PEPPERMINT!!!

[draggar]

No, not in a really good way.

Last night when my wife came home with Pollux, Luna got really excited (as usual) and jumped over the 3' x-pen (to keep her away from Kiri's crate) to get to the back door to greet them.

There wasn't much room and in her Tasmanian Devil impression she had knocked over, and broke, a full, LARGE glass jar of peppermint extract.

Downstairs smelled like we were living in a giant candy cane. While I normally don't mind peppermint, it was to the point of our eyes were watering and our sinuses were clean as a whistle.

While cleaning it my socks got soaked with it and after a few minutes I could feel it on my skin (you know how peppermint tastes? Imagine feeling that though your feet!!). We had fans going, the AC cranked, 3 incents, and 5 candles going last night. It didn't help much. All day I could smell peppermint and thought I reeked of it (even though I had taken a shower and was wearing clean clothes).

The towel and my socks are in the laundry now with a TON of soap and borax along with a couch cover that a certain someone who shall remain nameless (COUGHCOUGHZORROCOUGHCOUGH) decided to lift his leg on the other night.

Hopefully the peppermint smell will be gone soon.

[Crossbow]

Yeesh. Good luck. If nothing else, you won't have to worry about mosquitoes for about a decade.....

[draggar]

I have noticed our insect population has disappeared a lot.

We also might not need to worry about rodents, either.

Laundry is "washed" - uh-oh....

[Sapphire Silk]

We used to use peppermint extract in the ER to defunk a room occupied by a homeless person.

You can't imagine the funk of some homeless people. A few drops of peppermint in a hand held nebulizer run through the air regulator makes for a happier.

Peppermint also has some stress reduction value . . . except in your case

[BookstoreEscapee]

...melt some chocolate?

You can't imagine the funk of some homeless people.

I can...we had a homeless guy who hung out at Store1 all the time (actually, he still does; I've seen him there recently). Most of the time he was fine, and he didn't bother anyone, but every once in a while the smell was just overwhelming. (Other than that, he was great...he would sing to himself, had a really nice voice; and whatever he took out to read he would put back when he was done, including folding the newspaper back up the way it was supposed to go, and was even seen straightening shelves sometimes.)

[teh_blumchenkinder]

why did you have that much around anyway!?
(how much got broke?) I laugh, only because I'm on the other side of the country from you, D.

[draggar]

I'm not sure of the size of the bottle - 12 ounce? (and a little goes a LONG way).

Bookstore - I should have gotten chocolate incense!

[kpzra]

You can't imagine the funk of some homeless people.

Oh yes I can, but try being trapped in the back of an ambulance with them.

[Amina516]

We used to use peppermint extract in the ER to defunk a room occupied by a homeless person.

That was our necrotic bowel and abcess standby in the OR.




Ive never thought about peppermint for bugs...Hmmm.

[tacohuman]

I have noticed our insect population has disappeared a lot.

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i use peppermint extract at work during the summer for fly control. i mix it in a spray bottle with water and spritz it around when the flies start moving in. doesn't always last long, but it'll keep them away for a good 10-15 minutes.

[Crossbow]

i use peppermint extract at work during the summer for fly control. i mix it in a spray bottle with water and spritz it around when the flies start moving in. doesn't always last long, but it'll keep them away for a good 10-15 minutes.

I use it for camping. Dip a strand of ribbon in peppermint extract and tie it in the center of your tent. Keeps most bugs at bay for a day or two, and it smells a lot better than sweaty camper or wet socks....

[Geek King]

Maybe something like Fabreeze to control the scent, although I'm not sure there's a reasonable way to clear a scent with that kind of volume other than airing the room out with a fan in the window/door.

It did remind me of a song though! Maybe it will lift your spirits...

<runs away!>