You'll think me strange, but one of the aromas that I have always loved - in moderation of course - is the faint smell of skunk on the air. Not the vile stench of a freshly flattened junk in the road, or the gag-inducing grossly pungent stink surrounding me as I attempt to wash it off my dog... but the faint hint on a frosty morning or evening in the fall. I can't really say why I enjoy it so much, but an experience I had with a skunk when I was a child might have started it. It was a very strange encounter for certain.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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