tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post8690729473773580578..comments2023-10-04T04:09:39.525-05:00Comments on Notes From the Ledge: Metallica -- Taking a bite out of Calandre and ZenScentScelfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-32827017935063749032010-04-22T04:06:20.433-05:002010-04-22T04:06:20.433-05:00180 degrees : - ) !!180 degrees : - ) !!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-59256618203784572172010-04-21T20:17:01.021-05:002010-04-21T20:17:01.021-05:00Zoiks! This is not the kind of voodoo I hope to p...Zoiks! This is not the kind of voodoo I hope to perpetrate. Methinks I need to find some sort of antidote...though, unfortunately, in general I tend to turn to chocolate whenever physical or psychic comfort is required. Wait...maybe that's good...oh, Toblerone, what a treacherous path you have laid.<br /><br />(Note the twist...I turned the blame 180 degrees, back to the Toblerone...naturally. Triangles, 180 degrees, you know.)<br /><br />((I realize that I dropped the voodoo thread. This was purposeful. Such things only have power if you allow them to have it. I foiled the voodoo by ignoring it.))ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-56979475580551069492010-04-21T14:33:30.638-05:002010-04-21T14:33:30.638-05:00Funny how you suddenly find yourself encountering ...Funny how you suddenly find yourself encountering the very thing you have been talking about - I nearly bit on a piece of Toblerone foil last night - and though I missed the foil in the end, the outsize triangle scraped the roof of my mouth in a very unpleasant manner! Then today I had to extricate bits of butter pat foil from my toasted tea cake. Some fragments were microscopic, but scary enough.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-61723244759168758102010-04-21T08:40:12.130-05:002010-04-21T08:40:12.130-05:00Olfacta, ouch. I have been acquainted with such h...Olfacta, ouch. I have been acquainted with such hyper-sensitive creatures, though, so I know what you mean.<br /><br />I once had a cat prone to vomiting, but it was generally as a form of disdain. I kid you not. She was the most Queenly of cats. And a beast. She could also open old-fashioned round doorknobs with her paws. She, too, was in the whole a good cat.<br /><br />Yes! Rive Gauche has it. Ultimately, I think something about the rose pads it a little better in my nose, but it's there for sure.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-35803506362416251622010-04-21T08:37:27.503-05:002010-04-21T08:37:27.503-05:00LFN, one must be *very careful* when encouraging m...LFN, one must be *very careful* when encouraging me about such things. In my life of ordinary smells, which includes some happy things from the garden etc., there is also my life with aforementioned dog, teenage boys, and household mishaps. <br /><br />Aw, what the heck...Mary Cassatt was intent on representing a certain aspect of life, right? :)<br /><br />I'll dedicate the first musing to you.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-33406453724462393382010-04-20T18:45:11.394-05:002010-04-20T18:45:11.394-05:00My cat is allergic to himself.
Seriously, though,...My cat is allergic to himself.<br /><br />Seriously, though, he seems to be allergic to just about every kind of cat food. So we have to buy ZD-Net from the vet, at about $29 for a (small) bag. This is because the result of his particular set of allergies is (you guessed it) vomiting.<br /><br />It's a good thing he's such a good cat.<br /><br />I think Rive Gauche has that same metallic edge.Olfactanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-15348210079587001452010-04-20T08:03:06.532-05:002010-04-20T08:03:06.532-05:00Ok. Desire to smell metal: high.
Desire to chew m...Ok. Desire to smell metal: high. <br />Desire to <i>chew</i> metal--Yikes! Whose idea was that? (oh, wait....right...the dog's...)<br /><br />ScentSelf, just personally, I think the perf-o-blogs should spend a little more time talking about ordinary smells, even the icky ones. Mix it up, you know?The Left Coast Nosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102549295051352579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-78712999552325269732010-04-19T15:33:44.269-05:002010-04-19T15:33:44.269-05:00This was a purgatory of my own design. Et tu, Fli...This was a purgatory of my own design. Et tu, Flittersniffer?<br /><br />Ha! I shall add the snorfly SnorFly to the Great Lakes pantheon. Considering we have horseflies that drive you to the water and try to remain with nothing but nostrils breaking the surface in order to avoid their painful bite, a SnorFly seems a likely cousin.<br /><br />Nahema. Wowsy wow wow wow. At the moment, a painfully fluorescent hue from the '80's, lit up as neon, and covered in numbingly sweet frosting is what my mind's nose remembers. (Thanks, Musette.) I know people feel the love; I can certainly see how it is unique. <br /><br />Apparently, I'd rather flagellate myself with a metallic note, thank you very much.<br /><br />Thanks for the good pet wishes. Oh, bother...in my youth, we had a cat that required special ear attention. A job which often fell to me. {Oh, look, a fresh squeam for the day...isn't this perfume thing supposed to be all dainty and about flowers and marine notes and such? ;) }ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-6239179097832692292010-04-19T14:48:55.921-05:002010-04-19T14:48:55.921-05:00I too have experienced accidental tin foil fragmen...I too have experienced accidental tin foil fragment impact. Very cringe-making it is too. Not sure if I deliberately played oral tin foil games as a kid - only for a millisecond, I would imagine.<br /><br />When I first read your post I thought "snorfly" was a type of fly native to the Great Lakes. And maybe it still is.<br /><br />I get a metallic note with Calandre, and I can't recall Zen clearly enough to comment. My most noted metallic association is with Nahema, which I would liken to powdered iron girders.<br /><br />Sorry about your dog's hot spots - pets can be high maintenance sometimes, especially as they age. Our elderly, deaf cat requires a twice-weekly deep cleaning routine in one ear, which I have to perform as Mr Bonkers is too squeamish. Plus I have daintier fingers, which presumably causes the cat less discomfort during the procedure.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-87726132103852883612010-04-19T14:17:16.900-05:002010-04-19T14:17:16.900-05:00LOL, LBV. "Good times." :)
Okay, th...LOL, LBV. "Good times." :) <br /><br />Okay, that's both you and Musette who re-called the shivers. I think my teeth are going to hurt and I'm going to end up with a serious case of the Willies by the time this day is over. ;)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-78112183052364495612010-04-19T14:15:38.486-05:002010-04-19T14:15:38.486-05:00Ack! Stray bits of aluminum foil...I find them to...Ack! Stray bits of aluminum foil...I find them to be some sort of karmic payback for indulging in convenience food. Said snorfly son just pulled a bit of foil from his slice of deep dish pizza a few nights ago. <i>shiver</i> As someone in the midst of a dental repair, I can tell you no, no they don't use metal amalgams like back in the day.<br /><br />:) "smell them in my mind's nose"ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-48612799418638094022010-04-19T13:33:24.005-05:002010-04-19T13:33:24.005-05:00I used to chew on aluminum foil just to get that w...I used to chew on aluminum foil just to get that weird feeling. I remember I could feel it in the nerves of my neck, down my shoulders and arms, all the way to my fingers. Your post made me shiver all over just thinking about it! Good times!La Bonne Vivantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826781060994198215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-65027630602927192922010-04-19T13:27:15.394-05:002010-04-19T13:27:15.394-05:00There is nothing I hate more than the surprise of ...There is nothing I hate more than the surprise of metal against my teeth, particularly if something (like a stray bit of alum foil) hits one of my old fillings (do they still use the metal stuff they used to use 'back in the day'?)<br /><br />Anyway, I never got that metal from Zen but I did get it from Calandre - just a hint. I think it's what made it interesting. It's been 20 years (or more) since I wore either but I can still smell them both in my mind's nose.<br /><br />xoxoMusettehttp://www.bearboring.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-21832562130794007952010-04-19T11:23:00.561-05:002010-04-19T11:23:00.561-05:00Nope, I never did that. I have no idea what you a...Nope, I never did that. I have no idea what you are talking about.<br /><br />Now, chewing gum wrappers...that's something I might know a thing or two about when it comes to folding them into dental ornamentation. ;)<br /><br />{shivers with that same scrapy feeling}ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-70989167849856917872010-04-19T09:13:57.509-05:002010-04-19T09:13:57.509-05:00great post!
when I was in grade school, we had li...great post!<br /><br />when I was in grade school, we had little milk cartons with aluminum foil tabs, and we would take the tabs off and place them on our teeth to pretend we had braces (or was I the only oddball who did that?)Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394558427981331885noreply@blogger.com