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Can you smell things in your sleep?

Question

Can you smell in your sleep? You can’t hear things when you sleep in front of the TV.
Ali, Dartford

Answer

** Definitive **
Name: Richard, Swiss Cottage
Qualification: Bitter experience!
Answer: Yes you can. I know this because I had an ex-girlfriend who used to break wind in her sleep and wake us both up with her noxious fumes! In case you’re wondering, no, we’re not still together!

Name: Lee, Wimbledon
Qualification: I read it
Answer: The Japanese are currently researching smoke alarms for the deaf, which work using wasabi, the potent horseradish you get in sushi restaurants. They couldn’t hear a smoke alarm, but they could smell the wasabi before the smoke.