Why do old people smell of TCP?

mbbriggs · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:25

I work in a supermarket, and the number of old people who smell of TCP never fails to baffle me. What makes it so popular with the older generation, and what do they use it for?

Zogger · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:28

They probably use it to make connections to other old people over the internet?

apologies

richieboy · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:29

TCP > *

aix0 · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:30

I think they use to ensure that they reach their destinations safely and in an orderly fashion.

Slogan · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:31

Zogger said:
They probably use it to make connections to other old people over the internet?

*points to the corner*

singist · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:37

You may find that as you grow older, your body gets much more easily damaged, so the little cuts and bruises that healed in a short time when you were young, now take months; in the meantime you try to treat these things with creams and lotions, one of which is TCP.

And what's more, I find that it masks the smell of urine

Mat · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:40

singist said:
And what's more, I find that it masks the smell of urine

Sucks to be you

mbbriggs · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:42

singist said:
I find that it masks the smell of urine

that's true,

smell of TCP > smell of urine

platypus · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:42

Am I the only person that thinks TCP smells nice?

stumpy187 · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:44

platypus said:
Am I the only person that thinks TCP smells nice?

Think so... But i'd take TCP over Urine anyday as a smell

JAMAL · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:45

My girlfriends mother retired 6 months ago and has started to use tcp a lot, i wonder if they get given a box on retirement?

Slogan · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:46

JAMAL said:
My girlfriends mother retired 6 months ago and has started to use tcp a lot, i wonder if they get given a box on retirement?

It's pre-installed in the taps of all those walk-in baths.

That's my thinking, anyway.

Mat · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:47

I personally use surgical spirit rather than TCP. It smells nicer.

penski · 24 Oct 2007 at 10:54

I misread this as PCP.

I heartily endorse the use of PCP in the over-seventies.

*n

MookJong · 24 Oct 2007 at 11:14

I think some people put a drop of it it in the bath to soothe their scabby bits.

*shudder

MarcLister · 24 Oct 2007 at 11:27

So the popular consensus is that pensioners use TCP? What should I be using at nearly 24 then?

Wiggins · 24 Oct 2007 at 11:28

Traditionally
Cured
Pee

Mat · 24 Oct 2007 at 11:32

MarcLister said:
So the popular consensus is that pensioners use TCP? What should I be using at nearly 24 then?

Salt. Be manly.

Wiggins · 24 Oct 2007 at 11:36

Mat said:
Salt. Be manly.

or Vinegar!

Sic · 24 Oct 2007 at 11:55

platypus said:
Am I the only person that thinks TCP smells nice?

no. I like it