# Sub Funk

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 8, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-funk/812036 "2018-04-08T21:02:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-funk/812036/3 "2018-04-08T23:57:26Z")

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I know that smell. It mostly comes from the amine (from the CO[sub]2[/sub] scrubbers), along with diesel fuel, hydraulic fluid, and BO. 😉

Last year, I went on a submarine tour with my son’s Boy Scout troop…some two decades after last serving on a sub. As soon as I got near the topside hatch and smelled the air blowing out, old memories just about overwhelmed me…

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