According to a variety of news sources, a change in normal weather patterns has caused a stench from continental Europe to waft across the UK, generating masses of complaints. Predictably, the British wry sense of humor has named this malodorous wind “Das Stink” and “Le Pong.”
Stench from Europe wafts over Britain
A vile stench emanating from the industrial heartlands of Europe has engulfed southern England as freak weather conditions blew pungent continental odours across the Channel on Friday.
The Met Office received hundreds of calls from members of the public complaining about the disgusting smell, which had migrated from the farming and industrial areas of Germany, Belgium and Holland.
Stench from Europe wafts over Britain
The smell even offended nostrils in London
“Das stink” or “le pong” even infiltrated BBC television studios through the corporation’s air conditioning system.
The gut-wrenching smell was reported in Suffolk, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Kent, Hertfordshire and all across London….
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Tagged britain, continent, England, Europe, France, French, Germans, germany, odor, pong, smell, stench, stink, weather, Wind
Thanks to Index from Fist Of Blog for pointing us to this excellent article on Adolf Hitler’s preternatural flatulence–
Scent of a Führer
Hitler wanted to control the world. But he couldn’t even control his flatulence.
By Tony Perrottet
Guests at the Berghof, Hitler’s private chalet in the Bavarian Alps, must have endured some unpleasant odors in the otherwise healthful mountain air.
It may sound like a Woody Allen scenario, but medical historians are unanimous that Adolf was the victim of uncontrollable flatulence. Spasmodic stomach cramps, constipation and diarrhea, possibly the result of nervous tension, had been Hitler’s curse since childhood and only grew more severe as he aged. As a stressed-out dictator, the agonizing digestive attacks would occur after most meals: Albert Speer recalled that the Führer, ashen-faced, would leap up from the dinner table and disappear to his room…. (read more)
Posted in Historical Stench, Stinky People, Wind
Tagged Adolf Hitler, chronic, constipation, cramps, diarrhea, dictator, fart, farting, farts, flatulence, Fuhrer, gas, germany, Hitler, IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, vegetarian, Wind
I first became acquainted with poo-flags when I saw a story back in 2005, about how German police were seeking anonymous poo-flag “vandals” in Germany–
Achtung, schweinhund! Setzen sie sich hinunter pooflag und übergeben sie der Polizei!
Police in Germany are hunting pranksters who have been sticking miniature flag portraits of US President George W. Bush into piles of dog poo in public parks. Josef Oettl, parks administrator for Bayreuth, said: “This has been going on for about a year now, and there must be 2,000 to 3,000 piles of excrement that have been claimed during that time.”
The series of incidents was originally thought to be some sort of protest against the US-led invasion ofIraq. And then when it continued it was thought to be a protest against President George W. Bush’s campaign for re-election. But it is still going on and the police say they are completely baffled as to who is to blame. “We have sent out extra patrols to try to catch whoever is doing this in the act,” said police spokesman Reiner Kuechler. “But frankly, we don’t know what we would do if we caught them red handed.” Legal experts say there is no law against using feces as a flag stand and the federal legal experts say there is no law against using feces as a flag stand and the federal constitution is vague on the issue. (source)
Poo-flagging seems to have caught on in the United States, and there is now a San Francisco-based site, madeyouthink.org, which hosts a gallery of user-submitted poo-flaggings from across the nation, and also distributes free poo-flags via snail mail or download.
Posted in Dookie, Stinky occupations, Stinky People, Stinky practices
Tagged dubya, election, flags, free, george bush, germany, invasion, Iraq, madeyouthink.org, miniature flag, news, police, poo flag, prank, President, presidential, protest, San Francisco, statement, W, war
July 9, 2007
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police broke into a darkened apartment fearing they would find a dead body, after neighbors complained of a nasty smell seeping out onto the staircase.
The shutters of the apartment had been closed for more than a week and the mailbox was filled with uncollected mail.
But instead of a corpse, they found a tenant with very smelly feet, asleep in bed next to a pile of foul-smelling laundry, police in the southwestern town of Kaiserslautern said on Sunday. (source)
Posted in Stinky Feet
Tagged bizarre, germany, odd, oddly enough, odor, police, raid, report, smelly feet, story, strange