2007-12-21 01:51:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
And please, no offence meant.
2007-12-21 02:07:56 · update #1
lol @ go ahead
2007-12-21 02:31:56 · update #2
I think the smell is like a cabbage smell HARLEY LADY :)
2007-12-21 04:55:21 · update #3
Well, I'm not asking about young mens rooms JAGO. This questions about what it asks. Duu
2007-12-21 05:00:59 · update #4
The questions not about old people smelling more than young PIP. Grasshoper says 'always best to to engage brain before speak'
2007-12-21 05:26:39 · update #5
Some older people do become paranoid about the water bills, so they don't wash their clothes often enough. Also I think they can get scared of falling in the bath / shower, so personal hygiene can be a little neglected. And the housework gets too much for them, so dust collects around the house. And they get frugal and keep food a little longer than they should, so as not to waste it...so you get that old food smell. That odour that you are describing, is a combination of all these things.
2007-12-21 05:45:28 · answer #1 · answered by Stella 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
LOL.....I know exactly what you mean! From looking around at my grand parents house and see all the OLD things they have not replaced in years, like furniture and old collectables they have. It all gets an smell over time! They also don't "air out" the place as often because they are always cold!
2007-12-21 02:01:14 · answer #2 · answered by fh 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is probably the older books and woods that are in their homes.Saving things holds in the smell.I don't think the frail aged can open up their home and spring clean,so the smell.It reminds me of a library.Probably the books...What is a pensioner?
2007-12-21 02:47:11 · answer #3 · answered by Maw-Maw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My home does not smell, I make sure its clean and fresh, my family would soon tell me if it did I can assure you, my car on the other hand niffs of wet dogs at the monent, went up the hill in the snow with them and they had a great time rolling in it and getting soaked.
2007-12-21 02:13:56 · answer #4 · answered by Roxy. 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They don't. Used to work with old people. Now I work with young people. (Long story.) As a rule, the young people smell more than the old people.
2007-12-21 05:21:48 · answer #5 · answered by geniepiper 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You could ask why some young mens rooms smell, Its all down to the person, and their own view of hygiene.
2007-12-21 02:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by Celtic Lass. 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I NEVER HEARD OF THAT.. I don't know of any older person with a home that is like that. I go into older rich, home and they are beautiful clean and richly appointed. don't know where u go. unless u are talking about nursing home, which,some of them do smell of urine. that is a matter of sanitation. care of a nursing home. Not a private home of seniors.
2007-12-21 02:43:12 · answer #7 · answered by snowriver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not all Seniors have smelly houses. I do remember one elderly neighbor who used moth balls. That's a smell I'll never forget and to this day, I associate it with older people.
2007-12-21 02:29:52 · answer #8 · answered by katydid 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have never noticed that. My Mom always burned candles, and so do I. What do you think the smell is?
2007-12-21 01:55:59 · answer #9 · answered by Harley Lady 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't necessarily agree but many of us do have a best friend named Ben Gay and we enjoy a great deal of time with Vick's when we have a cold.
2007-12-21 04:39:04 · answer #10 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋