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Posted by Rosie, 09:48, 12th November 2003:
 
I cooked with onions last night and my hands still stink of them.

I've had 2 baths, used 2 different types of hand cream and still the smell is there.

Any ideas on how I can get rid of the smell?
Posted by friday, 09:57, 12th November 2003:
 
try vinegar

(a flat bowl full of this in a room after a party also removes cigarette smells)
Posted by Rosie, 09:58, 12th November 2003:
 
Won't i just smell of vinegar then?
Posted by friday, 09:58, 12th November 2003:
 
apparantly salt water works too by soaking your hands in there
Posted by friday, 10:00, 12th November 2003:
 
"Won't i just smell of vinegar then?"

don't know
Posted by Rosie, 10:00, 12th November 2003:
 
I'll give it a try at lunchtime - then report back and let you know! :D
Posted by gobbo, 10:46, 12th November 2003:
 
Onions are like ogres, they both have layers.

Cake has layers too.
Posted by Grim..., 10:47, 12th November 2003:
 
Lemon juice - trust me.
Posted by chandler, 11:03, 12th November 2003:
 
i don't trust you as far as i can spit a rat
Posted by Rosie, 11:05, 12th November 2003:
 
HEE HEE!
Posted by ilovebeerme, 11:10, 12th November 2003:
 
i like onions
Posted by Rosie, 11:17, 12th November 2003:
 
I don't. I smell gross.
Posted by Rosie, 11:35, 12th November 2003:
 
my mouse is starting to take on a faint whiff of onions!

Yuk!
Posted by chandler, 11:53, 12th November 2003:
 
ewww, noone likes an oniony mouse
Posted by ilovebeerme, 11:58, 12th November 2003:
 
Except a cat maybe. A cat who likes onions anyway.
Posted by cal, 12:06, 12th November 2003:
 
i don't trust you as far as i can spit a rat


a big ambiguous. you could well mean you trust him further than you can spit a rat. not you'd ever spit a rat, you pansy vegetarian
Posted by chandler, 12:33, 12th November 2003:
 
'a big ambiguous'
um, yeah

I might spit a rat if someone had handed it to me and told me it was made of Quorn but then i had bitten into it and found they were lying.
Posted by chandler, 12:35, 12th November 2003:
 
did you not get the reference though Cal?
I admit i misquoted
Posted by chandler, 12:35, 12th November 2003:
 
"Zaphod, old mate, I trust you about as far as I could comfortably spit out a rat."
Posted by Victor Menendez, 12:38, 12th November 2003:
 
hehe, Pansy Vegetarian.
Posted by plindoe, 12:57, 12th November 2003:
 
Rub them on your fanny, the smell of that should tame the onion smell down, it out-odours anything!
Posted by Rosie, 13:10, 12th November 2003:
 
Hee hee. I'm on the blob so although the smell may be masked, my hands will be stained with the lining of my womb.

I tried the vinegar thing, but it hurt like hell coz I've got cat scratches on my hands.

I still stink.

:(
Posted by chandler, 13:11, 12th November 2003:
 
CAL! new strapline?

iamcal: stained with the lining of my womb
Posted by chandler, 13:11, 12th November 2003:
 
:D
Posted by WarHead, 13:24, 12th November 2003:
 
Have your hands amputated.

OR

Wear an ordinary wooden clothespeg on your nose.

OR

Carry a HUGE bag of ordinary wooden clothes pegs and give one to everyone you meet so they won't have to smell your onioniness.

PS Bobby the kitten says, 'Thanks for sharing your blobby info."
Posted by Rosie, 13:27, 12th November 2003:
 
:)

Your Welcome!
Posted by Rosie, 13:35, 12th November 2003:
 
and even though the monkeys nose was bleeding, I still got some yesterday!

:D
Posted by Grim..., 13:37, 12th November 2003:
 
Get some lemon juice, woman!
Posted by chandler, 13:39, 12th November 2003:
 
Rosie: Nice :)
Things going better now?
Posted by Rosie, 13:40, 12th November 2003:
 
yeah i will. I'll go to sainsburys tonight and get some. I keep smelling my fingers and people are looking at me funny now.
Posted by Rosie, 13:44, 12th November 2003:
 
Chay: everything is ok now chay. thanks for asking :D

Hows you and reddy?
Posted by WarHead, 13:51, 12th November 2003:
 
How's the vacuuuuuming going Rosie?
Posted by Rosie, 13:56, 12th November 2003:
 
The vacuuming is going ok at the moment!
Posted by WarHead, 13:59, 12th November 2003:
 
Then that's TWO bonuses.
Posted by chandler, 14:08, 12th November 2003:
 
Rosie: Very good thank you :D Super in fact
Posted by Rosie, 14:13, 12th November 2003:
 
Yay! :D
Posted by cal, 14:13, 12th November 2003:
 
chay: i thought it might have been a reference, but it was so far wrong i wasn't sure
Posted by Grim..., 14:50, 12th November 2003:
 
=]
Posted by chandler, 15:20, 12th November 2003:
 
cal: yeah cos 'comfortably spit out a rat' and 'spit a rat' are worlds apart :D
Posted by chandler, 15:58, 12th November 2003:
 
that sounded a little sarcastic, my appologies
Posted by Victor Menendez, 16:02, 12th November 2003:
 
Your what?
Posted by chandler, 16:30, 12th November 2003:
 
appy low gees
Posted by arsepuppy, 18:55, 12th November 2003:
 
appalachians?