I so agree with much of your rant, Clancy 46.
I stay out of department stores that have large cosmetic departments...all the scents in the air make it almost impossible to breathe!
I am one of the non-believers about this.
Here is a man (with a DUI in his past) with panic buttons at his fingertips yet managed to pass out and fall flat on his face after choking on a pretzel watching football. Experience teaches me there was a six pack or two involved.
escape artist-you have identified a "bonus". Without him, life SMELLS better! WOOHOO!