We used to have a toolbox at work that smelled like vomit because... someone once vomitted in it. Getting a tool out of there always made me a little nauseous.

But a few years ago we bought a toolbox for home, and it had the same sort of smell. Did someone vomit in this toolbox too? Did i have some kind of psychological association? Apparently not.

it's the screwdrivers. they've smelled funky since we first got them and they've contaminated the toolbox.

I think it's the plastic handles on the screwdrivers. I've read a lot about this on the internet. It's so funny to read all these posts from witty handymen and their vomit/poo/cadaver odor toolboxes :-)