holiday sewage

December 31, 2006 1:11 PM

After the holiday sweeties we ponder the age-old question: Can fish smell snickerdoodles?
posted by thirteenkiller (6 comments total)

If the scientists are finding vanilla and cinnamon, but not pumpkin or cranberry, there's something wrong with their research.
posted by wendell at 1:17 PM on December 31, 2006

Urine flavors the world.
posted by Burhanistan at 1:25 PM on December 31, 2006

If the scientists are finding vanilla and cinnamon, but not pumpkin or cranberry, there's something wrong with their research. posted by wendell

No wonder. I don't know where pumpkin is, but cranberry is over 100 miles south of their research area.
posted by Cranberry at 2:44 PM on December 31, 2006

The spice must flow.
posted by Secretariat at 5:43 PM on December 31, 2006 [1 favorite]

Wait...

We're testing for cinnamon? Who actually said, "well, we have a limited number of chemical compounds against which we should regularly check - let's include PCBs, dioxins, petroleum products - oh, yeah, and cinnamon."
posted by FormlessOne at 9:49 PM on December 31, 2006

Well, cinnamon is an ani-oxidant, anti-microbial, and an insectiside so it probably kills off the beneficial stuff, too.
posted by Balisong at 10:51 PM on December 31, 2006