Am I weird for liking how a bowling alley smells?

[NewToBowling]

Everytime I walk in an alley and smell that oil it just conjures up pleasant memories. Now that my bowling bag smells the same way it's even better.

Call me weird. And no, I don't have any scented Storm balls.

[RobLV1]

Yes.

[Amyers]

You probably are weird most of us on this site are. It takes at least an unusual person to be talking about bowling at 2:00 in the afternoon. I have to agree the smell of the oil does give me a charge when I walk in the door though.

[NewToBowling]

Yeah, I'm at "work" right now but don't feel like actually working

[fordman1]

Since we got new lanes the oil smells like bug spray?

[jab5325]

This is the first time I've ever thought about how a bowling alley smells on a normal day.

When the A/C broke this summer at the place where I bowl......it smelled like a locker room.

[NewToBowling]

Hmm, the places I go to smell "nice". Nothing moldy or sour like a locker room.

[Amyers]

The different houses I bowl in have different smells. I guess different brands of oil. It's much stronger in some houses than others. The wood lane house where my PSO is located the oil smell hits you as soon as you open the door. It's not unpleasant smelling at any of my houses.

[fokai73]

When I lived up in the pacific northwest, most of the bowling alleys had their unique smell. some of which, brings back a lot of memories. but, the center where I first started bowling as a youth, though it's smoke free now, it still has its unique smell. And when I go visit my birth place, I make sure I drop by to say hi to the folks who still work there since the early 80's.

The bowling center I go to now, I don't notice any smell unless I go passed the toilets.

[billf]

Deep fried food, popcorn and pizza. Stale beer if the cleaning crew misses a trash bag of cans.

[Aslan]

It's not weird.

I like the smell of bowling alleys and ice rinks. I like the smell of indoor swimming pools.

And bowling alleys smell different from area to area. In the Midwest, in the winter, they smelled like melted snow and mildew. And older ones smell different than newer ones. And Vegas smells different because you get a lot of smoke from the bars and casinos.