"Maybe You're A Window Licker"

Ugh, summer school essays.

So the kid two down from me is having issues deciding what senses to talk about for his essay. He has to describe the smell of something ("I smelled his finger! Oh!") in traffic, and the following conversation ensued:

Ms. Short: Maybe you smell the burning gas.
John: It's Delaware, it always smells like burning gas.
Ms. Short: Well, yeah, but you're at an intersection in traffic, so you might smell that. And it doesn't just say "smell," you can use your other senses like taste.
John: I taste the window! Heh heh!
Ms. Short: I guess. Maybe you're a window licker. I don't know.