I can smell it a little bit in the kitchen, but more in the dining room. It is the “General Food That Has Lived Past Its Usefulness” odor, more commonly associated with the back 40 of the refrig. There is a faint hint of the “Dairy Striving to Become An Antibiotic” odor as well. Where are you, Stinky Thing, where are you?
We don’t even eat in the dining room, both Mr. Del and I have our computers set up on the dining room table. The only thing I can find that looks like food is the decorative bowl of holiday M&Ms on the sideboard. I have spent the afternoon walking around doing my best bloodhound imitation, but I can’t even find a particular concentration of it.
You will be mine, Stinky Thing! Oh yes, you will be mine. You shall rue the moment when I find you. Bring me the head of the Stinky Thing! Muahahahahahaha.
We had a Stinky Thing that smelled much like what you describe over by the recliner in the living room. I went nuts trying to find it, even going so far as to accuse the children of spilling milk down into the works of the chair, before I discovered that a plant nearby was the source. I’d been trying to get a jade plant to root, and it had rotted instead without me noticing.
The Stinky Thing in the homes of my grandparents and ours when I was growing up was invariably dead mice trapped someplace - under the cupboards was their favorite spot, followed closely by inside walls.
Yeah? Try burnt thrown up cat food. My cat used to like to eat on the stove when it wasn’t on. Well, one day, she puked it right back up, because she ate it too fast. Mom tried to clean it up as best she could, but some stuck under the burners, and the house stank of burnt cat food for about a week. The NASTIEST smell in the world!