Stinking in public

[globetrotter]

Woman Is Stuck in Bathtub for 4 Days

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January 22,2007 | LINZ, Austria -- Firefighters said Monday they rescued an 81-year-old pensioner who spent four days stuck in her tub after she got in for a warm bath and couldn't muster enough strength to get out.



Authorities in Linz, about 120 miles west of Vienna, said they went to the woman's apartment after neighbors reported hearing faint knocking inside.

Firefighters told public broadcaster ORF the woman was in surprisingly good condition despite having been immersed in bath water since last Thursday evening. They said she told her rescuers she lacked the strength to get out of the tub and had knocked and shouted for help.

The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of exposure, ORF said.

 

[Fabienne]

Originally Posted by globetrotter

I worked with a guy in india once who stunk like you wouldn't believe. I was told, by another collegue who was indian, that the first guy rubbed himself with a butter mixture as part of a (temporary) religious obligation, and that is what caused him to smell so badly. but this was dead animal in the summer stinking.

A woman from Ghana in our building smelled so awful, everyone avoided her. Finally, one of my coworkers who knew her better was brave enough to have a talk with her, as I needed her to work in close quarters with VIPs, and she said it was a shea butter cream she used for dry skin, apparently. The odor stopped the very next day and never returned. I could have sworn it was bo, though.

 

[dkzzzz]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

I've always thought that instead of putting money in to things like bomb detectors in public places, we could build machines that would detect high concentrations of urea. That way, when a particularly foul smelling individual walked through a door, it could lock them in and de-ionize them, or at least flash a sign saying "You ******* stink. Go home and wash!"

I think such machine would be helpful tool in catching Middle Eastern terrorists and French tourists.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by dkzzzz

I think such machine would be helpful tool in catching Middle Eastern terrorists and French tourists.

Well... as long as it caught the french tourists...