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Tuesday, December 27, 2005Compliment of the CenturyThere we were, sitting in the living room with my sister-in-law a few days before Christmas, enjoying some cookies and the gifts we had exchanged. Jonathan, who was sitting beside me on the sofa, suddenly waxed poetic and exclaimed something completely off-topic. "You smell like a port-o-potty." Yes, he was talking to me. I was still sitting there with my mouth hanging open when Eric decided to chime in. "You know, I smelled something like that this morning. You do smell like a port-o-potty!" Now, most women I know would not feel very flattered by these remarks. I have enough of a sense of humor to not take things like this too seriously, but I'll admit that my mind began to frantically race through all the reasons why I might be exuding such a distinctive odor. I wasn't wearing any perfume...hadn't switched deodorants...had definitely bathed in the last twenty-four hours. A-ha! "It's my new hairspray!" I cried. Indeed. Lured by a savings of forty-nine cents, I had abandoned my regular brand of hairspray for a bottle of Aussie Sprunch. Little did I know that I had just purchased port-o-potty-scented hairspray. Allow me to clarify. The Aussie Sprunch smells like artificial grape flavoring. You know -- it's the stuff they use to make children's Tylenol and liquid decongestants more palatable. I'm not sure whose bright idea it was to make a hairspray smell like fake grapes. I can't remember ever smelling my children's medicine and thinking, "You know, this would make a heck of a hair product." At any rate, it seems that the port-o-potty people use a similar scent in the port-o-potty poop recepticles. Grape-scented, anti-poop cakes. That's what I smelled like. Port-o-potty deodorant. "Why the heck would you buy something called Aussie Sprunch, anyway?" Eric asked. He wasn't too impressed with my forty-nine-cent savings. He bought me a bottle of my regular brand of hairspray the next day. "I don't want you to smell like a port-o-potty." Ain't love grand? (To read Eric's sensitive account of our family Christmas celebration, pop over to his blog. I'm still recovering from all the port-o-potty comments [yes, they're still rolling in...].) |
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23of my readers are feeling chatty:
I love to see the word compliment in a post title! That is a really funny story. Sometimes trying to save costs us. Thanks for the Christmas laughs.
Oh, dear Jill. I know how it feels to try to save money and at the end you'll spend more, because you have to purchase the regular stuff on top of it...
You still made me giggle though with this story - thank you for being brave enough of sharing it...:)
OH my goodness! I sure hope I don't smell like a port o potty, thats the brand shampoo i have been using LOL not hair spray but just the shampoo and conditioner LOL
Leave it to Jonathan to come up with that smell description LOL
EEEK! I have used that spray! Now I can never buy it again!
I used to LOVE Aussie sprunch smell back in the day....now, I can never use it again, nor can my daughter. Thanks a lot! ;)
I smelled a few porta-potties in my day, but can't recall any smelling like fake grapes! Wouldn't want to smell like a porta-potty that's for surre.
Thanks for visiting my blog Bed & Breakfast Experiences and thanks for the comment about The Angel of the Sea in Cape May, NJ.
Mike
THAT explains it! It took me forever to find my wife, and all along it was Aussie sprunch spray! LOL
That's a great story! Thanks for the laughs!
I just finished reading it aloud to my friend who said "Hey, I just bought that for Tiffany (her daughter) and she has been complaining about the smell! LOLOL
My friend just brought the bottle over to me and said "now, to bring the blog to life..."
So I sniffed and said "hey, that's Triaminic!" LOLOL
At least they were referring to the "grape" smell and not something else. LOL
Happy Holidays! :)
Once, as a child, I told one of my Mom's friends that her hair looked and felt just like straw.
I honestly meant it as a complement.
I'm sure Jonathan did, too.
:)
So funny that saving a few dimes created such an impact in the family. Also goes to show how powerful smells are and why describing them in writing is such a fabulous way to draw your reader in...Glad your Christmas was great.
Love your husband's site!
That is very funny!
ROTFL now see your first mistake was buying something with the word Aussie in it.
Kiwi Sprunch would have rocked and smelled great LOL
That's why kids are so great to have around! They'll tell you things other people wouldn't. Once a kid told me during storyhour that my feet smelled -- hey, that's important info! Funny story, I used to wear that stuff in high school, back when I actually styled my hair. So hey, you're doing well even if you do smell like a port-a-potty -- at least you have a hairstyle!
Too funny! I've never tried Aussie Sprunch, but I've used the shampoos before. I noticed a different smell, but I never connected it to a Porta Potty! These days I use White Rain Pearberry, purchased for a whopping 97 cents. Yeah, I'm the last of the big spenders. ;-)
TOO FUNNY!!! :-D
My eldest princess loves Aussie shampoo and conditioner, I HATE the smell of them! I've actually casually suggested she switch brands but she tells me she LOVES the scent - this makes me so glad she doesn't use hairspray! LOL!!
Well, it could be worse. Hmm... No, I take that back. It couldn't! :-)
I hope you and the family have a wonderful, happy, healthy and safe 2006! Happy New Year!
Just wanted to wish you and yours blessings to 2006...Looking forward reading your posts in 2006
Jill:
Tag your it!
It's all Wendy's fault! :D
Dave
Everything is ALWAYS my fault LOL
Sheesh... first you smell like a port-a-potty, then Wendy takes a meme dumper on Cheezer, and here you are! LOL
I am at your mercy... you can retag me with a different meme so I can turn into Cheeslan and conquer the dread White Wendy! :D
It's all in good fun, plus we get to find out interesting things about fellow meme-ers.
Meme me up Spotty!
Where are you dear Jill? Hope you're resting up for lots of good writing this year!
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