REFLECTIONS "Growing up in the 50's"-Chapter 6- Sense of Smell

Nostalgia Tidbit: When you read this little reflection, you will probably think we must have had a lot of time on our hands. Usually, we did! Kids today have so many mass produced diversions. In The 50s we had to make up our own games and create our own diversions.

                                                                            Chapter 6

The Sense of Smell

The thing that always fascinated me about the sense of

smell was not only how it allows you to detect and

recognize odors but how without that sense, your taste buds

don’t function. As kids, my brothers and I would often play

this game of “guess what you are tasting”! I can’t actually

remember what we called the game but you get the idea.

This is the way it worked. You would close your eyes and

hold or squeeze your nose tightly to remove your ability to

smell. Another person would place something in your

mouth, hopefully food. You had to try to guess what

you were eating. It was tough to do!

First of all, this game required a lot of trust.

 When you think about it, the fact that you are going

to close your eyes…..so, now you can’t see 

anything… and then hold your nose…now you can’t 

smell  anything…and actually trust older brothers not

to  stick something really bad in your mouth! Thank

God, I had two honorable brothers. What could

have  been a character altering experience turned out to

be a pleasant and fun memory of games we played.

By the way, if you have never tried it…now close your

eyes…squeeze your nose tightly…open mouth

widely…I hope you chose a trustworthy person!