The hazards of being the "baby" of the family.

A sad story of a trusting little sister with a now tainted sense of smell.

One day young Trish was sitting in her room.

She dreamily gazed up at her New Kids on the Block covered walls.

She envisioned the day she would move to Boston to marry Joey McIntrye.



Her sister Deborah walks into their shared room and excitedly exclaims she has a GREAT game they could play. Trish always being up for a good time with her sister readily listened as Deborah explained the rules.

The game would be a "smell test" if you will.

Trish would close her eyes and Deborah would hold various perfumes under her nose. Trish would then guess which perfume was which. No prize was offered....just bragging rights. Let's face it, Trish was a bit dingy and this game sounded like fun!




Trish closed her eyes tight and waited for Deborah to tell her when to take a sniff.

"Okay first one is under your nose.....what is it"? Deborah said.

sniff.....snifffffffffffffff

"ooooooo, oooooooo that is mom's White Diamonds FOR SURE, I am right"!



"AWESOME, you are good at this, you re right"! Deborah exclaimed.

Deborah got the next one ready. "This one is strong so you don't have to inhale too hard".

Trish takes another sniff and knows immeditely! "It's Realities by Liz Claiborne"!



"Right again, now I am going to have to try something harder, you are so good at this" said Deborah.

Trish prepared herself for a tough one.

She was READY.

Deborah says "Okay, this one is a lighter scent so YOU REALLY need to inhale deeply to be able to figure it out, are you ready"?

"I'm ready" said Trish.

"Okay here we go, remember take a BIG sniff, this one is tough" Deborah explained.

Trish took a HUGE sniff, the kind of sniff you would take when you are smelling an awesome candle, or fresh baked cookies.

Suddenly she felt nauseated as the RANCID scent filled her nose and lungs.

She began gagging uncontrollably.

She felt chunks rising in her throat, the smell was so horrendous.

Admist her gags she hears hysterical laughter.

Deborah was in stitches.

Confused, Trish scans the room desparately trying to figure out what she had just inhaled.

She spots a small bottle in Deborah's hand.....and quickly grabs it, while Deborah continues to roll around on the floor in hysterics.

Trish became incredibly horrified when she read this label:



She had just inhaled Doe urine.

An avid hunter, Deborah and Trish's father would use this in the woods from time to time to attract that allusive Buck.

Trish dashed to the bathroom, hand over her mouth, chunks rising, leaving Deborah on the floor laughing hysterically at the perfect execution of her "gag". While there was no prize for Trish, obviously Deborah was the winner here.

Score Board:
Deborah: 50 points
Trish -150 points.

Trish never agreed to play "the sniff game" ever again.

This my friends is just one of the hazards of being the youngest of the family.

Trish and Deborah's father on Christmas with a "gag" gift of Deer Pee from Trish