Sour Smells and Similes Alliteration

          So there's this horrible smell outside my dorm.  It's probably from the landscaping work that's going on, but I can't identify what is producing it.  I realize now that it smells incredibly sour, but I couldn't come up with the word "sour" earlier.  What I did come up with was "pickled".  And, because "pickled" is such a fun word, I started messing with it, ending up with alliteration as the word of the day.  My phrase?  "Poorly pickled pensive peaches partially pull their punches."

          I still don't know where the smell is coming from, but I'd like to think it comes from poorly pickled peaches.  If only to prove I'm not that crazy for proposing pickling peaches.

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EDIT: I found out that it was, in fact, fertilizer.  I guess it is strange that I think I know anything about the smell of fertilizer...