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¿Question #3872?
erli: Why do armpits smell bad?

ocdspectrum: What are you doing smelling armpits anyway?
BOBBYCAN: They don't if they're washed regularly.
Svengaard: Because they are attached to your smelly arms.
Ryan Wheeler: All pits smell bad.
Felimid: People keep wearing sweaters instead of jumpers.
sweetgotham: bacteria
spin_doctor: Cos that's where onions go to die...
Marthyn: Because you don't clean yourself...
pwilz: I don't care.
Der Ubermolch: There's a bacterium that lives on your body that feeds on sweat and emits a nasty-smelling chemical. They live all over your body, but, because your armpit is an especially sweaty place, they are more noticeable there.
Hendal: cause you sweet there so much
Polgara: something about bacteria doing their thing or something
rossum: Pheromones and a general lack of hygiene.
ZeroZilla: Bacteria.
aleo09: not enough air circulation
old hat: bacteria
TheKeck: Sweat buildup.
adamjon858: Because they want to
POvidiusNaso: Not sure, but the ancient Romans, in their charming antiquarian manner, used to call someone who stank one with a "goat in their armpit."
DHEK: Because of the bacteria. Actually that would be true for similar body parts.
Nekura: Bacteria
Geosphere: Hormonal signals.
MightyMike: cause you don't wash
TrimChris: Because they're not mine.
Leo-T: They don't if you bathe.
KentuckyKid: I don't know.
tipigi: maybe it has something to do with the sweat?
GibsonGirl: Because the sweat develops bacteria over time and it is the bacteria that has the odor.
szilaj: Cos you don't wash it.
dmomo: Bacteria grows there. The same reason I suspect fat folds don't smell too great.
SisyphusX: Sweat.
Cromaa: Mine doesn't...it smells like Axe.
ZombyDawg: Farting microbes live there. Soap helps.
zaiga: Because of dried up sweat (easy one)
scriptorum: Perspiration + poor air ventilation.
vampywife: Could it be that sweat is made up of the same thing urine is and it gets trapped in the pits?
WatchmanX2000: do you sit there and think these stupid questions up all by yourself or do you get help?
brainrob: Some sort of bacteria I guess
KDSN: i dont know
bigbadsteve: its all just a jedi mind trick
rawdawg: cuz you dont shower
Kazin: Perspiration
jasta6: There the pits
puffinge: bad smells are in the nose of the sniffer
DaGen: bacteria grown in the sweat secreted by the body
Loquutus: bacteria
ValJor: Do they? I never noticed...
kimapesan: That's just your nose... you need to see a doctor about that condition.
javelin98: Sweat contains urea, salts, etc., and the pits don't get enough air to keep the smell down.
dakarp: It's the bacteria.
Nem Menuu: Because your arms are usually close to your body and that creates a heat pocket that makes it sweatier. That's my theory.
tim-pelican: Sweat. And then bacteria living in sweat. Fresh sweat doesn't smell so bad, it's once the little fellas have the chance to move in it all goes to pot...
Tushratta: Mine don't.
snoozefest: sweat; glands
Lord_Prussian: ok
skelebone: Still coming up with questions while staring at your monitor and the space around it. You are the GeekQuestion GRANDMASTER!!
CDRodeffer: There are glands there.
djlg: Warm & moist environments are great for bacteria.
jttm: Sweat and bacteria. Tastes pretty good though... like yoghurt
skrutsch: sweat stays in there and ferments
2amp: bacteria
Spielfreak: I think you're being too nosey.
erli: To chaddyboy_2000: Me = poser? Takes one to know one baby! Me thinks you are just bitter I deposed you from the bottom of the GQ stats in questions asked. Loser!
chaddyboy_2000: No, but I have a question for you. Why didn't you earn some of you GG instead of getting it all from karp? Poser.
CortexBomb: Sweat...