Bad Smell Wrapup: Oh Captain, Mercaptan
The mystery (or is it a "puzzle?") of yesterday's clouds of foul-smelling mercaptan (we learned a word!) hasn't yet been resolved, but everyone's been eager to point the finger at usual bad-smell scapegoat, the Garden State. The accusations have ranged in scale from subtle, i.e. the Times' whispered "Some suspicion fell on New Jersey," to the, uh, the not so subtle. We're left feeling sort of of bad for New Jersey, which hasn't at all been confirmed as the source of the odor. We're going to recommend that they go with the classic "he who smelt it dealt it" defense— it's been working for us since first grade.
A Rotten Smell Raises Alarm [NYT]
