Comments on: Again!

By: IrishOboe

IrishOboe — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:03:01 +0000

I might be tempted to make a comment about women being destined to marry men like there fathers, but I think the subject has been carried on long enough.

By: thduggie

thduggie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:47:26 +0000

I myself was quite surprised to learn that not everyone produces the compounds – I had thought this asparagus detection ability was universal.

By: SursumCorda

SursumCorda — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:33:50 +0000

Of course you know I’m not one to resist a challenge like that. I did learn that word in French class, though not from the teacher.

I don’t know what to think about that Wikipedia statement either, given that I know for certain that I (1) don’t produce the compounds and (2) can, indeed smell them.

By: IrishOboe

IrishOboe — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:31:32 +0000

Good that you didn’t follow all the links. You’d have to excuse his French.

I noted that Wikipedia includes this statement on asparagus: “It has been claimed that most people produce the odorous compounds after eating asparagus, but only about 40% of the population have the autosomal genes required to smell them.” Not sure what I think of that, but I’d rather not test it for myself . . .

By: SursumCorda

SursumCorda — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:14:58 +0000

Asparagus? Not another one! 😉

I didn’t follow all your links, but the last one gave me a good laugh.