Fuzzy!

[tikistitch]

Sometimes, you get a Stitchie and he's sooooo sweet and fuzzy that you just have to grab him and SQUOOOOOOOGE him....



....aaaaaaand then you realize that something smells awfully like an ashtray, so you say "Ew" and toss him back in the pile and look on Excite translate to see how you write "Nonsmoking household" in Japanese.

Comments

[twotone]

Heh. Good luck with that.

It might be easier just to check whether the auction has the word
喫煙者　(smoker) or たばこ (tobacco/cigarettes) in it, and remember not to get those.

I think there's another word for smoker, but I can't remember it at the moment.

[tikistitch.livejournal.com]

One clue is when they show the item in question next to a cigarette pack and/or lighter to show scale. ^_^ I wrote in my LJ about the time we got caught in the smoking section on the shinkansen didn't I?

[keeper1st.livejournal.com]

The compound 禁煙所帯 should work. My dictionary doesn't list anything for "nonsmoking household" and doesn't list this construct, but the first two kanji mean "non-smoking" and are at the beginning of constructs for "non-smoking section" etc., while the last two kanji mean "household" and are used at the end of constructs for "poor household", "male household", etc.

[keeper1st.livejournal.com]

There are a few ways to say "smoker". My dictionary lists the English word スモーカー , or one of these kanji constructs: 喫煙者 or 愛煙家 .

Look also for "smoking" 喫煙 or the verbified noun 喫う . You can also state that you have 嫌煙 (a dislike of smoking).

[blythou.livejournal.com]

I suggest you wash that poor little secondhand smoker (unless maybe Stitchie smoked a couple of ciggies in your toilets. Just check. My Stitchies tend to drink all the gin and vodka around the house). Toss him in your washing machine, set it on the special sweater program with loads of fabric softener. If it doesn't work, send the baby to me. I'm a social smoker, I won't mind/notice the smell ;-)

[sarahpolk.livejournal.com]

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEVER EVER EVER put water to a plush (and you know, Stitch doesn't like water, anyway).

It changes the molecular structure of the fibers. Honest. He'll never be soft again.

Try putting him in a big ziplog baggie with a box of vented baking soda (the kind for freezers) and see if you can extract the smell out of him.

Good luck!

[blythou.livejournal.com]

I've washed several plushies (cold water, on the wool setting with plenty of fabric softener) and hung them on the clothesline afterwards and they're soft and fluffy as ever. Otherwise, I wouldn't have recommended it. Of course, I didn't take into account Stitch's hatred of water and that may cause a real problem.

[tikistitch.livejournal.com]

I usually just let 'em air out. You can't really notice the smoke on this guy unless you stick your nose right on him. One thing I'll NEVER do again is spray with that "deodorizer" junk--it smells worse than smoke, like rotten flowers or something.

I'm a bit worried that my Stitchies are sneaking smokes though. I know they're probably tippling the Kahlua late at night.....

[loli-cat.livejournal.com]

One thing that works GREAT for smoking odors and doesn't smell bad is VANILLA BEAN! (They look like string beans but are longer & brown) I had a friend who used it on a stinky car she bought & it worked. I'd recomend one in a baggie with the stinky boy...

[tikistitch.livejournal.com]

Oooo, that's an idea! I *love* vanilla.

[loli-cat.livejournal.com]

The idea is that the whole bean somehow absorbs/neutralizes the odor. It worked on the car...eventually. I think it would work better with a plushie in a baggie though; LOTS less air... ^_^

[meekorouse.livejournal.com]

^you don't want to know what my stuffed meeko's head smells like these days.. (and I just washed him before we went to Florida too). Alexander loves giving Biscuit Meeko early morning snuggles.. (thus the kitty stank on his head.. eww!)

[celesse.livejournal.com]

I recomment Febreeze XD It works wonders and after it dries you can fluff the fur back up to normal, plus there's plenty of different scents so you can find one you like. I had to use it on most of my stuffed animals in my closet when we had a mice problem.

[tikistitch.livejournal.com]

I had a baaaaaad experience before with a plushie and Febreeze (it ended up stankier than when we started), so I'd be reluctant to try again unless they've developed a Dark Chocolate with Raspberries scented version.

[loli-cat.livejournal.com]

I meant to ask...what's up w. that plushie's eyes? Are they speakers or something??

[tikistitch.livejournal.com]

Naw, that's just flash artifact. They're just really huge and black and a bit shiny, so they came off kinda glare-y in the photo.

I do have Stitchies that have speakers in the feet, but never the eyes.