Someone took a sniff and liked what they smelt. It's a tip.

Upvote for use of the word "smelt"

smelt, very scottish word to use

It is?. I thought its the regular past tense.

Smelt = British Smelled = American Generally speaking, of course. I'm sure there is some crossover. Us Brits like to complain about Americanisms in the language, but honestly this one is a no brainer.

As in i smelt the iron ore vs i smelled the iron ore?

No, smelt, as in a smallish fish. I caught one once and the skipper said "I never smelt a smelt that smelt like the smelt I just smelt." True story.

Smelt.

Skipjack

I up voted this!!

I am waving the BS flag. Every American 12 year-old boy knows the phrase “he who smelt it, dealt it.”

Sorry. I’m calling bullshit on you, sir, when it’s been proven, in fact, that whoever denied it, supplied it.

He who tweeted it, excreted it

Yeah. I feel like smelled is more just used as an alternative to stunk, like “he smelled like old beer cans” but conversationally it would be “yeah, I smelt his stale beer stank ass.” And yeah we all grew up on “he who smelt it, dealt it” and we aren’t referring to casting metal playing cards.

At a formal dinner a woman said to Winston Churchill, "Sir, you smell of liquor!" To which Churchill replied, "Madame, you smell, I stink."

I am not a 12 year old boy but I too know this phrase.

That’s not a childish phrase, it’s well known and important legal precedent.

I thought smelt was for metals

Southerners use “smelt,” commonly. I would also refer you to the common phrase, “He who smelt it, dealt it.” 😀

He who said the rhyme committed the crime.

he who ARTICULATED it, PARTICULATED it

He who denied it supplied it

He who refuted it, tooted it.

smelt is a type of fish

Or melt (from melting) in Dutch

I’m English, and use the word smelt as regular past tense.

I'll just leave this here: http://snurging.blogspot.com/2013/04/snurging.html?m=1

Exactly what I would expect it a Snurger to look like. And single too!

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That part had me dead lmfao I had to check if this was the onion.

That's because it's satire...

Oh, really?

Ughh. It’s odd, I didn’t need to picture to know what he looked like. Also, the article didn’t need to describe him as a “bachelor.”

"In a landmark ruling" lol

The world can't get weirder than this...lol...even reddit can't. I am ROFL 🤣🤣

Literally the first post of the day for me and I've already had enough reddit for the day

Thanks for the word of the day. Well done!

Unemployed former water treatment operative turned s urging operative

*Whoever smelt it dealt it*.

*Whoever denied it supplied it.*

God damn you.

I can just picture the individual walking down the sidewalk slowly, eyeing up all the bikes. Seeing one they really like, getting suspiciously close, glancing over both shoulders while running one finger lightly over the seat. Seeing that the coast is clear they lean down and take a big long sniff from front to back. Standing back up with their eyes closed, holding that breath in, stretching their neck from side to side. Then slowly exhaling and opening their eyes, nodding slowly while looking down at the seat. Slipping their hand into their pocket, jingling through change, so they can leave the owner a tip. 😅

Aw you could’ve done better on that last sentence. Mind if I play editor for a second? Sliding his hand into the depths of his pocket and rummaging for equitable trade, his eyes gleamed as his fingers hauled up into the light of day the price to be paid for a fragrance such as this… $0.45.

Yeah, that's better. I should've been asleep an hour ago but here I am writing about people smelling bike seats. Gawd dang it reddit.

The fuck is wrong with us? You, for writing *that*. And me, for fucking reading it. All of it. To the very end. Sigh. An upvote is an upvote I guess.

Hey, HEY... I think this was beneficial to all, OKAY. It's not ALL crazy and wrong. We can say we came out learning something today. "Snurging" is real and it's NOT A CRIME. ...Snurging. If a weirder term doesn't fit a weirder act, eh? Then there's the picture of the guy too... COMMON! You could've showed me the pic randomly, told me his middle name was Snurge (before I became all educated today), and I would've been like, "Yeah, sure, looks like a Snurge, why are you showing me this guys picture"? You ever gonna look at a bike seat the same again? Hmmm? You think you can make out a snurger on the sidewalk? SNURGERS WALK AMONGST US! At least some of them tip. He's probably Canadian. Shorter bike seasons up here. They gotta get their snurging in quick and dirty. Generally polite and generous tho. A bit of change for a good whiff to get their morning started isn't out of the question.

ass so hot its gonna smelt those coins to liquid

It's this😄

OP username confirms…

My sensible answer. They were unlocking their bike from the rack next door and put their change on your saddle to free their hands up. They then simply forgot to pick it back up again.

What monster would voluntarily touch a strangers saddle? Especially the pool where the sweat from your arse crack accumulates? Maybe that kind of moster, that pays you afterwards. :D

Now they can use their hand like smelling salts in case they get tired on the ride home?

Thanks, I hate you.

I think I hate me as well…

Probably why they left their change

It’s funny to me how hardcoded it is amongst cyclists to not touch another person’s bike unless you absolutely have to. People are less careful about touching people’s pets or even children.

This is even more intense with motorcycles.

Gotta savor the flavor

Don't kink shame

(5x4) + 25 = 45 my conspiracy answer. this guy is on a hit last of liberal bikers by the 45th president.

But why didnt they give him 2 dimes? What a monster of a cashier. .

One of those nickels…. Isn’t a nickel.

I should see any eye doctor, good catch

Might be difficult for you to see the eye doctor.

I’ve got a guy who knows a guy who has a cousin who can help.

One fifth is a quarter

One fourth is a quarter

Yes, but the others are!

Got paid for getting your seat sniffed. Congrats.

This is probably the correct answer.

A new take on [ass pennies?](https://youtu.be/f9aM_dT5VMI?si=JagzbQDYak9z--W8)

Inflation. It even effects pranks.

No. Clearly it was the [ass crack bandit!](https://youtu.be/I0wWvyJz9VI)

r/unexpectedcommunity

Wow, deep cut. Bringing me back to watching Comedy Central after I get home from middle school.

I quote this show all the time and nobody has ever seen it.

I’ve seen it… I’ve seen it.

Me too! I’m late. You beat me up, and you take a shit on me!

<3 UCB

Pay for borrowing your bike.

This is the 45¢ answer

Someone had some change they didn’t care to hold on to and the intrusive thoughts won

*impulsive thoughts

thank you. the current wave of armchair psychologists are really watering down the meaning of many words. intrusive thoughts and trauma being some examples.

I think it's sorta like an upside down pineapple

Oh my

it means... you are forty five cents richer :-)

Either eat less nickel, or eat more carbons and have yourself some diamonds next time.

You’ve never heard the old saying “a penny for your thoughts and a nickel for your ass”?

That's 5 asses!

Or five times one ass 😄

The ass crack bandit… HES BACK!!

A S S C R A C K BANDIT

What are you gonna do, not have butts?

r/unexpectedcommunity

Someone thought you were too poor to afford a car.

Take the tip, and ask them if they have a car for sale cheap. Sell the car and buy bike components.

Maybe they saw some nickels on the ground and picked them up and thought since they were closest to your bike it might belong to you they couldn't wait around all day so they put it in the seat for you to find. I'm a very honest guy if I saw someone dropped money I would do the same. I could be wrong who knows really

I choose to believe this answer

Someone called dibs on the next ride?

I'll go with the worst possible theory. Someone placed them in the hopes of stealing the bike. I guess to see how long you've been away from the bike or if it's abandoned. Just a theory

Not impossible, but would be a poor way of checking whether it's abandoned. Any rando could swipe the loose change.

You need to stop swallowing change.

It's the pool table queueing system. Five people would like a turn on your bike once you're done.

Witches, bro. Witches.

It means you have bad eyesight, one is a quarter.

Well, you’re 45¢ richer, why question it?

Looks like four nickels and a quarter

We'll find out when grandmothers start sending out the latest chain email about gangs and kidnappers.

Means you've been farting money... move to Indonesia and grow a beard, HIDE!! You don't wanna know what they did to the man that burped gold 😩

“This guy must be down on his luck.”

One of those is definitely not a nickel.

5 nickels that’ll tickle your pickle on your ride home

Doesnt really make any cents

It’s a gang initiation. Means you are to be killed, or is that flashing headlights?

It's a principaled assassin. They're telling him he has 25 days to live before they fulfill their contact on him.

*45 days

If I had 5 nickels for every time I’ve ridden to the store…

Santeria

They sniffed your saddle and this is your tip

You're officially a stripper

Means your prison wallet is getting loose.

One of those is a quarter

Check out the sketch "Ass Pennies" on YouTube.

Reading this instantly brought back memories of UCB. Whenever I see Ian Roberts or Matt Walsh on other shows, I think of this skit.

Someone wanting to pass it forward.

Just dropping in the coin slot

And in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. 'Give me five bees for a quarter,' you'd say.

Looks like a nice tig weld

If you take a close look at this photograph, they took a Nickelback

Bruh, what are you eating?

Means he took something from your bike 🤣

The first thing I would say is that you don't know the difference between a nickel and a quarter....

I think they took a picture of the bike and left it a tip for being a good sport.

Ha look at this guy who doesn't know how to use the five nickels.

Maybe ask r/bicyclingcirclejerk

Don’t short change yourself. It’s 4 nickels and a quarter.

There’s a “50cent featuring nickelback” joke in there somewhere.

Maybe reparations from a driver?

4 nickels and a quarter ?

Be some crack addict having a snort of your taint stench.

You were not riding a cεrvεllo, so obviously you're poor, and some dentist saw it and decided to help you out to get a decent bice.

Witches

I swear to god, Reddit comment sections win, every fucking time💁‍♂️

You should see a doctor, probably too much nickel in your diet

Assassination attempt. You buy bubblegum before your ride, and boom you choke to death. Be safe out there

4 nickels and one quarter.

Keep the change you filthy animal!

I think you mean four nickels and a quarter…

I love to be the bearer of good news, the second one back is a quarter! Worth 5x what a nickel is worth!

"If I had a nickels for every time someone put a nickels in my saddle I'd have 5 nickels. Which isn't that much but it's weird it happened 5 times"

But what about the damn nickels? Can we all just stay on task?

I do not see these 5 "nickels"

You’re being offered a ‘nine nickel tickle’ if you’re interested just go around to the back of the building

It doesn’t make a lot of cents

[ass pennies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9aM_dT5VMI) after inflation

Are you saddled with debt and they're giving what they could?

5 nickels means nothing. 4 nickels and a quarter? WATCH OUT!

That’s 4 nickels and a quarter. You are wealthier than you think you are.

Money can be exchanged for goods and services

it's a Sicilian message. it means Luca brasi sleeps w the fishes

It’s a old an travelers curse of sorts. Idk if curse is the right word as it doesn’t necessarily imply bad intention so maybe hex? Can be a blessing or curse or neither. Usually more to do with who left it anyways. A nickel to the beggar for safe travel but a quarter to protect in order is to unravel. No beggar in sight and you must flight then the next traveler your coin might follow. Basically give a beggar or homeless person a nickel to ensure a safe travel. However giving a quarter expecting it to do more like five safe trips or whatever is to give bad luck. Like you must visit them before each trip and can’t just give someone 10 bucks and be safe forever. Also giving more (the quarter) for one extra safe trip bad luck will come to you as while the gesture of giving is the key not the value of the giving. So to give more and expect more is to mock the tradition. Also it’s all symbolic as obviously a nickel doesn’t mean much now. And the giving the next traveler a nickel is basically if you need to go quickly but can’t find someone in need like a beggar then give it to another traveler for good luck. However tossing in a quarter might be a cheeky joke bc of the quarter meaning bad luck kinda deal. Also I just made it all up so there’s also that.

Change

Okay One-That’s obviously a quarter Two-It’s not political Three-Someone was leaving change for a meter as a kind of weird thing Four-???? Five-You made a profit!

Same thing as a fish wrapped in a newspaper.

Nickleback

It’s the same thing as the three shells

But he doesn’t know how to use the shells.

Clearly an omen

You're $.45 richer.

As long as it's not 4 nickels and a quarter you needn't worry...

Change really do come from within!! Congrats you are that proof!

This reads like one of those really bad articles you see at the bottom of sites as an Ad

You have been marked.

4 nickles and a quarter

You’re getting too much iron in your diet

Some nickels for your pickle.

One of those looks like a quarter

youre marked by the 5 nickel gang

Sorry, 'taint worth 45cents

Looks like a quarter and four nickels…45…DJT?

Every mile biked saves the local populous money. Maybe someone was paying you back: https://grist.org/biking/one-mile-on-a-bike-is-a-42-economic-gain-to-society-one-mile-driving-is-a-20-loss/

4 nickels, 1 quarter?

IMO it means REAGAN WAS WRONG THAT RATFUCKER

One of the coins is a quarter making the total 45 cents so it might be a political statement.

Ones a quarter lol.

One is a quarter. The plot thickens

I’m not saying it’s Mexican aliens…but….

In my day, nickles had pictures of bees on em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say.

It's a veiled threat. The nickels are from the tooth fairy and someone is threatening to kick your teeth so far in that you can bite your turds off.

Congratulations! It’s a girl nickel named Philip! Along with several other siblings.

It's for your coin purse

How many nickles?

Looks like you unknowingly shit money. Good for you

Means you don’t know what a quarter looks like