I left my diary too close to the defrosting squid...

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...and it STINKS!

I've been wondering what the unpleasant smell hanging round my desk was since Tuesday. It's my diary. The cover has absorbed squid juices and it smells very strongly of seafood.

I would be lost without my diary. It has my whole life in it in pretty coloured pens (and DH's, and DD's, and DS'!). It has a page per week with the days on the left and a page for notes on the right, which has my meal plans and to do list. And now it smells of fish.

Just putting this here to mourn.

Try putting it in a plastic bag or container with rice?
The smell will fade, only a little while till new diary time (now if you get an academic one)

You should've have found a different plaice to put your diary.

And they're off again

Sadly it is an academic diary but I am a month in!

Probably time to bit a new diary, they are only a few squid

Sorry - but buy a new one. We got prawn juice on the carpet in the cupboard under the stairs (Long story!) and the cupboard was still prawn scented (yuck) 3 years later when we sold the house .

If you get sick of the fishy pong, I can recommend a fab diary on Amazon, let minnow x

we used to use squid when crabbing , took days to get the pong of hands (much scrubbing), steering wheel etc ewweeee

All the cool kids will be writing in squid ink next year.

I just hate leaving diaries next to defrosting squid. 17 diaries ruined last year alone. So sad.

There's something fishy about this..

Stop carping on about it OP.

Line air it outside like washing? That always gets rid of smells for me.

On the plus side, you’ll always be able to sniff it out if you lose it.

How do you make a squid laugh?

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@Havaina Ooh, what diary do you recommend, please? I've bought an Erin Conference planner from the US. I love it, but man, it's pricey!

Just plaice marking

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The cover is kind of floppy now

I think you probably have yunwork with it.

Perhaps dab with lemon sole essential oil?

Had you left it out with the lobster instead of squid , given it is pink , at least you would have known it was cooked. I can only suggest if you keep said diary you write a memo to self on the meal planner pages "no more squid"

I hope it all works out well for you

I reckon a decent academic one will set you back to the tuna ten squid at least..

I must be tired I read your as dairy and thought you really liked cheese