New York Smells Like....MAPLE SYRUP??
OK, this might be the strangest post ever. I was noticing a strong sweet smell as I walked home tonight..it smelled like maple syrup. I thought I had sat in something and I kept smelling my coat... I was sure I had sat in syrup.
Then I saw this article in the New York Times saying that the ENTIRE CITY OF NEW YORK SMELLS LIKE MAPLE SYRUP!!!!!!!!! It is all over the news!! No one can figure out why..FEMA is investigating it as we speak!! This is CRAZY stuff....very perplexing...I can't wait to hear the explanation for this!!!!!
Then I saw this article in the New York Times saying that the ENTIRE CITY OF NEW YORK SMELLS LIKE MAPLE SYRUP!!!!!!!!! It is all over the news!! No one can figure out why..FEMA is investigating it as we speak!! This is CRAZY stuff....very perplexing...I can't wait to hear the explanation for this!!!!!
posted by suzanne at 5:12 AM
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How odd, because yesterday some parts of the UT campus were smelling like maple syrup... global conspiracy perhaps? I blame the post office.
4:30 PM
wtf is FEMA doing investigating that? good lord. hopefully you'll find answer by 2009.
5:35 PM
An interesting fact would be that the state of NY is actually the fourth largest productor of maple syrup in the world.
the NY times article is a fun read!
it reminds me of the Flintstones and Fred being abducted by alien creatures by the smell of brontosaurus (however its written) leg...
waffles anyone?
6:35 PM
The highly suspect rumor I read ("a friend of mine's uncle works for the DEP", etc.) was that this was a secret test by FEMA simulating releasing a biological agent in different locations and seeing how the wind carried it based on where people reported the totally benign smell.
Sounds like a reasonable explanation, which doesn't for one second mean it's true.
I blame the Vermont wing of al Qaida.
1:58 AM
Surrounding Purdue in West Lafayette, IN there are several pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing plants. During my freshman year they simulated the production of a chemical which creates a strong and nasty odor.
The whole goal was to see what kind of response from the community they would get. They logged phone calls and complaints to the city offices. Afterwards they sent a survey out too.
Although the odor they put out was stronger than what would happen during production, it was RANK. They did NOT end up producing it in West Lafayette.
Maybe this is a similar instance, or a test to see just how easy a chemical attack would be and how far it would spread.
My big question is just how much did consumption of pancakes and waffles increase during the time of the smell? Maybe it's all a big IHOP and Waffle House marketing plan.
8:59 PM
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