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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 10:10 PM
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'Bad' odors cause bad driving? (Yahoo)
LONDON (Reuters) - Driving badly? then ditch the fast food and reach for the mints.

Different odors affect the way motorists drive, with fast food scents likely to increase road rage potential and other smells -- like peppermint -- deemed to improve concentration, the RAC Foundation motoring organization said Friday.

"More than any other sense, the sense of smell circumnavigates the logical part of the brain," the RAC Foundation's consultant psychologist, Conrad King, said.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&e=4&u=/nm/20050603/od_nm/car_smells_dc

Mmmmm...kinda gives me an idea....how to turn the people against the Repunks--slip'em some stink! :evilgrin:
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:02 PM
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1. Well, I know folks (including me) who always pushed the speed...
...right around the chlorine plants along the NJ Turnpike.

There's a smell that'll impact your driving, big time...as in: Get me the Fuck OUTTA Here!
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