# Ok, WTF \[why does the toilet smell like ham?\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988 "2012-11-14T15:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/21 "2012-11-15T12:29:34Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Ask Cecil. I dare ya. I would, if I knew how. I think Una would have a very interesting experiment if I did. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/22 "2012-11-15T13:39:17Z")
Sometimes the rubber used in plumbing products like seals and gaskets or even a toilet plunger can be highly aromatic. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/23 "2012-11-15T14:14:03Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > If somebody is magically shitting smoked ham sandwiches, would you eat one? [Hmmmm. I wonder how they’d possibly advertise something like that…?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHIo4VruGZY) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/24 "2012-11-15T15:09:46Z")
Whatever the cause, it’s better than your smoked ham smelling like a toilet. Maybe someone is using one of those newfangled solid scent dispensers with the Smoked Ham scent. Beats Bayberry. ---
**Author:** ![furdmort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@furdmort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furdmort)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/25 "2012-11-15T15:20:13Z")
Damn. More ham today. I have no idea what is going on. Since it is cold here, I thought maybe there was the smell of smoke coming in from a chimney somewhere close by. The window is always opened a bit, so the smell could easily get in. Opened the window all the way, no smoke smell outside. Just inside around the toilet. Damn this is weird. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/26 "2012-11-15T15:22:36Z")
It could always be worse…You could have this [problem with a piece of pie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl_x8C2KbyEhttp://). In any case, snuffling up fumes in the bathroom is somewhat disturbing especially if you get caught. I agree, though, very odd. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/27 "2012-11-15T16:00:58Z")
Mmm…john ham. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/28 "2012-11-15T18:57:12Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Is it possible that the smoked ham smell survives digestion? I know the papaya and some mushroom smells do. So does salmon. Made the toilet at work smell of dead fish a day or so after eating a pound of smoked salmon. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/29 "2012-11-15T19:02:49Z")
Ever notice how no one comes on here and says “my toilet smells like shit?” ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/30 "2012-11-15T21:12:55Z")
Well that’s because MY poo smells like roses. And judging from most of the action in the BBQ, so does a whole lot of other posters’. 🙂 (was that even a sentence?) ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988/31 "2012-11-15T21:20:09Z")
Should **Giraffe** be alerted to these alleged toilet sandwiches? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wtf-why-does-the-toilet-smell-like-ham/640988.md?page=1)