G-d damn it!!!!

[seaboy4hire]

I'm standing outside of work & this damn gay boy is standing next to me who smells like he bathed in xologne. I move & I can still smell it! Why do people do this? Is there a polite way of telling someone that they reak of cologne?

 

Hugs,

Greg

[Guest Musclestudoh]

I'm standing outside of work & this damn gay boy is standing next to me who smells like he bathed in xologne. I move & I can still smell it! Why do people do this? Is there a polite way of telling someone that they reak of cologne?

 

Hugs,

Greg

You say, "Excuse me, but the odor of your body is very noticeable and could you please take the necessary steps to take care of that situation."

[Lookin]

Is there a polite way of telling someone that they reak of cologne?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/1930s_gas_mask.jpg/441px-1930s_gas_mask.jpg

[Rick Munroe]

I'm standing outside of work & this damn gay boy is standing next to me

 

I'm just curious -- how could you tell he was gay? Or is he someone you know?

But I'm with you on the fragrance thing; I prefer clean and natural.

[seaboy4hire]

I'm just curious -- how could you tell he was gay? Or is he someone you know?

But I'm with you on the fragrance thing; I prefer clean and natural.

 

I've seen him out.

 

Hugs,

Greg

[Guest Wetnwildbear]

Not Just Gay Boys!

 

Str8t Boys - Bi-Boys - Str8t Girls etc.

 

All go way to heavy on the cologne. I have gotten off of elevators and trains

 

because the scent (cologne-perfume) was so strong on someone that I couldn't breath!

 

 

Like Rick I prefer a natural guy - sometimes even a sweaty guy makes the day brghter!

 

 

I think that some people who regularly use scent get so used to the smell that they can't

 

tell that they are overwhelming the rest of us.

[JT Brooklyn]

I'm standing outside of work & this damn gay boy is standing next to me who smells like he bathed in xologne. I move & I can still smell it! Why do people do this? Is there a polite way of telling someone that they reak of cologne?

 

Hugs,

Greg

Judging by MY past experiences for some reason IMHO ..Latinos tend to Prefer a little more than a Spritz of Cologne!

 

Whether this is due to the fact that Latino Women are very into their Fragrences Who Knows?

 

It's also True that one can get desensitized to their Aroma! I was at one time a Big PATCHOULI wearer..It was the 80's what can I say! I got over it!

[+ glutes]

SeaBoy, move to Schaumburg!

 

Public libraries: Poor hygiene might get you tossed

Schaumburg Township District Library adds 'offensive bodily odors' to its prohibitions

 

By John Keilman | Tribune reporter

April 13, 2009

 

Patrons of the Schaumburg Township District Library have never been allowed to bring in the noise. Now they can't bring in the funk.

 

The library recently added "offensive bodily odors" to its list of prohibitions, joining more traditional no-nos such as running, rowdiness or toting an uncovered beverage.

 

Director Stephanie Sarnoff said the aroma would have to be so overpowering that it interfered with others' use of the facility. And while the policy stemmed from complaints about an apparently homeless person, Sarnoff said it would apply just as much to an overuse of perfume as an underuse of soap.

 

"People who use libraries are usually very understanding about the foibles of others," she said. "So when one or more library users complain that another person's hygiene is of such poor quality that it is prohibiting them from pursuing what they want to do, their problem becomes our problem."

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-smelly-libraries-13-apr13,0,2550405.story

[Rick Munroe]

Btw, I've always wondered about that "G-d" thing, so I just googled it and the history was interesting (in a slightly neurotic way ). If anyone else is interested:

 

http://judaism.about.com/od/reformjudaismfaq/f/god_spelling.htm

 

In recent years, some Jews have carried the practice even further by abstaining from writing the English word "God" and substituting the spelling, "G-d" or "Gd." However, there is no prohibition in Jewish law from writing "God" in any language other than Hebrew. In fact, there is an often repeated story about Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, z"l, one of the foremost authorities of Modern Orthodoxy, who intentionally would write and erase the word "God" (in English) on the blackboard in front of his students at Yeshiva University in order to emphasize the fact this is not prohibited by Jewish law.

 

Some Reform Jews observe the custom of spelling God as "G-d." Most do not. In any case, it would be inappropriate and opposed to Jewish values to correct or shame a person for keeping this practice if it is done out of respect and reverence for God.

[+ Axiom2001]

I would just have had to be candid and tell the guy that my allergies were being adversely affected from the amount of cologne that he had applied. Perhaps he would think to lessen the sprays or the dabs in the future.

 

 

A few months ago, a guy got on an elevator in a hotel where I was staying. He had applied too much cologne; I commented out of the "clear blue sky" about it, as it was way too heavy for my olfactory nerve.

 

At this word processing, I don't know what I said to him, but he got the message, and fortunately did not curse me or tell me to tend to my own business!

[Guy Fawkes]

Base 26 isn't a problem.

 

G-D = C

[Rick Munroe]

G-D = C

 

Now, what's the square root??

[Guy Fawkes]

~B.BCE but goes out a lot further! However some people object when I spell it: "G-ddess"

[david]

Btw, I've always wondered about that "G-d" thing, so I just googled it and the history was interesting (in a slightly neurotic way ). If anyone else is interested:

 

http://judaism.about.com/od/reformjudaismfaq/f/god_spelling.htm

 

 

As a Jew i knew the answer...but wondered why goys do it.

[Lookin]

As a Jew i knew the answer...but wondered why goys do it.

Since we're mercilessly highjacking Greg's thread, here's another grammatical question: Why do they spell Jew with a capital "J", and goy with a small "g"?

 

What are we, chopped liver?

[david]

Since we're mercilessly highjacking Greg's thread, here's another grammatical question: Why do they spell Jew with a capital "J", and goy with a small "g"?

 

What are we, chopped liver?

 

 

 

Hmmmm busted.

[Lookin]

I'm standing outside of work & this damn gay boy is standing next to me who smells like he bathed in xologne. I move & I can still smell it! Why do people do this? Is there a polite way of telling someone that they reak of cologne?

 

Hugs,

Greg

If you can easily move out of range, that's probably the best thing to do. Chances are he's been told before, and he may have his own reasons for loading up on the aromatics.

 

If you have to be around him, though, and want him to tone it down, it would seem OK just to let him know that you have a reaction to strong perfume and cologne, and see what he says. If he blows you off, then you don't have to worry about being polite. Just stick some cotton up your nose when you see him coming.

[Lookin]

Hmmmm busted.

http://media.bigoo.ws/content/smile/happy/happy_0.gif We now return this thread to its rightful owner.

[Rick Munroe]

Since we're mercilessly highjacking Greg's thread

 

I'd like to think that we're changing the subject to take our minds off the stinky perfume.

 

Why do they spell Jew with a capital "J", and goy with a small "g"?

 

If it's any consolation, I think "hebe" is usually lowercase!

[Guest tuesclavo]

Btw, I've always wondered about that "G-d" thing, so I just googled it and the history was interesting (in a slightly neurotic way ). If anyone else is interested:

 

http://judaism.about.com/od/reformjudaismfaq/f/god_spelling.htm

 

Not to hijack this thread but since you brought it up, in Hebrew school it was sort of the opposite. You would spell God's name "yood hay vav hay" but it was prononced "adonai" because we weren't supposed to say his name out loud. Or maybe i was confused all that time and adonai is the actual name and yood hay vav hay is a literal euphemism. Ah how liberating now to be an atheist.

[Rick Munroe]

Ah how liberating now to be an atheist.

 

You said it. I became one shortly after my Bar Mitzvah (but I didn't return the Bar Mitzvah gifts...was that wrong? )

 

Btw, what you brought up was also discussed in the link I included:

 

God's name is treated with unusual care in Jewish tradition. The divine name, YHWH (spelled with the Hebrew letters yud, hey, vav, hey) is never pronounced. Traditionally, Jews read the word "Adonai" (often translated as "the Lord") whenever reading God's holiest name in Torah or in prayer. However, "Adonai" is not God's name.

 

Among some traditional Jews, speaking even the word "Adonai" is avoided outside of worship or study. This "stand-in" for God's name is itself replaced by "Ha-Shem" ("The Name"). The practice also has been extended to other Hebrew words associated with God. For example, the Hebrew word "Elohim," which means "God" (the title, not God's name), is pronounced "Elokim" outside of prayer and study.

 

So, it's kind of like when Prince used that unpronounceable symbol for his name!