Last week, for two consecutive days, whenever I walked in home after work, I smelt a strong orange smell at home. Wow - the mandarin oranges that I bought at Costco really do have a very strong smell, I thought. I asked S about it and he shrugged, "Maybe!".
On day three, I once again entered into a house smelling of oranges. I told S, "I bet the oranges are going bad - the whole house is smelling of them!"
I rummaged through the sack of oranges. Though I really couldn't smell the oranges any stronger at this close range and I couldn't find any spoilt oranges, I finally managed to find one misshapen, squished orange. I triumphantly pulled it out and said to S, "Aha, this is the culprit!". S asked, "Are you sure? This orange does not have any smell at all!" I stubbornly said, "This has to be it, there is no other source for the orange smell."
This was when I noticed that S was having an undefinable look on his face and was shaking silently. I demanded, "What?".
S burst out laughing, "Hahahahah - I found this orange-scented room-spray in one of the cupboards the other day and I have been spraying it every evening since then. I have to appreciate you though! You are one mighty talented detective - you so smartly deduced that the strong orange smell was coming from one squished orange with no smell in it whatsover - hahahahahah!"
Grrr!
How that orange-scented room spray came to be at home is a mystery still unresolved.
4 comments:
Surprised S could keep mum for three days successively!
funny... :) seems to be a true story...
Mom - I don't think he would have taken the effort had I not launched into detective mode on day 1 :-)!
Ram - welcome aboard! Yup, true story!
We are waiting for the next part of this blog. As you mentioned te mystery is about the orange scented room freshner. Looking forward for another write-up on that.
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