That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare


I have been reading tonight about the smell that has shown up in Manhattan for the second time. The EPA and city services have again gotten a lot of calls from people who are smelling Maple Syrup or molasses over wide areas.
It happened before,7 weeks earlier, but the smell was reported in different areas of the city,
The EPA has tested the air and found nothing to explain the smell.

Now, maybe I am crazy but I try to put myself into the mind of someone intending harm and try to explain the odd. The curse of someone who loves mysteries, and tries to write them.
If, I was trying to find the best places to put my canisters of poison gas to get maximum dispersal, I would try to test various locations.
In order to find out where the gas went I would have to have a strong but harmless smell that people would report and have it show up in the news. That seems a lot easier than getting a bunch of my followers to fan out over the city.

The thing that bothers me most is the official verdict of the people who are charged with protecting us that this is harmless.
In this case I hope I’m full of crap.