). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LauraLittlePony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LauraLittlePony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauraLittlePony)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/9 "2003-08-01T23:25:58Z")
I’m not overly familiar with the smell of skunk, but I don’t believe I like it at all. I do, however, love the smell of gasoline!! ::goes to gas station and inhales deeply:: ---
**Author:** ![DdDHellspawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DdDHellspawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DdDHellspawn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/10 "2003-08-01T23:31:21Z")
I like the smell of skunk to a certain extent. Reminds me of when I was 14ish and got a fresh bag of green.😃 :smells bag and contents: mmmmmmmm skunky 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/11 "2003-08-01T23:35:19Z")
I think I would say it smells - skunky 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/12 "2003-08-02T01:07:55Z")
According to Native Americans (well, some Native Canadians, anyway), breathing deeply of skunk smell is good for your respiratory system. So, whiff away! (I’ve actually done this, and if there is no other benefit, at least breathing deeply of skunk smell desensitizes your nose quickly!) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/13 "2003-08-02T01:44:12Z")
To me, skunk almost has a burning, electrical smell. There have been times when I’ve woken up out of a sound sleep fearing something had shorted out and my house was burning down, only to realize there was a window open and I was smelling skunk. And what’s really bad is that you don’t just smell it, you _taste_ it. Bleah 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/14 "2003-08-02T03:05:44Z")
I saw my first LIVE skunk just a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/15 "2003-08-02T03:10:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mercury \* > \*\*Not just you. I read somewhere that men are likely than women to like the smells of skunk and gasoline. \*\* Not saying much. It could be rigged because **CelticCowboy** is the only person who likes the smell - thus giving men the edge. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/16 "2003-08-02T03:18:46Z")
I don’t mind the smell of skunk, as long as it’s not up close and personal. THAT reeks. Dead skunk from a ways away isn’t all that unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/17 "2003-08-02T04:05:37Z")
\ \*Crossin’ the highway late last night He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right He didn’t see the **Gjorpster’s** car The skunk got squashed and there you are! You got yer Dead skunk in the middle of the road Dead skunk in the middle of the road You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road Stinkin’ to high heaven!\* \ ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/18 "2003-08-02T04:14:47Z")
Skunk isn’t that bad. I live out in the country, and have dogs that chase varmints in the fields all night, so consequently, I smell skunk stink strongly quite frequently… and you know, its nice, kind of… earthy, tangy even. Feed lots, on the other hand… _shudder_ There’s nothing like driving into a massive (visible!) cloud of methane gas produced from tons upon tons of manure sitting in the hot sun. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/19 "2003-08-02T04:19:40Z")
I heard that song on the radio recently; I was just sorry that the Younger Tigers weren’t in the car with me, they wouldn’t believe it when I got home and sang them the chorus! We were visiting my BIL in Minnesota a couple of years ago and he took us out to a wildlife preserve where he does conservation trapping so has access. So there we are tooling down the dirt road when Mama Skunk and the four Baby Skunks come trotting across the road, Mama in the lead. She crosses to the underbrush at the other side – but the little ones stop and see us and decide, “Hey, that looks fun! Let’s go visit THEM!” BIL not only stops the van but starts backing up, very, very slowly…as four really, really cute baby skunks start down the road for a visit with us…but fortunately, before he decided it was time to just alarm them and gun it to get us away from them, Mama discovered her missing offspring and reappeared, chewing them out quite vociferously, and chivvied them back into the underbrush with her. Which was fortunate, because we were trying to figure out the closest place to buy the largest quantity of tomato juice, and whether we’d live long enough to get there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-werent-already-dead-id-kill-you/192437/20 "2003-08-02T05:00:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CelticCowboy \* > \*\*Is it just me, or is there anyone else out there who doesn’t mind the smell of skunk? \*\* My brother and I used to have a game when we were little where it had a scratch 'n sniff skunk, and if you landed on a certain square in the game you had to scratch and sniff the skunk. It was absolutely revolting and I’m not sure why we played it other than the fact that we were gluttons for punishment. When we got a little older (9 and 7), we ended up turning it into an either/or situation: “You can either smell the skunk or I’ll fart and you have to smell that!”. Most of the time, we would have chosen the fart since this skunk smelled so bad we’d gag sometimes. We were odd children. Does anyone else remember this game? I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. Ava