I just returned from running a couple of errands, one of them being a drive-through at Starbucks for a nice frothy Raspberry Latte. MmmMMm. Well. I took my first sip, preparing to burn the tip of my tongue, but alas. It was just right! Except for one little thing. The lid. The lid, as you know, when you sip your latte, usually comes in direct contact with your nose. No? Well then you have a perky sweet little nose and I’m jealous. Me? Smash. Right into the lid. That’s not really my issue, I mean I’ve dealt with that for years. There was something, an odor on the lid. In the lid? On the lid. I’m not sure. Know what I smell? No, it’s not a plastic smell, or even a hot melting plastic smell.
Puppy breath.
I smell puppy breath with every sip of Raspberry Latte I take!
I find this very distracting. I’m wondering, did an employee bring their new puppy to work and let him lick all of the lids? Was a puppy nearby in the plastic plant when they made these lids? How did this puppy smell get onto my lid?! Am I just smelling things? Since I quit smoking, I have a very acute sense of smell. I have 3 other very acute senses, four out of 5 ain’t bad, I’m thinking. Can you guess which sense I’m lacking?
Also, I wonder, have you ever come across a situation like this, and did the distraction overwhelm you to the point of not eating or drinking the rest? I have been known to see something land on food outside, for example, and I will not eat it anymore. When someone says a fly regurgitates like a thousand times a second, I’ll be damned if I’m putting THAT thing in my mouth. Blech. But if I didn’t know? I would eat it, and I would live. Strange.
(I’m still sipping from my Puppy-Licked Raspberry Latte Lid. Puppy kisses aren’t germy, they’re brand new!)
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:friends: I think I would say…. COMMON (sense)! :rofl:
Yeah. That could very well be, Mom. But that’s not on the list. :raspberry:
They do say that the dog’s mouth is cleaner than the human’s after all… I’m the same way about flies landing on my food. Yuck!! Even if their regurgitation is miniscule, it is still there!
Ummmmm, just wash it off. When in doubt – decootie. :winking:
Yuck! I have had something similar happen when drinking a bottle of soda..actually, with Mountain Dew bottles. It happens about once a year, and I start wondering how “recycled” my bottle is.
I wish we had a Starbucks! The closest one to me is 35 miles away…so I’ve never been fortunate enough to have anything from there.
omg Leanne!! I soooooo needed that giggle!!
My guess is your hearing. Your eyes are good enough to paint those tiny little hairs… you can touch/feel… we already know your nose works 😛 and now that you have quit smoking I would say that your sense of taste has improved 100%.
I happen to love the smell of puppy breath 😉
I am still giggling over the decootie from Mommak too :giggle:
I’ve been eating a sandwich before from Arby’s and kept smelling something stinky. It was so weird! I would put my nose in the sandwich … nothing. Smelled the wrapper … nothing. Started eating again and there it was! My husband swears it was my upper lip. :)~
Hee, hee, hee! Good one Christine!
I LOVE PUPPY BREATH!
I swear it has to do with quitting smoking. :raspberry:
Yummmm, Raspberry Latte. I’ll take mine without Puppy breath.
I love the taste of white pepper, but the smell is just awful!
Oh boy, not that. But I am really creeped out by blackboard chalk and anything like that. I suppose everyone has sensory sensitivity of some kind. That experience you had is strange!
i don’t even know what puppy breathe smells like, guess i had better find a puppy to get up close and personal with.
Hi Leanne! First of all I want to thank you for commenting on my blog. I have come by yours many times and think you are extremely talented as soothing as an artist.
I want to do Thursday Thirteen this week but your code won’t wrap around the painting on my template. Is there something I can do for that? Most large photos won’t do it either. It looks silly to have a big gap between the title and the post.
Do you know what I am talking about?
Thanks!
perhaps you have the same “sense” problem i do? i am losing my hearing. sometimes i just dont get what someone is saying. my husband says its selective.
as for puppy kisses… perhaps the barrista has a closet doggy biscuit habit?
AHHH! That happens to me too, I’m hypersensitive to smells. And yes I’ve had food/drinks where there is just a weird smell. And I’ve had to stop eating sometimes, it was so bad. I think I would have had to take the lid off.
Weinershnitzel’s napkins smell like vomit to me.
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