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Friday, October 28, 2005

Manhattan Smells Like Waffles

Posted by on October 28 at 9:48 AM

The Associated Press shares this unnerving story about the “strong, sweet smell” that filled the air from the southern tip of Manhattan to the Upper West Side last night.

Some smellers compared the scent to Eggo waffles with maple syrup, others cited vanilla coffee or freshly-baked cake. Was it some waffle-cone promotional blitz? Or has Al Qaeda discovered that you can poison more infidels with honey than vinegar?

Who knows, but NYC officials “are continuing to sample the air throughout the affected area to make sure there’s nothing hazardous,” said Jarrod Bernstein, an emergency management spokesman. “What the actual cause of the smell is, we really don’t know.”