And on his behalf I have a pretty ripe proposition to lay before you.

Just five or ten years ago, it was possible for Americans to advance to a pretty ripe age before ever seeing a dead body.

"It must get pretty ripe after a few days."

"What's left of that carcass is going to get pretty ripe in a couple of days."

Add the open "toilet" to the fact that bathing was impossible, and the air of their cell should have been pretty ripe.

"This one was pretty ripe, but all the pieces were still attached."

"It would smell pretty ripe around here without them."

These bananas are getting pretty ripe; we'd better eat them soon.

Wow, that cheese is pretty ripe; I can smell it from here!

The rubbish is beginning to smell pretty ripe; I'm going to take it out right away.