Ummm... as the youngest member of my family- Hobbles (3 legs ;-) was rescued from a burnt house in very poor shape, and as the olfactory senses are closely tied to the taste ones, it seems a close enough match to me. As she has occasionally hacked up a fur ball into the furnace vent, I've found nothing yet to change me of the opinion of the appropriateness of the description ;-) It IS just a description after all. Somewhat more polite I'd imagine than 'tastes like sh...'. I suppose your question would still stand if we used that phrase instead though ;-) I'll leave out the parts about making fire run calls to the humane societies' incinerator, or some of the things I find at house fires. Again, I believe the comparison is valid ;-) Good enough? :-) -Jim C Mild to Wild