Who would have known.

To follow up on the exchange in the comments from my last post.

I've done some investigation and found this research article: Fecal Odor of New England Sports Fans

To summarize: Studies done by researchers at UMASS Boston have found, to the consertanation and bewilderment of scientists, old-wives, cliche writers and Yankees fans that excrement from those championing the local athletic teams of this small but clannish region (defined as MA, RI, VT, NH) fails to emit a recognizable odor.* The methodology was the really ingenious part. Researchers bravely ventured into the rest rooms at Red Sox Yankees games and with the doors closed measured the odor emitted from the stall. Then upon the occupant leaving the stall, they were asked their fan affiliation. While not quite a double blind, the survey seems to have some measure of accuracy. To allay any concerns about skew in the numbers from gender odor patterns, both male and female bathroom occupants were "tested." A concern which I have is whether over the stall the distinctive lilt and dignity of the Boston dialect may have prejudiced the researchers. For instance were "wicked good crap(s)" a tell tale sign of the affinity of the occupant. But even with that noise in the model the value of the study is amazing. Just think of all the bar bets that could be won, all the threaded message boards to which the term "Yankees Suck" might now be followed by "And their shit DOES stink."

Science, truly nature's greatest invention.

*Anthropological studies of the role of the culture of victimization and its effects on the odor of fecal matter are forthcoming. Similarly audiologists and psychologists will soon undertake an investigation as to the role that hearing "1918" chanted tunelessly for decades plays on the hearers bowels.