Old Clothes and Stale Coffee - an FTTB side story . Old clothes and stale coffee. That was my first impression of him. That was what he smelled of. There I was, stark hopping mad with anticipation, ready to meet this brilliant mind that is well known through out the international scientific community for his advanced and unparalleled research concerning the omega gene. Then I see this... uncouth man in front of me, sipping tepid coffee from a chipped cup in his pajamas.