"The old chucks" (photo by Bill Keaggy) You smell something? You might be catching the scent of National Sense of Smell Day, our favorite festival of stenches. For an intense olfactory workout, we recommend a field trip to the county dump or a pig farm. If you're lucky enough to live near a greenhouse, sniff the stinkiest of flora, the putrid "corpse flower," titan arum. Enjoy all sorts of stinkiness right in your own kitchen, too. Pungent cheeses like limburger or epoisses are so malodorous that you may suspect your old sneakers. And remember, smells intensify in warmer environments -- those sardines and oysters will smell even zestier after basking on the windowsill (or in the neighbor's yard). True fume fanatics should grab an aromatic durian -- the fruit with a bouquet so fetid that it is said to be banned from public places in several countries. However you choose to celebrate this weekend, take a nice, deep whiff and appreciate your sense of smell. Suggested Sites... Olfaction - a detailed explanation of how we smell -- er, how the human sense of smell works. Scientists Name World's Whiffiest Cheese - for those who love cheese with an "earthy" or "farmyardy" aroma. How Internet Odors Will Work - HowStuffWorks describes scent-producing devices that connect to the Internet. We know the Internet, though -- we're pretty sure it won't smell good.

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