Culture: News
Different-tasting news items   (+3)  [vote for, against]
Items of news which taste and smell different according to their tone

Print a newspaper or magazine in various different inks which smell and taste different. For instance, a news item about the oceans, shipping or an attempt at the world land speed record could taste salty, a cutesy "and finally" item could taste sweet, a cynical item or one on homelessness or poverty could be bitter and a satirical item could be sour. A recipe could have every ingredient printed in a different tasting and smelling ink, a piece on gardening could include the smells of the flowers and an item on astronomy could smell like outer space.

This would revive the printed word for a while.
-- nineteenthly, Jan 11 2010

I can think of a few bitter rags and I don't even want to think what the "Sunday Sport" will smell like...
-- Jinbish, Jan 11 2010


The Daily Mail - the smell of middle class fear!
-- gnomethang, Jan 11 2010


Great! That's really intriguing. I've heard outer space smells like steak and hot metal... thought I'd like it to smell like strawberries...
-- Inyuki, Jan 12 2010



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