Dear God what IS that smell?

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. . . erm, it's me :o

Dug out grey donkey's bed this morning and left it up for the floor to dry - I'm now doing this every other day - and got in the car to come home and went . . . sniff . . . sniff . . . sniff . . . ewwwwwwwwwww . . . what IS that smell . . . until I realized it was me :(. Let's just say I smell like a particularly dirty boy horse . . . funky doesn't even cover it.

I was too embarrassed to go to Waitrose so stopped off at the Co-op instead . . . made me wonder, though, how many times I have waltzed around after being at the yard stinking to high heaven without noticing :eek:

No point to this, just thought I'd share :p

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Flummoxed said:
It's amazing how that smell lingers, isn't it.....
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Yes! I find it's my hair that seems to trap the "aroma" the most . . . like an idiot I washed it this morning and went up to the yard with wet hair . . . I'll be washing it again this evening . . .

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I think I constantly smell! I keep my horsey coats hanging on the back of my small tack room door - when you open that and it stinks in there!
My hands seems to have "horse smell" ingrained in them too....:rolleyes:
 
My OH used to muck out our horse in the morning on his way to work and did often wonder if he was a bit smelly. When one of his clients gave him some very strong aftershave for a Christmas present we kind of got the message. He now has his shower after mucking out :)
 
my yard coat was the reason my parents built an extension on the house!

straw reeks all the time! I lift the bed every day and I wear overalls and have dedicated wellies for mucking out which are kept at the yard and I am still paranoid about smelling! Atm my ponio's poo smells like he's been eating meat! I think it must be the grass coming through!
 
Tinsel Trouble said:
my yard coat was the reason my parents built an extension on the house!

straw reeks all the time! I lift the bed every day and I wear overalls and have dedicated wellies for mucking out which are kept at the yard and I am still paranoid about smelling! Atm my ponio's poo smells like he's been eating meat! I think it must be the grass coming through!
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Funny you mention that . . . Kal's poo is particularly stinky just now - as you say, must be the grass.

OH makes me keep all my horsey stuff in the car - and has dubbed said car "the mobile tack room" . . . and just the other day my mother got in the car and said . . . "hmmmmm, horse!"

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PolarSkye said:
I was too embarrassed to go to Waitrose so stopped off at the Co-op instead . .

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pmsl seems a few locals round here share your view that it's ok to be smelly in the co-op or Iceland but not in the better quality shops!!! thing is i think i'd prefer them to smell of horses rather than the pongy BO or day old cider that they seem to favour:eek:
 
Personally I don't mind smelling of horse as long as I LOOK like I should smell of horse! Yard boots and muddy jods are at least an explanation of why I stink - made better by having the girls with me also looking like they've been at the yard!
 
I remember our farmer neighbours turning down an invitation to our Christmas party once with the excuse that, even after showering, they'd smell of cows "once they started to warm up"! :p
 
Ibblebibble said:
pmsl seems a few locals round here share your view that it's ok to be smelly in the co-op or Iceland but not in the better quality shops!!! thing is i think i'd prefer them to smell of horses rather than the pongy BO or day old cider that they seem to favour:eek:
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To be fair - if I feel I'm smelly, I pop into the Co-op or Tesco Express part of our two local garages rather than the actual shops (although I'm not sure why that's any better . . . fewer customers to offend?).

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Ollie's Mum said:
I remember our farmer neighbours turning down an invitation to our Christmas party once with the excuse that, even after showering, they'd smell of cows "once they started to warm up"! :p
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This made me smile - and chuckle with recognition (spent many weekends working on dairy farms in my youf) . . . although I actually don't mind the smell of cows . . . yes, I know, I'm odd.

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