In January of 1776 Thomasina Pain, a housewife from Pennsylvania, published a treatise that would shake the world to its foundation, and cause individuals all over to question the very foundations upon which society was based. Rather than deal with the outgrowth of societal imbalance, Thomasina chose to go to the very source, and identify the sensory inputs which were shared by almost all individuals, and were therefore impossible to ignore. Dubbed Common Scents, Thomasina’s book would go on to become one of the best-selling books in American history.
It is reprinted here in its entirety.
Common Scents
By Thomasina Pain
- Flowers
- Steak
- Manure
- Skunk
- Algae
- Smoke
- Glue
- Urine
- Pine
- Horse
- Grass
- Whiskey
- Onion
- Garlic
- Tobacco
- Blood
- Fish
While some have argued that Thomasina’s work is cursory, and lacks the all encompassing nature that one would expect when engaging in a study of common scents, it remains one of the most effective pieces of media in exposing the scents that are commonplace in every day life.
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Dumbest Blog Ever 
I am laughing.
This is good.
Thank you!
Thomasina Pain????
Oh
My
God!
Dude.
You are sicker than me.
LOLOLOLO
Lolz. Now that’s a compliment!
I’m sorry.
I cannot stop laughing.
I laughed so hard, I accident-ally spit out my mouthful of beer.
(Now you owe me a beer)
Just send a postal money order.
Lolz. Fair enough. What are you drinking?
Drinking? Anything I can get to maintain my blood alcohol level in double digits.
Lolz.
And you know, they never once talked about this in class at public school. I might not ever have read it if it weren’t for you.
Our schools are terrible. 😢
There is urine, but “puke” was forgotten?
ur-ine is sublime… or lime? I am easily confused.
Maybe she was drunk?
I smell something fishy….
That would be the fish.
For a great published work as this I am seeing no credits to the copyright and that just stinks.
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Laugh because… Why not??
Public domain, bro.
I don’t know a great work like this must be protected if not well that stinks 🤣😂🤣
Lolz.
👍👍
I cannot appreciate this as I have no nose. I know what you’re thinking. Don’t ask!
I wasn’t even thinking!
No worries, I did it for you!
I thought so!
Gotcha!
I think that list stinks. All 17 of them.
You’re concerns have been noted.
I have to call the list into question. where is fart?
He who smelt it dealt it!
What about the umami smell? Her smell receptors were not refined enough. I think we should crucify her. Oh, she’s dead? Well… then maybe dig her up and then crucify her?
I appreciate the passionate responses that this blog sometimes receives.