Did they just smell of farts?
You'd want them to smell like something more heroic really, like glory or Brut.
(Eukanuba, Sun 1 Sep 2013, 18:54, 1 reply)

They smelled of rotten eggs.
There was no molten lava or anything and no super villains lairs either.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 1 Sep 2013, 19:21, closed)

Thing about Vesuvius though is that the gas is the most immediately dangerous aspect, rather than the lave.
The gas can apparently build up and overflow the crater and suffocate everyone living nearby.

Until relatively recently it was legal to build houses quite high up on the slopes. Madness!

Although I'd probably buy one.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Mon 2 Sep 2013, 13:19, closed)

Killed by "rotten egg gas"?
The views were superbe though.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 2 Sep 2013, 18:57, closed)