The Smell Of Gas

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<p>whenever I’m filling my car with gas, I love the smell of it. i know other people love the smell of gas too.</p>

<p>why? when i say i love the smell of it I just love the "smell’ - and in no way have a smell of ‘delicious’ or anything. just a smell of pleasure i guess?</p>

<p>but why? does anyone else love the smell of gas?</p>

<p>It smells so unique…i love it!</p>

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<p>I love the smell too! I’m not sure why though…</p>

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<p>Gas does have a good scent. Odd.</p>

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<p>I like it too, actually.</p>

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<p>I can’t stand it, but I love the smell of new paint and fresh woodshavings, if that counts.</p>

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<p>I’m so glad to find other people who like the smell of gas!! Whenever I am at a gas station or when I mention how I like the smell of gas, people look at me like I just gave birth to a puppy. I find that there are few people who admit this but I have to say that I LOVE the smell of gas! :p</p>

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<p>hey me too! i like to stand outseide the car just to get a whiff of it. but someone warned me it was addictive. i guess he was right :)</p>

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<p>Yeah when I was younger, I wanted to work at a gas station when I grew up cuz I liked the smell a lot too … but the feeling has kinda faded</p>

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<p>Did you know that you can get high off gas?
–learnt that in health class…</p>

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<p>The smell of gas=feeling great=getting high=drugs=death</p>

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<p>So…go to a gas station and die!</p>

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<p>You actually can get high off of it and it is addictive… ever heard of “huffing”?</p>

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<p>only on CC ha</p>

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<p>it’s true. heard of sniffing glue? this is sniffing petrol. it’s addictive, and has the same consequences as glue. in where i come from, drug addicts have found a new item to sniff…used underwear.</p>

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<p>lol what’re you guys talkin about, so now everyone who has smelled gas is automatically turned high?</p>

<p>it’s inevitable to smell the gas when you’re at the station so what are you saying</p>

<p>plus no one answered my original statement, does anyone know WHY the human senses (majority of us according to the answers) loves the smell of gas, but not as in a “food” or “cologne/perfume” way?</p>

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<p>Probably because it makes us think of gasoline. Being a very educated, intelligent person (and having watched a certain CSI episode), I can tell you that scent is the most powerful sense for recalling memories.</p>

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<p>I like the smell of gas, I thought I was the only one.</p>

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<p>Many people enjoy the smell of gas, it’s undestandable because the smell (like many other chemicals in our daily lives) can be intoxicating, and people
can obtain a high from sniffing it.</p>

<p>Here’s an article about a new type of gas coming out from BP that won’t intoxicate petroleum sniffers:
<a href=“http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7495&feedId=online-news_rss20[/url]”>http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7495&feedId=online-news_rss20&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I also love the smell of gasoline. You could probably get high from huffing anything, so I wouldn’t worry about the dangers of teenagers using gas to hallucinate. There was a story some years back about people in some poor country waiting for a cow to take a dump so they could use the methane from the droppings to sniff and get high. Called it a “cow pie high”.</p>

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<p>I cannot resist the smell of gasoline. I like the smell of markers too…</p>