Last weekend I was picking up my 9 year old granddaughter from her other grandparents’ house. When I came to the door she came running up to give me a hug and said, “Grandpa, you smell like sandwiches.”
I said “Sandwiches?”
She said “Yeah. You always smell like sandwiches.”
Then she went to hug her other grandpa goodbye and said “And you always smell like wine!”
Which got me to thinking… Given the choice, which one would I rather smell like? I think I’m glad I smell like sandwiches and not like wine.
In elementary school, my daughter was outside during recess. Some Highschool kids walked by and their smoke wafted over toward the playground. My daughter’s friend said the older kids were smoking weed, you could smell it. My daughter said, “Really? That’s what my dad smells like”.
I heard that story 15 years later, from my daughter’s friend when I ran into her at a concert. It was funny, because I thought I was so discrete.
I have no sense of smell, but I do remember what my paternal grandma’s house smelled like when I was a little kid. (Apparently I lost my smeller somewhere along the way). Anyway, I told my mom I remembered that and she informed me it was the smell of booze and cigarette smoke. Yum!
If I had to guess, I’d say I probably smell like wine and dogs.
I’m pretty sure I smell like both on a regular basis.
For some reason the above comments reminded me of how much I loved the weird mixed smell that lingered around the teacher’s lounge in high school. I eventually figured it out in my senior year, as I was given a sort of courier job and was regularly allowed into the inner sanctum. It was a mix of coffee, cigarettes/pipe smoke, popcorn, and a particular air freshener they used (I believe it was apple pie scented). Sounds horrible, but the occasional whiff as you passed it in the hall was really quite inviting.
Also, I remember telling one of my grandmothers as a small child that she smelt of cream cheese in the summer. She was mildly offended, but I didn’t think it was horrible.
I guess in part it depends on what kind of wine or sandwich; I would be partial to a good merlot and salami more than say Ripple and lenten fish. But in general I would probably pick sandwich.
