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Letter: Smell of fearless

Published 28 July 2001

From Patrick Newey, Department of Psychology, Trinity College

Stench warfare holds no terrors for me
(7 July, p 42). Some years ago, I
sustained a head injury in which I permanently lost my sense of smell. My smell
sensors became disconnected from the olfactory lobe due to a skull fracture.

Although I miss many of the good smells, I am also safe from the bad ones. I
am quite sure I could walk through Bathroom Malodor or Who Me? without turning a
hair.

Perhaps I should turn this to my financial advantage by offering my services
as a leader of riots.

Dublin, Ireland

Issue no. 2301 published 28 July 2001

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