# This vase smells funny. Guess the odor. Part 1 of a story. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291 "2008-07-13T01:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/41 "2008-07-13T15:49:43Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] OK, another hint. It’s something dopers like. [/QUOTE] It smelled like a debate over the merits of religious dogma? How is that even possible? ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/42 "2008-07-13T15:52:13Z")
BACON!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/43 "2008-07-13T15:54:46Z")
Hemp (AKA Marijuana)? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/44 "2008-07-13T16:00:23Z")
Oh crap, what’s that pottery called that you put in burning straw and it makes cool colors… Aaarrggghh. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/45 "2008-07-13T16:02:29Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] OK, another hint. It’s something dopers like. [/QUOTE] Thing related to things that doper’s like, and related to making of vase. Glazing material or kiln fuel, that smells like something edible or drug related Pot Pie Pot Pie Cedar smoke Bef jerky Egg glaze Hash brownies ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/46 "2008-07-13T16:07:48Z")
It was a pot pot. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/47 "2008-07-13T16:23:03Z")
14 k in an m of p (or whatever that puzzle from hell was)! I’ll say vanilla. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/48 "2008-07-13T16:33:29Z")
Coffee Tea Pizza ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/49 "2008-07-13T16:45:39Z")
Cat? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/50 "2008-07-13T16:57:47Z")
If we like it, it’s either squid or goat. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/51 "2008-07-13T17:31:03Z")
Squid and goat pot pie Just like mother used to make ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/52 "2008-07-13T17:32:26Z")
Embalming fluid? ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/53 "2008-07-13T17:39:25Z")
Elephant dung? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/54 "2008-07-13T17:40:02Z")
Kareem Abdul Jabbar? ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/55 "2008-07-13T18:00:56Z")
We have a winner. Though it’s not my place to name the poster, I’ll leave that to **Auto**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/56 "2008-07-13T19:15:53Z")
It was Kareem Abdul Jabbar, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/57 "2008-07-13T19:35:28Z")
They embalmed Kareem? ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/58 "2008-07-13T20:05:18Z")
I’m kinda liking bacon. A particular kind of smoky smell. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/59 "2008-07-13T20:24:41Z")
[QUOTE=capybara] I’m kinda liking bacon. A particular kind of smoky smell. [/QUOTE] Kareem Abdul Jabar doesn’t smell like bacon! Even if he is embalmed. At least, I don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291/60 "2008-07-13T21:23:56Z")
Great, now I’m having fantasies of an ornate vase filled with BaconSalt, and it’s mine all mine! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-vase-smells-funny-guess-the-odor-part-1-of-a-story/456291.md?page=4)