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Chris -- 2025-05-10
I just came across this in a discussion of the Gulf oil spill, and thought it reasonably eggcornish in that a scent can evoke a strong memory and even an entire narrative of events…
Unfortunately it’s difficult to verify how widely it’s used since there seems to be a musical piece by Geoffrey Wharton titled “Ode de Cologne.”
Thoughts?
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Ode ear! I like it.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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