Now it is said that your senses can compensate for any shortfalls. Blind people can develop super sensitive hearing, deaf people are superlative in needle/haystack scenarios.
Now without my specialist contact lenses I am virtually blind and I wear a hearing aid in my right ear - so where does my body go to over compensate for these deficiencies - do I develop an extraordinarily amazing sense of taste with an over sized tongue with the dexterity of a humming bird and be popular with the ladieeeees!!
NO - if you saw me in profile you will understand why my classmates aged 12 called me Pinocchio. No, they couldn't call me Concorde - technological marvel admired all over the world and now much lamented - NO I was named after a goofy looking Italian wooden puppet!!
Anyway I thought my super nasal sensitivity would only be good for avoiding standing in dog shit at 50m - but no!
My 19 year old son has taken to inviting loads of mates around to his attic based den sometimes upto the early hours of the morning. We suspected that occasionally smoking goes on ( now since my Dad, his Grandad died from smoking related problems aged 57 we have a total downer on the evil weed).
Now the thing about all smokers is that they become immune to the smell of smoke and although gum can freshen their breath their clothes and furniture absolutely stink!!
On this particular occasion I detected a slight smokey smell and I propped open the hatch (attic room) and saw a sight to behold - not only was there people smoking but my son had his Velux roof window wide open (it was mid winter about +3C outside) and an electric fan pointing at the window allegedly attempting to blow the cigarette smoke out of the window. My anger was tempered by the shock on their faces and the total lunacy of their crackpot solution!! super schnozz or what! I keep telling my son about the links between smoking and Alzheimer's but I dont think he is taking me seriously !!
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