I'm so old I Remember when:

[CombNWattles]

I wish it was illegal for them to have those stupid billboards. I am thoroughly sick of seeing them.

You should move to Vermont… Billboards are illegal here…

 

[LaFleche]

And no B.O. anywhere.

What does B.O. mean?

 

[notabitail]

What does B.O. mean?

Body Odor. My little brother is a good example of that.

 

[notabitail]

You should move to Vermont… Billboards are illegal here…

That sounds nice.

 

[LaFleche]

Body Odor. My little brother is a good example of that.

Thank you for explaining!

 

[notabitail]

Thank you for explaining!

You're welcome!

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Nope! RING DINGS! Ding Dongs were the long, rolled ones. What can I say? I was a connoisseur of both!

Ding Dongs and Ring Dings have always been round:

Maybe you're thinking of Lil Debbie Swiss Rolls or chocolate covered Twinkies (aka Chocodiles)?

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Exactly. I thought it was just a funny, hyperbolic episode until I actually encountered it. Funny thing is, we went to the Honda dealership and were looking at used cars... and one of the salesmen ran out and stopped us as we were approaching one car... would not let us check it out, not even open a door. We were like, What's wrong with it? ... he finally admitted it smelled bad inside and they had yet to detail it. He was not sure they could even get the smell out of it.

Ozone generators! That's how dealerships get cigarette smoke, BO, and other bad odors out of cars. Hotels do the same for hotel rooms, for example when someone smokes in a non-smoking room. They might charge a $250 "cleaning fee" but all they do is run an ozone generator in the room for five minutes, and they already owned the $70 ozone generator. Realtors use them, too. They're very effective.

My roommate bought a used car a few years ago from an individual and she negotiated the price down because the interior reeked of cigarette smoke. When she got it home she ran an ozone generator in it for a few minutes and voilà! The smell was gone. Not even I could detect anything and I have a sensitive sense of smell.

 

[R2elk]

Ozone generators! That's how dealerships get cigarette smoke, BO, and other bad odors out of cars. Hotels do the same for hotel rooms, for example when someone smoked in a non-smoking room. They might charge a $250 cleaning fee but all they do is run an ozone generator in the room for five minutes, and they already owned the $70 ozone generator.

For cars, they also use a canned air spray called "New Car Smell".

 

[EmmaDonovan]

For cars, they also use a canned air spray called "New Car Smell".

Wasn't it determined a few years ago that that smell is actually bad for you because it's the result of chemicals in the fabrics and plastics outgassing?