Comments on: The Odor of Male Ejaculate on Folsom http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: monosyllabic http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7747 monosyllabic Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:23:34 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7747 Now is the perfect time to link to this Mitchell & Webb sketch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHze0SqB5Zg

]]> By: lizzielove http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7746 lizzielove Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:55:33 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7746 The above poster is right: it’s the non-fruiting, white-flowered Bartlett pear tree that gives off that special smell.

FWIW, Bartlett pears are also an invasive species, at least on the east coast. http://www.invasive.org/eastern/species/10957.html

]]> By: Ess http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7745 Ess Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:07:36 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7745 The bathrooms in the Castro smell better.

]]> By: rachel http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7744 rachel Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:04:42 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7744 I’m pretty sure it’s the female ginko trees that are the stinky ones. And they’re more like vomit than semen.

]]> By: Neo Displacer http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7743 Neo Displacer Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:04:27 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7743 wow you guys are really slow on this. Its been a meme on CL for years. I love those trees and especially love that short block. The trees are adjacent to a garden that is part of the weird trapezoidal plots left behind by the old railroad. Whoever works the garden has tended the trees and somehow convinced the concrete contractor doing some work there recently to leave open space that they then planted.

It’s all very lovely and the pungent aroma adds to its mystique. Not every year is the same, this year came late, like 10 days ago, last year not much of any odor, 2 years ago it was more around April and strong.

At one time I knew the species, I had stumbled on it reading something else. I want to say Chinese Chestnut but after a ten minute net search I can’t say for sure and my memory has completely failed me. The search did identify at least 4 different specious of cum trees, an urban dictionary citation, and evidence of them in Boston, Portland and LA

]]> By: William http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7742 William Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:38:17 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7742 Could somebody please post pictures of the tree they see as the culprit?

]]> By: Broke-Ass Stuart http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7741 Broke-Ass Stuart Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:14:12 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7741 I smell that fucking tree every day. It kinda bums me out.

]]> By: jamesy http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7740 jamesy Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:26:51 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7740 ever notice that persimmons smell like cum, too?

]]> By: Lapidgeon http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7739 Lapidgeon Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:11:15 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7739 I can confirm the existence of this “cum” tree as well. It is a peculiar west coast tradition as I’ve never heard of them back east. Way less cool than those plants that smell like weed.

]]> By: r.c. http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7738 r.c. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:53:00 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7738 True that about the Davis “cumbleberry” trees.

]]> By: mark http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7737 mark Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:39:19 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7737 yeah, i was just going to say there are a lot of those trees in davis.

]]> By: meave http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7736 meave Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:36:42 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7736 San Francisco has come (cum?) trees, too? In Davis, it’s non-fruiting pear trees. They’re all over the town and they reek when it gets warm enough for them to flower, which in the 530 is more of a springtime event.

(Allan, ask your sister, she’ll confirm. It is godawful.)

]]> By: helen http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7735 helen Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:25:14 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7735 i’ve been smelling this every morning lately on my bike ride to work. i’ve heard that chestnut blossoms have a smell similar to semen. any chestnut trees in bloom?

]]> By: arborist http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7734 arborist Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:15:02 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7734 Male gingko bilboa trees.

]]> By: Ariel. http://www.missionmission.org/2009/06/24/the-odor-of-male-ejaculate-on-folsom/#comment-7733 Ariel. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:11:16 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=4986#comment-7733 I have experienced the smell of a similar tree. There’s a stretch on Highway 9 in the Santa Cruz Mountains that smells of semen for a bit every year.

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