A woman who was molested in the street near her Kyoto apartment by a masked man later was able to sniff out the perp because of his distinctive body odor, which she described as that “inside of a boxing glove.”
The attacker was so confident of his disguise that he later approached her and struck up a conversation. One whiff was all it took for the woman to recognize the man as her attacker.
The man was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to two years imprisonment, suspended for four years, based on the woman’s olfactory evidence.
According to the judge, the man’s B.O. was “pretty strong and distinctive.”
Thanks to Mr. Pink
Japanese women can have a frighteningly acute sense of smell. This is where most guys get tripped up when they are having affairs. They didn’t shower well enough, they didn’t wash their clothes, or the clothes involved touched other clothes that carry the smell. A guy with “distinctive BO” may as well just leave his business card.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
Oh yeah, we have seen this kind of stuff in the U.S. before.
On the flip side:
“Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with witches?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from witches?
Peasant 1: More witches.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do witches burn?
Peasant 3: …because they’re made of… wood?
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!… It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: …Exactly. So, logically…
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck… she’s made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore…
Peasant 2: …A witch! ”
Memorable quotes for
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/quotes