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Send in the Nasal Rangers

Posted by michael on from the smell-you-later dept.

sjsoko writes "Is this for real? I see a future in alternatives to conventional Chili cook-off judging (from a distance, of course). Or perhaps that person in the cubicle across the hall can be provided undisputable evidence that the cafeteria lunches should be avoided."

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  1. Talking about job insecurity by prostoalex · · Score: 3, Funny

    Catch a cold and you're out of job!

    No thanks, I need more stability, I think I will apply for that VB programmer job.

  2. This is silly by public_class_name_ex · · Score: 3, Funny


    "Their findings will be part of a two-year study to help lawmakers decide if the state "... doesn't use money wisely?

  3. So Spencer Gifts can sell REAL fart detectors? by dpbsmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Farts contain a significant amount of hydrogen sulfide... it's only a matter of time for the price to come down low enough that novelty shops will be able to sell $29.95 items that genuinely detect actual farts and sound off with "Major Fart Alert!"

    Technology is so wonderful... maybe we won't have manned space travel to Mars, but at least we'll have fart detectors!

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  4. Ouch! by BrynM · · Score: 5, Funny
    Once selected, the inspector gets a few days of training using an olfactometer, a device that resembles a radar gun held to the nose, and then receives a certificate and Nasal Ranger patch.
    Too many possible jokes... Head going to explode...
    • Is the nasal ranger patch a scratch and sniff?
    • Do nasal rangers get a specially shaped vehicle?
    • Do nasal rangers have to brown nose?
    • Can a nasal ranger certify potent bodily functions?
    • Do nasal rangers get to write stink tickets?
    It hurts...
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    1. Re:Ouch! by rjelks · · Score: 2, Funny

      I bet a 'Nasal Ranger Patch' would be a real chick magnet.

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  5. breaking news by kaan · · Score: 1, Funny

    In addition to DNR officers using the fancy new high-technology portable odor detecting device called the "olfactometer", we've just learned that there is a cheaper, more convenient solution that's competing for market share in the fast-paced market of odor detecting devices. It's called a "nose".

  6. Hmm... by Cytlid · · Score: 2, Funny
    A DNR officer uses an olfactometer, a portable odor detecting device, near a swine operation in Iowa.


    If I had a job like that, I would sign a Do Not Recessitate agreement as well.
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  7. I could use one of these to sniff my crotch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Ever wonder if your crotch is sending out odors, but you can't nose in close enough to tell. Females, and uncircumcised males, the olfactometer may be the answer you're looking for.

  8. I wonder... by bcolflesh · · Score: 2, Funny

    What does the 2B ton plasma sun fart headed here smell like?

  9. Futurama is right yet again!! by pegr__ · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is Dr. Farnsworth's Smell-o-scope!

    Oh! And bite my shiny metal ass... ;)

  10. Re:This is ridiculous by public_class_name_ex · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...And that man's name was Colonel Sanders.

  11. Re:Nasal Rangers by DrEldarion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Somebody call the "Paranoia Rangers".

  12. how do you get your nose certified ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    it has to be hand picked...

  13. Of course it's real by Scoobinator · · Score: 2, Funny

    I go to college in Des Moines and saw the article a couple days ago. Is it really hard to imagine people in Iowa smelling things for a living? What the hell else are you going to do in this state?