The post inspired me to peel walls, but the title won out by instilling a far stronger urge to go in search of words.
Do not ask how I got from A to B (or from D to S) but I offer you the following:
Skatole
Noun
A white crystalline organic compound, C9H9N, having a strong fecal odor, found naturally in feces, beets, and coal tar and used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
Oh lovely.
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It's going to be very difficult to eat beets now.
That's me off beetroot again for the duration then.
Hmm. Chanel No C9H9N, eh?
Now I can turn down offers to "smell this perfume!" with intelligent-sounding grace instead of the usual horror-stricken recoil: "oh, thank you, but I really mustn't; it's the skatole, you know."
And I used to so enjoy beetroot.
And now I know why people say "and she doesn't pee Chanel No 5" - no, she poohs it...
Argh.
I guess skatole is where references to animal skat come from...?
::chuckles at atyllah...
I once disambiguated the Atheist on WIkipedia.
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