I Have NOT Learned...

March 2, 2005 6:53 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

If someone tells me, then I will know: Why is it that silk sweaters sometimes smell like fish? WHY?????

Silk sweaters are not MADE of fish. They ARE made of the bodily products of silk worms...

"Of fish" - that's funny. "Don't say 'of fish.'"

3 Comments

Pam said:

Silk's even worse if you break a sweat. But not me; I never sweat :)

What's really stinky, though, is a 100% heavy wool cable-knit fisherman's sweater at a dance. Janae made me stop, unprepared, at a Friday night BYU dance once...long, long ago. I was wearing aforementioned sweater. By the end of the night it smelled shockingly like a wet, drooly dog. Funny thing is that I still danced a lot. Guys must go for that Benji/Lassie stench...or maybe it was because I kept lifting the sweater up over my head to get some oxygen to my skin.

March 3, 2005 11:43 AM

Kate said:

I don't sweat, either - I "glow." ???? Like radioactivity is so much better than perspiration?

Thatâ�?��?�s a great story. Only Janaeâ�?� I do think the flashing was probably quite helpful, but also remember that the stench is always worse in your own nose - until sensory adaptation makes it invisible to youâ�?�

Oh hell, what do I know?

I do know about mercaptansâ�?�

March 5, 2005 9:18 PM

Pam said:

Okay, so I really didn't flash anyone...but it sounds funny, no?

March 9, 2005 8:55 AM