| All people stink at times. That includes old people. | | | | anyone else that might be on the street and need the |
| Here is a question (possibly from a kid) at [ do old | | | | facility. |
| people,s breff stink? | | | | When I was a boy there was a public restroom by the |
| Here are some of the answers with no spelling or | | | | Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City. Other than in parks, |
| punctuation corrections: | | | | that is about the only place I’ve ever seen one. |
| 1. Because they have more bactieria in their mouff and | | | | You went down the stairs under the sidewalk. A black |
| stomach. John | | | | man kept the place clean. Another black man would |
| 2. The same reason any one else's breath stinks. | | | | shine your shoes. That’s when I learned that |
| Bacteria, poor hygiene. It isn't all old people. | | | | there were black people in Salt Lake City and that |
| 3. Because they are old!! | | | | they had the crappy jobs. |
| 4. Probably because they have false teeth and more | | | | Nicholas Wade of the New York Times reported back |
| bacteria and food builds up because they are not | | | | in January of 2003 about DARPA’s |
| cleaning them properly! | | | | “people sniffer.” See |
| 5. cause they r buzy decomposing | | | | I don't know if they ever developed the thing but |
| 6. The primary cause for bad breath is a dry and | | | | DARPA says everybody stinks his or her own stink |
| unhydrated toungue. As you get older you become | | | | and can be identified with one whiff with a highly |
| more and more dehydrated. This is why they can | | | | sophisticated detector. |
| suffer from urinary tract infections easier.......as well as | | | | I don’t think that DARPA has their sniffer yet. If |
| bad breath. | | | | they did, they would give it to the army and they would |
| 7. because bacteria is not selective about age kid | | | | dangle it from a helicopter as they fly around Pakistan |
| 8. Death breath | | | | looking for Osama bin Laden. |
| 9. Probably for the same reason you can't spell...being | | | | Another reason I don’t think they have their |
| lazy. | | | | sniffer is because DARPA has switched to rats. Rats |
| I liked Number 5 the best. | | | | can smell a human a mile off. Not only that, rats can |
| Deb Cockerton is Provincial Coordinator for the Red | | | | go where dogs can’t go. |
| Cross in Peterborough, Ontario. Deb at [ says in her | | | | DARPA likes to place collars on the rats that have a |
| article that Mean People Stink, especially bullies. She did | | | | receiver that can record rat brain waves. If you see a |
| give any details as to how they smell but she did give | | | | rat with a collar and probes sticking out of its head, |
| a lot of details of what mean people are like in a | | | | DARPA is looking for you. |
| school environment. | | | | DARPA says that it would be good for finding |
| I guess you can smell them coming down the hall. | | | | earthquake victims. I have a report that a helicopter |
| At there is the article Homeless People Stink. Evidently | | | | was seen last week over Pakistan dropping rats |
| this person shared a lunch table with one. He | | | | hooked to tiny quick-release nylon parachutes. |
| recommended that "Fear Factor should start thinking | | | | I know who they are after! |
| outside the box and make people drink a glass of an | | | | Anyway, DARPA knows that all people stink and that |
| old homeless man's sweat." | | | | how people stink is determined by their genes. |
| Well, homeless people do not have showers and I | | | | There is no reason to pick on old people. |
| don't see the City of New York (or any other city) | | | | Copyright©2006 John T. Jones, Ph.D. |
| building showers and restrooms for these folks or | | | | |