Re: sperm-smelling tree?

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From: donald haarmann
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 00:00

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Wandering Jew <devchonka33@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:37C03879.6BF6@hotmail.com...
> Hey, dudes, this might strike you as a silly question
> but I hope I can get an answer! There's this tree that
> sort of smells like human sperm in summer (I think when
> it flowers). A pretty strong distinct smell. What's it
> called? And is it the flowers that smell?
>


Not this ....... again!!

This question was answered by Cecil Adams "The Straight Dope" in the past:

Run a search at http://www.straightdope.com/ for "sperm trees" . Don't be
off-put by the response, which is the title of the lead article only. You will find
a number of candidate trees.


--
donald j haarmann - colophon

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