{"id":4443,"date":"2026-05-30T01:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/taco-bell-smell\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T01:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:04:08","slug":"taco-bell-smell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/taco-bell-smell\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco Bell? Smell?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considering legally changing my name to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Optimal User Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That way I can have a son and I can name him <em>optimal user experience junior<\/em>. Or <em>the second<\/em>. Because it\u2019s a good name for a girl too. But I\u2019m gonna tell you right now. They\u2019re not better than me. It\u2019s in the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Optimal user experience also<\/em> was quickly followed by <em>optimal user experience as well<\/em> and then (and this was a surprise) the capper\u2014 <em>ultimate optimal user experience<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They ought to bottle<br \/>That Taco Bell Smell<br \/>And sell it to sailors<br \/>And gentlemen as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh it\u2019s fit for the ladies<br \/>Of that you can be sure<br \/>So buy all That Taco Bell Smell<br \/>that You can financially procure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering legally changing my name to Optimal User Experience That way I can have a son and I can name him optimal user experience junior. Or the second. Because it\u2019s a good name for a girl too. But I\u2019m gonna tell you right now. They\u2019re not better than me. It\u2019s in the name. Optimal user experience also was quickly followed by optimal user experience as well and then (and this was a surprise) the capper\u2014 ultimate optimal user experience. They ought to bottleThat Taco Bell SmellAnd sell it to sailorsAnd gentlemen as well Oh it\u2019s fit for the ladiesOf that&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Taco Bell? 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