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Tue 2008-02-26 00:00
The Internet's most famous anosmic
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[personal profile] gerald_duckTue 2008-02-26 11:13
Hmm. I've only heard of three of those, Simon included. I may or may not have heard of Robert Black; the page helpfully links to the disambiguation page rather than saying which of the many is anosmic. (It would be a scary fluke if more than one, or even all, of the notable Roberts Black were anosmic.)

I believe Simon is probably the Internet's most famous anosmic, just not famous for being anosmic.

Hmm. Another band name for him: Anosmic Tentacles

PS: I had no idea Stevie Wonder was anosmic as well as blind. Either the two conditions are related or that's really bad luck. )-8
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[personal profile] simontTue 2008-02-26 11:28
Either the two conditions are related or that's really bad luck.

Looks like the latter:
Blind from infancy
but
Wonder was in a serious automobile accident while on tour, when a log from a truck went through a passenger window and struck him in the head. This left him in a coma for four days and resulted in a permanent loss of his sense of smell.
Bummer, eh?
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[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.comTue 2008-02-26 17:16
(It would be a scary fluke if more than one, or even all, of the notable Roberts Black were anosmic.)

Very Gynan-Onix/nominative deterministic :)

Or if not, it's annoying when there's such an unhelpful link. Although I suppose it's a step up from not having a link: so long as it's there, someone will hopefully correct it before someone removes it :)
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