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mithridates · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 6:57 am Post subject: Phone scent

No matter where I pick up the phone in Korea (the ones that use cards, not change) it has the same scent - a slightly sweet smell with a very slight metallic tinge. I wonder what chemical that is? I've never found that smell anywhere else. Confused

kangnam mafioso · Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Location: Teheranno

i didn't have a cell phone for a while and had to use a lot of pay phones. they started spraying the phones with disinfectant right after SARS. the smell is really gross and strong. there were times when my eyes would water and i became nauseated.

buddy bradley · Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Location: The Beyond

mithridates · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:14 am Post subject:

So, it's not just in the phones.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Spraying disinfectant in public and worksite phones predated the SARS scare by many years. They may have just been more conscientious and possibly used a different and stronger-smelling solution after 2003.

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

...trying to comphrehend how this thread stops in November 2003 and suddenly starts up again in August 2005 as if there was no break in the conversation...

Inside joke?

mithridates · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:07 am Post subject:

It's because taobenli started a thread about a weird scent in her goshiwon, and I'm pretty sure it's the same one.

spidey112233 · Joined: 21 Jul 2005

The evil penguin · Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:07 am Post subject:

spidey112233 · Joined: 21 Jul 2005