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08-21-2010, 07:17 PM
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Ok, I'm pretty sure it's not just me who can "smell" when I person is drunk or tipsy. You don't have to look at them or hear them, just sniff around a bit and you know that someone nearby has had a few. They don't have to be breathing in your direction or anything. My question is why can you smell the alcohol on them? I go into bars and clubs and don't smell a lick until I get to that person and I'm sure there's more alcohol at the location than what's in their system. Any science out the that can explain this?
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08-21-2010, 07:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | It comes through their pores. It also depends on the person and how much they've had to drink. Some people wreak after a few beers, and some can be scent-free after they're hammered. I'm one of the second ones. My wife has told me the same thing.
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08-21-2010, 07:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northern CA | | | yep, they sweat it out and/or it's on their breath. guys who haven't showered and are lightweights are the easiest to spot
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08-21-2010, 08:21 PM
|  | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | Some of us are weird in that we find that smell to actually be pleasing.
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08-21-2010, 08:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | You, obviously, have never worked in a hot, sweaty factory next to an alcoholic. I hate that job.
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08-21-2010, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by codeinedreams yep, they sweat it out and/or it's on their breath.... | Yup. When I was a substance abuse therapist, we actually had therapist there who could smell the metabolite of cocaine (called benzoylecgonine) on people when they recently used. I don't think she was ever wrong either. When she smelled it she screened them, and I'm pretty sure her accuracy was always spot on. I have never heard of anyone else with a beak that sensitive! |
08-21-2010, 08:24 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | An alcoholic is about the worst smelling human being out there. |
08-21-2010, 08:44 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | I was at Home Depot once and there was this older couple shopping for garden pots that totally reeked of wine.
I couldn't believe they were out in public smelling that strongly of alcohol.
The scary thing is, I think they had both been drinking, which means one of them had to have driven there drunk.  |
08-21-2010, 08:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | I can smell alcohol from a mile away. I also find that the taste stays in my mouth for a long time as well, which is one of the reasons that I don't like to drink much.
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08-21-2010, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by capnsandwich You, obviously, have never worked in a hot, sweaty factory next to an alcoholic. I hate that job. | No, my coworkers have to, though. 
I'm sure it'd be overwhelming if I experienced it regularly, but I actually find the malty sweetness to be pleasant when at shows or other places that involve sweating and drinking in confined places.
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08-21-2010, 09:28 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Kwesi Ok, I'm pretty sure it's not just me who can "smell" when I person is drunk or tipsy. You don't have to look at them or hear them, just sniff around a bit and you know that someone nearby has had a few. They don't have to be breathing in your direction or anything. My question is why can you smell the alcohol on them? I go into bars and clubs and don't smell a lick until I get to that person and I'm sure there's more alcohol at the location than what's in their system. Any science out the that can explain this? | Kwesi, your olfactory senses must have gone into red alert overdrive meltdown out on Long Island last Sunday!
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08-21-2010, 09:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Columbus, OH | | | To me it's always a copper scent. Anytime someone who's had a few always smells like a penny that's been held in someone's hand too long. Known a few people where I could always tell if they'd been drinking, the smell was usually present. Takes forever to get that smell out of a car if you have to give them a ride somewhere too...
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08-21-2010, 10:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Burbs, New York | | | Whenever I smell wine, I see green about 5 feet ahead of me. The closer I get, the darker it gets.
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08-21-2010, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric Perry Yup. When I was a substance abuse therapist, we actually had therapist there who could smell the metabolite of cocaine (called benzoylecgonine) on people when they recently used. I don't think she was ever wrong either. When she smelled it she screened them, and I'm pretty sure her accuracy was always spot on. I have never heard of anyone else with a beak that sensitive! | i definitely smelled it on some guy next to me at a movie a couple years ago, though im not sure if it was the metabolite or just the smell of coke/cut. the guy was flipping out and arguing with someone through most of it, left multiple times, and eventually just left for good.
it was a vin diesel movie, though, so maybe that irritated him. it kind of irritated me. |
08-22-2010, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by TOOL460002 it was a vin diesel movie, though, so maybe that irritated him. it kind of irritated me. |  |
08-22-2010, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by capnsandwich It comes through their pores. It also depends on the person and how much they've had to drink. Some people wreak after a few beers, and some can be scent-free after they're hammered. I'm one of the second ones. My wife has told me the same thing. | yup.
and don't pretend for a second after youve had too many you havent gone to sip a beer and just poured it down your face..  |
08-22-2010, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by bassybill Kwesi, your olfactory senses must have gone into red alert overdrive meltdown out on Long Island last Sunday! | HA HA HA I was thinking the same thing! |
08-23-2010, 12:11 AM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | I remember walking to the 24 hour grocery store to get chips during one of the epic residence Thursday night parties. Coming back I could smell the alcohol before I had even reached the building. |
08-23-2010, 02:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Mississippi | | I drink Hennigans - The no smell, no tell scotch.
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08-23-2010, 02:25 PM
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