# Step outside, take a deep breath. Ahhh... The sweet smell of...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/step-outside-take-a-deep-breath-ahhh-the-sweet-smell-of/60327>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 1, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/step-outside-take-a-deep-breath-ahhh-the-sweet-smell-of/60327 "2001-04-01T02:00:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/step-outside-take-a-deep-breath-ahhh-the-sweet-smell-of/60327/1 "2001-04-01T02:00:39Z")

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Condoms. Yes condoms. For the past 2 or 3 weeks my front yard has smelled vaguely of condoms. I don’t get it, and its starting to irritate me.

I guess it COULD be worse. I could have the fresh smell of condoms mixed with the pungence of [“sperm trees”](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_363.html).

Anybody else ever noticed this phenomenon?

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**Author:** ![trose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@trose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trose)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/step-outside-take-a-deep-breath-ahhh-the-sweet-smell-of/60327/2 "2001-04-01T04:26:12Z")

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New or used?

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**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/step-outside-take-a-deep-breath-ahhh-the-sweet-smell-of/60327/3 "2001-04-01T04:31:32Z")

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> Anybody else ever noticed this phenomenon?

No, I’m pretty sure it’s just you, **Whammo**. Have you complained to the City? If you do, would you please post that phone transcript? 🙂

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**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/step-outside-take-a-deep-breath-ahhh-the-sweet-smell-of/60327/4 "2001-04-01T04:51:25Z")

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Perhaps the Latex Fairy has been burying all of the used condoms in your back yard.

Sure, don’t you know about the Latex Fairy? After you’re finished with a condom, you just put in under your…_what_? Doesn’t exist??

Oh crap. Excuse me, I’ve got to go…make a sandwitch…or something.

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**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/step-outside-take-a-deep-breath-ahhh-the-sweet-smell-of/60327/5 "2001-04-01T06:33:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by silent\_rob \*  
> \*\*Sure, don’t you know about the Latex Fairy? After you’re finished with a condom, you just put in under your…  
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Dude, thats gross. I would never put a used condom under my pillow. It goes under HERS.

🙂

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**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/step-outside-take-a-deep-breath-ahhh-the-sweet-smell-of/60327/6 "2001-04-02T02:17:21Z")

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**Whammo** , that’s disgusting…and also hilarious. 😃