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Old 08-19-2015, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mgjim View Post
As a soldier, I spent several years in Korea and I used public transportation a lot. On particularly hot days during rush hour, the scent of garlic was really strong. I mentioned it to a friend of mine and asked him if he noticed it too. He said he hadn't but he said that Americans smelled strongly of old meat. You just never know what's coming out of your pores until you ask around.
I'll take the smell of old meat any day compared to that of kimche. Pilots could smell it when flying over where it was being prepared.
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