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September 09, 2006
Smell
I wrote this originally on April 3. Since then, he's developed a better sense of smell, his wife has had the baby, and things are still truckin' along at the Department Store.
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My manager who I mentioned a while ago is back at work. He's not allowed to ride his bike yet (he's an avid biker and misses it) but he will be.
His sense of smell is damaged so he only tastes the four basic flavors: salty, sour, sweet, and bitter.
Imagine biting into a brownie and only tasting sweet. Why bother with the chocolate at all? You might as well spoon some sugar right onto your tongue and get the same effect.
Think of all the different shades of flavor there are because we can smell. Aaaaaah. Now, be thankful because you can taste them all, even yucky things like raw eggs and coffee without any sugar and cough medicine (I once had to take a liquid antibiotic because the pharmacy was out of the pills. It was awful, and I just couldn't imagine it being as bad as I made it seem, until I took the next dose. Worse than I remembered! Eeeeeew!) even the yucky things are ok if you know you can have a delicious crispy omelet with a nice smooth cup of coffee, or a watermelon slice, or some Mississippi Mud (or Alabama Mud) or pot roast. Creamed corn. Ham sandwiches. Tart-sweet lemonade.
Think of that next time it's time to take some medicine. You have to have bitter sometimes, in order to have the savory and sweet and crunchy. It's an ok trade off, and the bitter lasts only a moment.
| By The Newest Worker | 01:31 AM
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