Asparagus "pee"
Dan Abel wrote:
> Neither my wife nor I have very sensitive noses. It doesn't smell like
> skunk at all to me. There is no lingering odor for me. Once I flush
> and open the door, the smell is completely gone. I've never noticed any
> odor on any kind of skin.
So, what was the outcome of the poll?
As Dan pointed out, some people are very insensitive to the smell of
methyl mercaptan, and don't smell it in their or another's urine.
I also seem to recall that the mercaptan is a metabolic byproduct of
digestion, and that some people don't have the enzyme that creates it.
And further, that those same people don't smell it (much, if at all.)
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