Why Does it Smell Like Poop Outside? Here is Your Answer!

Owensboro has lots of "signature smells." Drive downtown and notice the lovely soybeans (definite sarcasm here.) Pass by Moonlite or Old Hickory, and you will enjoy the smell of tenderly smoking meats. Once upon a time, the glorious scent of baking bread would waft across Midtown, making us all crave some carbs.

There are also days here and there when Daviess Countians leave their homes for work and school only to get blasted by the smell of...poop. We continue about our day, checking the bottoms of our shoes. Did we step on a 'present' in the yard?

Well, today is one of those days! And on Facebook, folks had me cracking up with their posts asking, "Why in the world does it smell so bad everywhere outside?" "Do Y'all smell that?" My friend Rafe said, "Damn you to whoever got the town smelling like bootydo right now!!" Not bootydo! lol!

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My friend Logan once said, You never know if it's gonna smell like poop or Ragu sauce, it's like Russian roulette for your nostrils."

It's just one of those fun things about living in an agriculturally rich area. You never know what day the farmers will be working the land and spreading fertilizer, which is often...poop. The scent of the cow and chicken manure makes its way to town to assault our nostrils and wonder if we need to take a shower or open a window.

Then opening the window only makes it worse! It does serve as a reminder to be grateful for all of our local farmers and workers who keep food on our tables and make the world go round. In the meantime, just light a candle or rub some Vicks VapoRub under your nostrils.

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