Note that I made no connection between his properties of "Iranian" and "stench". In fact, I wouldn't have even known he was Iranian except for when I asked where he was from in the course of casual conversation with the rest of my row.CatharzGodfoot wrote:I've met a few Iranians, all of whom were non-stinky. Humans are built to draw stereotypes from small sample sizes, so I've developed a non-stinky stereotype for Iranians. I'm not sure how I'm going to integrate your data.
I'd already integrated experiential data from highschool on Iranians from the sibling pair of a rageaholic little bitch boy and his molestation victim sister among others (no, seriously, they needed therapy) but indeed, no one smelled even the slightest bit unusual.
Indians, however, radiate saffron and cloves. Or something. If their parents came here from India and kept all manner of cultural cuisine, I would bet good money if I had any left that the WHOLE HOUSE smells like it, it's in their clothes, breath, hair, property, everything. Good stuff.
I suspect that I do too some days (days when I indulge in the same diet) but no one publicly says anything.
Indeed, no one at all... except my girlfriend.
