h a l f b a k e r yAsk your doctor if the Halfbakery is right for you.
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, random
news, help, about, links, report a problem
browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
register,
|
|
|
It is said that people remember smells 10 times better than images.
Parking ramps are notoriously mundane and symmetrical buildings that make finding your particular level quite difficult. Many are color coded and some have cutesy names for each parking area (Itchy Lot, Scratchy Lot.)
But
why not harness the power--and novelty--of our scent memory? One floor could smell like chocalate, the other like oranges, and so on...
The biggest problem is how to make and maintain the smell. The Decomposing Flesh floor and Burning Tire floor are easy enough; but consistenly making a pleasant smell may be more challenging.
((Dedicated to UnaBubba:)) the smell doesn't need to "pervade" through the whole parking level; only at the entrances, elevator lobbys, etc.
Please log in.
If you're not logged in,
you can see what this page
looks like, but you will
not be able to add anything.
Annotation:
|
| |
The smell doesn't need to be overpowering.... |
|
| |
I like this. may I opt for the eau de givenchy? |
|
| |
The car parking areas at the Eden Project in Cornwall are, for some unaccountable reason, named after fruits, the sign boards having poorly-drawn representations of said fruits on them. I find it hard to distinguish the plum from the grape, but if they could be made to smell of the correct fruit, I could probably manage. I'm still not sure that I would remember where I put the car any better though. |
|
| |
The bottom story will always be the urine floor... |
|
| |
Ms. Pluter loves this idea, as she is always losing her car at the mall. However, she suspects that her smell memory may be a bit too good. For instance, without warning, a smell can transport her back to childhood, making her totally lost. She suspects that she may be able to find her parking level from ten years before by smell, but not today’s. Perhaps these should be all brand new smells (eau de premier niveau, etc.), chemically synthesized specifically for the parking industry, to eliminate confusion caused by childhood associations? |
|
| |
I'm getting this mental image of a bunch of folks in an elevator of a large parking deck. The doors open, and they all lean out and <sniff, sniff> to see if its their floor. Then the doors close. (WTAGIPBAN) |
|
| |
the buttons on the lift should send out a spray sample of the scent.
q. which floor?
a. fish & chips with vinegar, please |
|
| |
Maybe they should mark the ramp themselves as many mammals do. |
|
| |
"Right, I'm parked on the floor that smells like a multi-storey car park" |
|
| |
I've learned from my dog how to widdle.
When marking a place with some piddle.
When I'm out with a miss,
And can't take a piss,
I let it run down my leg, just a liddle. |
|
| |
I am in agreement with Ms. Pluter. Also: The elevator buttons are a good idea. Perhaps a small nozzel by all exits on the floor. This also eliminates the need for mass quantity of the scent in question, because it won't need to be continuously pumped into the area. Top notch! |
|
| |
Let me guess: Instead of writing down what floor/letter you parked at, you'd take an empty vial out of your glove compartment, capture some of the ambient air, and cork it for smelling later. |
|
| |
it always seems to me that the different
floors of parking garages each have their
own smell anyway. some smell fresher
because they have a breeze, but others
can be damp an dank. in an underground
garage the levels each have a progressively
damper smell as you go down the ramp. |
|
| |
You could use this for any building with elevators. |
|
| |