When it smells of farts outside...

[paddyhasneeds]

Silly question no doubt but you know when you're driving along and for half a mile or so it reeks of flatulence (even after opening the window before anyone says it) - what is it?

It's not manure as far as I know and I'd assumed anything that was drains or sewer related would smell of actual st.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Someone in the car in fronts farted and opened the window Which is nice

[Steamer]

paddyhasneeds said:

Silly question... what is it?

It's not manure

Corby

[plg101]

Someones catalyst on the way out?

[Saddle bum]

Junction of M25 and M3.

[eldar]

Shat yourself?

[Republik]

Are you in Newark? That place stinks.

[base]

it could be human waste that is being sprayed onto the crops/fields, farmers like it as its cheaper than normal fertiliser which is closely linked to the price of oil and has shot up over the past year

i was doing some ground works in a silage clamp last year i have no problem with horse poo cow poo etc etc but when he told me what had been stored there the week before i was heaving like a good un its all treated prior to going to the farms but never the less urgh.........

Edited by base on Friday 4th December 17:32

[Halb]

Cabbage fields, or some other brassica.

[timlongs]

plg101 said:

Someones catalyst on the way out?

This, the fart smell is when catalytic converter isn't working properly.

[philthy]

timlongs said:

plg101 said:

Someones catalyst on the way out?

This, the fart smell is when catalytic converter isn't working properly.

It smells like this on telegraph hill (A38 Exeter). I'd always suspected it was when drivers had to floor it to get up the hill?

[Tycho]

Saddle bum said:

Junction of M25 and M3.

I've noticed this as well!

[schmokin1]

Tycho said:

Saddle bum said:

Junction of M25 and M3.

I've noticed this as well!

there's a sewage works there

[philthy]

Tycho said:

Saddle bum said:

Junction of M25 and M3.

I've noticed this as well!

That is a sewage works:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=london&a...

[schmokin1]

paddyhasneeds said:

Silly question no doubt but you know when you're driving along and for half a mile or so it reeks of flatulence (even after opening the window before anyone says it) - what is it?

It's not manure as far as I know and I'd assumed anything that was drains or sewer related would smell of actual st.

Is it Peter Mandelson's car in front?

[collateral]

The eggy catalytic converter smell is sulphur dioxide iirc

[Famous Graham]

Slough.

(Anyone who lives on the M4 corridor and has driven to London knows I speak the truth)

[central]

Steamer said:

paddyhasneeds said:

Silly question... what is it?

It's not manure

Corby

[silverthorn2151]

collateral said:

The eggy catalytic converter smell is sulphur dioxide iirc

And my observation is that Vauxhauls are particularly prone to this. Not suprising they smell of st really!

[eharding]

Famous Graham said:

Slough.

(Anyone who lives on the M4 corridor and has driven to London knows I speak the truth)

Oh yes. If the wind is in the right direction, the smell can quite easily reach the M25/M3 junction. In fact, with even a moderate breeze it can reach as far as the M25/M23 junction.