history: Yesterday something was smelling awful in the kitchen and after a lot of search it turned out that it was some eggs that have rotten over the counter. Yesterday something was smelling awful in the kitchen and after a lot of search it turned out that it was some eggs that have rotten over the counter.
current: Gross!  That must have been disgusting!
next: Yes it was! But at least it was not some dead animal as I was afraid it could be.