LGF

more options

  

Advertisement

And Now, the Eurostench

Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 11:59:20 am PDT

Mystery Stink Swamps London.

Commuters in London and its neighboring towns and villages in southern England woke up to an unusual smell Friday morning: a stink that led many to wonder if the city’s sewers had overflowed.

Not even the queen was spared, as newspapers reported that Windsor Castle also suffered from the effects of the putrid smell.

The U.K. Meteorological Office (Met Office) was quick to assure callers that there was no reason to panic. The foul smell was not English, Sarah Holland, a forecaster for the Met Office told the BBC. “The origins of the smell come from Europe,” she said.

Advertisement

203 comments

  • Comments are open and unmoderated, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Little Green Footballs.
  • Obscene, abusive, silly, or annoying remarks may be deleted, but the fact that particular comments remain on the site in no way constitutes an endorsement of their views by Little Green Footballs.
  • Posts that contain phone numbers, street addresses, email addresses or other personal information will also be deleted, as will posts that consist only of a variation on the word, "First!"
  • Comments that advocate violence will be cause for immediate banning with no appeal.
  • Disagreement and debate are welcome, but insults and abuse are not, and may cause your account to be blocked.
  • REMEMBER: posting comments at LGF is a privilege, not a right. Abuse that privilege, and your account will be blocked.

Hide comments | Jump to bottom

1 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:00:24pm

You smelt it first you dealt it!

2 Ma Sands  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:00:26pm

Uh oh....sounds ominous.....

3 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:01:42pm

re: #2 Ma Sands

Uh oh....sounds ominous.....

Ma, smells, smells ominous.....
;-P

4 Racer X  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:02:11pm

Ooh-ooh that smell!

5 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:03:34pm

re: #4 Racer X

Ooh-ooh that smell!

That Smell!

6 Killgore Trout  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:04:02pm

In France by Frank Zappa

7 zmdavid  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:04:06pm

re: #3 JCM

Ma, smells, smells ominous.....
;-P

Synesthesia?
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

8 Ma Sands  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:05:01pm

re: #3 JCM

Ha! :)

(Hi.)

9 Racer X  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:05:36pm

Ahh, I found the source of the stench .

10 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:05:47pm

re: #8 Ma Sands

Ha! :)

(Hi.)

Welcome back! Missed ya! (saw your post about the retreat)

11 GNIDAthe#seCond  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:05:48pm

i LOVE the smell of dhimmis in the morning... smells like... defeatism... /sarcasm off

12 jaunte  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:06:28pm

"The foul smell was not English..."
/The funk begins at Calais?

13 doriangrey  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:06:33pm

Man oh man the power of a stench that can cross the English channel.... That is a stench to be feared...That is undoubtedly the stench of... EuroDhimmnitude....

14 Ma Sands  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:06:48pm

re: #10 JCM

Aw....now I feel so loved! :)

15 boofar  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:07:12pm

Too much beans in their diet... needs more burgers and fries.

:)

16 nyc redneck  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:07:18pm

europe is rotting.

17 Ringo the Gringo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:07:24pm

You don't know stink until you've ridden a crowded Paris Metro train in August!

Ohhhwee!

18 godfrey  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:08:37pm

That would be a rotting smell, I imagine.

19 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:08:53pm

In related news today, Argentinians protest that BUENOS Aires is now Stinky Aires, and what is corrupt Chavez-cash taking girly girl Pres. Kirchner going to do about polluted stinkyness?

Nice to know America is still MEAN, lizardy & Green enough to be clean, and not a third world shithole.

20 Killgore Trout  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:09:03pm

re: #17 Ringo the Gringo

Try a bus in New Delhi. You ain't smelled nothin' yet.

21 boofar  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:09:12pm

re: #17 Ringo the Gringo

Most public transport is like that. I've been to many parts of Europe and since my main form of transport was via a bus or train, yeh. It's worse in Eastern Europe, where people bathe even less than in Western Europe. And if it's a hot day? Don't eat a lot before going out.

22 winston06  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:09:21pm

Funny... yet Sad!

23 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:10:33pm

re: #9 Racer X

Ahh, I found the source of the stench .

I thought this might be it.

24 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:11:27pm

Oh my the footage of French rioters protesting the other day...folks who don't know showers, baths or BIDETS!

Brigitte Bardot wasn't kidding, these folks looked dirty & stinky, trashing grand olde French boulevards where once Sir Maurice Chevalier walked & sang his glorious french songs!

25 Ringo the Gringo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:11:29pm

re: #20 Killgore Trout

Try a bus in New Delhi. You ain't smelled nothin' yet.

Curry scented body oder.

26 boofar  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:11:48pm

re: #23 JCM

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

*breath*

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

That just never gets old. Man, the brits didn't wait to get rid of him after that stunt.

27 JeremyR  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:12:34pm

re: #13 doriangrey

Man oh man the power of a stench that can cross the English channel.... That is a stench to be feared...That is undoubtedly the stench of... EuroDhimmnitude....

Strong wind outa the south. Me thinks someone needs a bath.

28 scaramouche  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:14:15pm

It's the smell of fear. Manifest, overwhelming, dhimmi fear.

Either that, or the Archbish of Cant's hygeine isn't up to snuff.

29 wanumba  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:15:19pm

Has anyone checked to verify if Europe is still answering phone calls?

30 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:16:03pm

re: #29 wanumba

Has anyone checked to verify if Europe is still answering phone calls?

Yes, but you have to speak Arabic.

31 doriangrey  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:16:23pm

re: #27 JeremyR

Strong wind outa the south. Me thinks someone needs a bath.

No amount of bathing is going to wash away the stench of Dhimmintude from Europe...

32 wanumba  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:17:26pm
But, according to Helen Chivers, a forecaster at the Met Office, the smell actually came across "from Northern Europe."


OH! There really IS something ROTTEN IN DENMARK!

33 Happy Fun Ball  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:17:30pm

Time to when someone blames this on global warming in 5... 4... 3...

34 PatrioticNaturalizedAmerican  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:18:02pm

re: #20 Killgore Trout

Try a bus in New Delhi. You ain't smelled nothin' yet.

Oh yeah? Try a Russian public restroom!

35 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:18:23pm

My oh my, Brigitte Bardot was a sweet sweet cutie, and conservative Catholic as a child. She danced ballet with Leslie Caron! Unfortunately, she married Jane Fonda's first husband before Jane Fonda did. No wonder Ms. Bardot became depressive.

Now Brigitte Bardot protests islamization of France, and the disgusting ritual slaughter of sheep in their homes or all over the place by mohammedans; I see her point.

Lovely picture too.
[Link: www.nndb.com...]

36 Charles  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:19:06pm

There's no stench like a French stench. Not the women, they smell wonderful. But some French dudes -- hoo!

I was on tour in France once and the band was picked up at the airport and driven to the hotel in a van driven by a French guy whose BO was so intense it (no exaggeration) made our eyes water. It was a physical presence in the van. We were gasping and moaning. Some of the band members had their wives on the trip, and they were holding handkerchiefs over their faces, with all the windows open.

And it was an hour long drive to the hotel. I'll never forget that odor.

37 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:20:18pm
38 The Other Les  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:20:22pm

re: #17 Ringo the Gringo

You don't know stink until you've ridden a crowded Paris Metro train in August!

Ohhhwee!

Are you saying that it is worse than sitting behind some idiot on an urban bus who uses that "jerry curls" crap in his or her hair?

39 PatrioticNaturalizedAmerican  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:20:30pm

re: #36 Charles

In the words of George Carlin : "These guys are sophisticated!"

40 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:21:03pm

re: #36 Charles

There's no stench like a French stench. Not the women, they smell wonderful. But some French dudes -- hoo!

I was on tour in France once and the band was picked up at the airport and driven to the hotel in a van driven by a French guy whose BO was so intense it (no exaggeration) made our eyes water. It was a physical presence in the van. We were gasping and moaning. Some of the band members had their wives on the trip, and they were holding handkerchiefs over their faces, with all the windows open.

And it was an hour long drive to the hotel. I'll never forget that odor.


* * *
Dear Charles, sorry skunky Pepe Le Peuw was your driver! Mon Dieu...

41 Ma Sands  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:21:35pm

re: #36 Charles

I've heard, since I was a teenager, decades ago, that the men never wash.....just use cologne.....

42 Sprite  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:21:37pm

EUPU

43 missouri boy  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:21:38pm

It must be time for the once a year bath that the "immigrates" take whether they need it or not.

44 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:22:20pm

re: #36 Charles

There's no stench like a French stench. Not the women, they smell wonderful. But some French dudes -- hoo!

I was on tour in France once and the band was picked up at the airport and driven to the hotel in a van driven by a French guy whose BO was so intense it (no exaggeration) made our eyes water. It was a physical presence in the van. We were gasping and moaning. Some of the band members had their wives on the trip, and they were holding handkerchiefs over their faces, with all the windows open.

And it was an hour long drive to the hotel. I'll never forget that odor.

Charles is an odorist!
/breaking news on kos

45 The Other Les  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:22:29pm

re: #19 alegrias

In related news today, Argentinians protest that BUENOS Aires is now Stinky Aires, and what is corrupt Chavez-cash taking girly girl Pres. Kirchner going to do about polluted stinkyness?


Invade the Falkland Islands.

46 psaturn  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:22:36pm

re: #36 Charles

And just to think that Napoleon told his wife to not bathe for a while as he was coming home...he liked that 'odor'...

Yuck...

47 JeremyR  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:22:39pm

re: #31 doriangrey

No amount of bathing is going to wash away the stench of Dhimmintude from Europe...

Never been to France huh?
Old story, when Lance Armstrong entered France for his last tour, French customs found several strange substances in his luggage, stuff never before seen in France. the four vials were tested, and the results forwarded to the Tour regulating body.
The four substances were toothpaste, soap, shampoo, and deodorant. He was fined for the infraction, but allowed to race.

48 Bob in Breckenridge  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:22:50pm

I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND

After long and serious thought, I have decided to endorse Senator John McCain for President. We all know the choices by now and, that said, I do believe that the process of selecting a chief executive is deeply flawed. The words "money" and “special interests" come to mind, among many others.

Here's the way I see it:

Barack Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an extremely liberal Senator from the State of Illinois, which has a long and rich history of political corruption of the first magnitude. You are indeed a child of that system.

You have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity to tolerate your insults. It has nothing at all to do with your skin color. As a matter of fact, it would be so COOL to finally have an African-American for President. What a great statement that would be to the entire world that we are indeed the greatest country on earth!

But, unfortunately, General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are NOT the man for this job!

Barack, you want me to believe that you have never heard the sermons of your own pastor, the Right Reverend "God Damn America" Jeremiah Wright. It is a matter of record that this has been your church for over 20 years. It is a matter of record that you were married there by this very pastor, and that your children were baptized there.

The good Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and to give a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all people.

We have all now seen excerpts of his sermons all over the airwaves by now. And you have publicly stated that this man IS your "spiritual mentor".

BUT, your pastor is NOT the reason I am NOT voting for you. His words were disturbing enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation, seen jumping hooting and howling to his words in the background that disturb me the most. And please don't tell me you attended church there and never once heard a “discouraging word" in the 20 years you attended there. Don't tell me, that in addition to the good reverend, that you are now not having anything to do with all those other people seen hooting and howling out in the audience in the background of his fiery tirades.

Even Oprah Winfrey got disgusted and walked out. I am no Oprah fan, but still she did the right thing.

Now YOU look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you never heard such language in all the years you attended there! This is like me telling you that I attended dozens of Klan rallies and never once heard the "N" word. Yep. And Bill Clinton "did not inhale".

Yes, Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid things that embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to believe something that is so incredibly stupid that you are telling me that I am just stupid enough to believe you. THAT is the main reason that I will never vote for you. I am deeply sorry, that in a county teeming with enormously talented African Americans who would make a good President that the political system has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic and plastic excuse for an American, who will not even salute the Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance. God forbid you ever get near the Oval Office.

Pt. 2 to follow...

49 Racer X  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:23:07pm

Take a bath

50 least  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:23:21pm

re: #5 JCM

That Smell!

dang.
y'beat me to it!
fine song, i'nit?

51 Bob in Breckenridge  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:24:14pm

Now, did I mention Bill Clinton?

AH YES! This brings us to MRS. WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, who this candidate really is, in spite of all the other names she may care to call herself. This "feminist" piece of work of course would like to be referred to as MS. and we all know who wears the pant suit in that family.

MS. Clinton, it is just as depressing to realize that there are dozens of women who would also make great Presidents. But, fortunately, the horrible state of the selection process has selected YOU. Ms. Clinton, I'm sorry, but you could not tell the truth if we water boarded your worthless ass!

Still you play the role of the "embarrassed but dignified noble wife." What utter malarkey! I am not voting for you for a world of reasons, but the main one is the same as my not voting for Senator Obama. You persistently insult my intelligence. It COULD be conceivably possible that you did not know about Monica Lewinsky, extremely remote, but possible if we stretch our imaginations a bit. But you turn around and then ask me to believe that you also did not know about Paula Jones and the legion of other women who were chewed up and spit out by your lecherous excuse for a husband. Puleese turn off this broken record!

But let's set aside your hubby's flagrant peccadilloes. The real reason I will never vote for you is that I don't think the country can survive EIGHT MORE YEARS of Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, Sandy Berger stuffing his socks with classified intelligence, Janet Reno's goon squad, and the myriad other corruptions that seem to stick to you like your ugly face. So our former President can't keep his dick in his pants. The REAL issue is that he committed perjury under oath when he lied about it and the pathetically attempted the cover-up that followed.

Like you, he is totally incapable of telling the truth. He could not do it if you tortured him, and in voting for you, we would get the BOTH of you, all over again. The same folks who could have taken out Osama Bin Laden over 3,000 dead Americans ago!

And please stop telling me that you have "8 years of experience" to lead us. You were the freakin' first lady already, not the Commander in Chief. Jeez! The sum of your "experience" is that of the most worrisome and incompetent meddling in the history of the White House. You even cursed your pitiful staff and the Secret Service agents who were and still are, unfortunately, charged with risking their lives to protect your worthless, thieving hide, and all at the expense of other people who have to work for a living.

Your single pathetic platform is to finance the illegal drugs, alcoholism and bad habits of the very lowest and most irresponsible freeloaders in America and to then "garnish the wages" (your own words) of every law-abiding and hard-working American to pay for it. This disaster you refer to as "Universal Health Care". Where have you been the last 30 years? Did you not see that socialism is a failure wherever it has been tried? Did you not notice that the Soviet Union has collapsed since it gave no reward to those who worked the hardest for the fruits of their own labors to pay for those who will not?

It is interesting to see all the dead bodies that you and your hubby have left in your wake. Suicides, mysterious deaths, cover-ups that make Richard Nixon look like a rank amateur. The utter contempt and unbelievable arrogance of some of your strongest supporters, most notably the recently resigned and disgraced Governor Eliot Spitzer, the epitome of hypocritical and malevolent arrogance gone wild, one of your most ardent, wealthy and powerful political supporters. A man the news media refuses to admit IS a “super delegate" in your own political machine, a fine example of your own “adopted" state of New York. No wonder you moved there to run for Senator! The environment there is perfect for the likes of you!

Part 3 below

52 Kirly  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:25:06pm

re: #36 Charles

oh no, Charles, there are plenty of stinky french women too. my first couple of trips to paris, i had to work with a french woman. she wore the same clothes monday - thursday, then friday- thursday. on friday, her hair looked messy but clean. by the following thursday, it was an oily, clumpy mess with white flakes all over. and her clothes looked like she slept in them too. bleh.

and, in the lab, the first time she reached up to set the heading, egads, i thought i'd die! so, i too resorted to holding a kleenex up to my nose for the rest of the trip. disgusting!

53 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:25:20pm

re: #50 least

dang.
y'beat me to it!
fine song, i'nit?

Given the thread it had to be done.

54 Bob in Breckenridge  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:25:25pm

Yes, I would vote for a woman, but I will NOT vote for YOU! Which, leaves us with Senator John McCain.

John, you are a flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit loony, and you have a notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my humble opinion, to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT your trembling hand on the nuclear button.

Think about it.

We have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad all running around like lunatics threatening America and threatening to plunge the world into nuclear Armageddon. We have Putin and the Chinese blustering and rattling their sabers at us. I want John McCain in the Oval Office and I want him to be really pissed off at all these other nut jobs around the planet.

John, once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval Office and throw one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down and throw something through a plate glass window. Rip the drapes down and foam at the mouth a bit. And I want the whole thing on camera so that Ahmadinejad can see it. I want ALL of these "world leaders" to lay awake at night and to break out in a cold sweat every time they think of messing with the United States of America.

I want the nuclear button sitting right next to the alarm clock on your night stand. I want pictures of this to be sent to Iran, Russia, China, Venezuela, Cuba, Libya, Syria, Pakistan, and those other assholes in the sheets, the Saudis.

On the domestic front, poor John did try and reach across the aisle to the opposition in a desperate effort to compromise and to get the Congress to do something. You may not agree with his efforts, but at least he TRIED. For all his efforts, all he got handed to him was his head in a basket. The liberals are pissed at him and the conservatives are pissed at him. He’s just my kinda guy.

I predict that John will select Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate. Good choice. I want a JEW whose memory of the Holocaust is still fresh in his mind and who is royally pissed off at all of these [bigoted word]ed morons in the Middle East to be the next in line if something should happen to John. Shalom, Vice President Joe. One heartbeat from the Oval Office.

Finally, John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to suffer horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in front of you, for their love of America. When you ask him about it, he will tell you that what he did was "nothing special". Even more incredibly, he states that ANY American who truly loves his country would do exactly the same as he did in that situation. You and I will have a hard time believing that but the real point is that John McCain believes that about the "average American" and that dear friends and neighbors is why I will cast my one poor ballot for on election day for John McCain -- warts and all.

55 FrogMarch  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:25:30pm

America is a dirty flighty cease pool. The rest of the world is perfect.
America must clean up while the rest of the world doesn't need to.
Tax Americans. Al Gore gets rich.

*Al Gore/
leftwing idiots/
and the Kyoto protocol*

56 nyc redneck  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:25:56pm

re: #35 alegrias

My oh my, Brigitte Bardot was a sweet sweet cutie, and conservative Catholic as a child. She danced ballet with Leslie Caron! Unfortunately, she married Jane Fonda's first husband before Jane Fonda did. No wonder Ms. Bardot became depressive.

Now Brigitte Bardot protests islamization of France, and the disgusting ritual slaughter of sheep in their homes or all over the place by mohammedans; I see her point.

Lovely picture too.
[Link: www.nndb.com...]

i really admire her for speaking out. she's obviously intelligent and very courageous. look at the stupid charges being brought against her by the stupid french. she may not live in france forever.

57 hermeneutics  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:26:15pm

Question: Did LGF and other conservative sites have their own tape of Obama's gaffe in San Fran or did they rely on Huff Post for their audio?

Was there a mole?

58 Egfrow  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:26:43pm

Check the Chunnel.

59 JeremyR  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:26:56pm

re: #36 Charles

Last time I went o France, We flew into Frankfurt Germany and rented a van. That way we were guaranteed a clean relatively odor free vehicle.
I've been around German women who could bring tears to a mans eyes as well. Still better then the Fwench.

60 goddessoftheclassroom  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:26:59pm

It's probably cultural conditioning, but I can't stand how I feel if I DON'T take a shower.

61 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:27:04pm

re: #45 The Other Les

Invade the Falkland Islands.

* * *
Hahaha, only you're probably right!

And Chavez friend Spanish PM Zapatero will demand Spain's pregnant Defense Secretary Carme' Chacon provides Spanish military support this time!

62 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:27:17pm

re: #48 Bob in Breckenridge

re: #51 Bob in Breckenridge

re: #54 Bob in Breckenridge

STANDING O for you!

63 yesandno  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:27:25pm

OK...........

Who yelled to everyone in France


HANDS IN THE AIR?

64 Egfrow  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:27:31pm

re: #57 hermeneutics

We can neither confirm nor deny your suspicions.

65 Ringo the Gringo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:27:32pm

re: #36 Charles

Are you sure he didn't just have some overly ripie Epoisses de Bourgogne in his lunch sack?

66 nyc redneck  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:28:32pm

re: #36 Charles

There's no stench like a French stench. Not the women, they smell wonderful. But some French dudes -- hoo!

I was on tour in France once and the band was picked up at the airport and driven to the hotel in a van driven by a French guy whose BO was so intense it (no exaggeration) made our eyes water. It was a physical presence in the van. We were gasping and moaning. Some of the band members had their wives on the trip, and they were holding handkerchiefs over their faces, with all the windows open.

And it was an hour long drive to the hotel. I'll never forget that odor.

i had a pawkeestani cab driver who was so rancid smelling w/ the spices and all, i had to get out.

67 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:28:33pm

re: #46 psaturn

And just to think that Napoleon told his wife to not bathe for a while as he was coming home...he liked that 'odor'...

Yuck...

* * *
Napoleon liked Josephine's PHEROMONES, whatsamatter which you?

68 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:28:39pm

re: #60 goddessoftheclassroom

It's probably cultural conditioning, but I can't stand how I feel if I DON'T take a shower.

You're a goddess; in all aspects you're simply divine!
;-)

69 Ringo the Gringo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:29:06pm

ripie = ripe

70 hermeneutics  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:29:10pm

re: #64 Egfrow

Forget the mole, Egfrow. I just want to know if there was second tape of Obama's words floating around the blogosphere ... or just one.

Do you know?

71 Yankee Division Son  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:29:29pm

CNN reporter in a tad of trouble... from the AP:

Richard Quest, 46, was arrested around 3:40 a.m. on a count of possession of a controlled substance — a misdemeanor that usually refers to a personal use amount of a drug. He was also charged with loitering; the park officially closes at 1 a.m.

But wait.... from the NYPost:


CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park early yesterday with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot, law-enforcement sources said.

Quest, 46, was arrested at around 3:40 a.m. after a cop spotted him and another man inside the park near 64th Street, a police source said.

Slight discrepancy there... selective reporting from the AP?
/naw... no way... they wouldn't do that...

72 goddessoftheclassroom  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:29:59pm

re: #68 JCM

You're a goddess; in all aspects you're simply divine!
;-)

Oh, you're SO kind!

73 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:30:02pm

re: #63 yesandno

OK...........

Who yelled to everyone in France


HANDS IN THE AIR?

A car backfired, the fwench raise their hands....
out west we put our hands on our holster and evaluate the situation.

74 Ma Sands  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:30:51pm

re: #11 GNIDAthe#seCond

This lizardoid's name does not seem to exist in the LGF repository.


That is still the message one gets, when one clicks on your avatar.......are you a ghost? :)

75 Spiny Norman  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:31:16pm

re: #36 Charles

There's no stench like a French stench. Not the women, they smell wonderful. But some French dudes -- hoo!

I was on tour in France once and the band was picked up at the airport and driven to the hotel in a van driven by a French guy whose BO was so intense it (no exaggeration) made our eyes water. It was a physical presence in the van. We were gasping and moaning. Some of the band members had their wives on the trip, and they were holding handkerchiefs over their faces, with all the windows open.

And it was an hour long drive to the hotel. I'll never forget that odor.

Do the French dudes think it's sexy, or something?

I once knew someone who had convinced himself that commercially manufactured soap was unhealthy and horrible for his skin. Whatever he used instead seemed to have no effect on his BO. And he ate loads of garlic, too, for its "healthful effects".

His "presence" was also quite memorable. Yuck.

76 Iron Fist  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:31:28pm

ooh that smell. Can you smell that smelll.

The smell of death surrounds you.

77 Egfrow  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:32:22pm

re: #70 hermeneutics

Forget the mole, Egfrow. I just want to know if there was second tape of Obama's words floating around the blogosphere ... or just one.

Do you know?

You will have to wait till after the Dems choose their nominee. Things will happen.

78 Spiny Norman  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:32:23pm

re: #57 hermeneutics

Question: Did LGF and other conservative sites have their own tape of Obama's gaffe in San Fran or did they rely on Huff Post for their audio?

Was there a mole?

Zombie Was There.

79 Ringo the Gringo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:32:39pm

I was riding a train in Portugal and a man took off his sneakers and fell asleep.

His shoes stunk so badly that some English fellows threw his shoes out the window.

The guy was quite angry as he walked through the Lagos train station barefoot.

80 debutaunt  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:33:06pm

re: #74 Ma Sands

That is still the message one gets, when one clicks on your avatar.......are you a ghost? :)

What kind of puppet is he?

81 Racer X  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:33:58pm

re: #71 Yankee Division Son

ROFLMAO!

A guy in Central Park at 3 am, on drugs, a "toy" in his boot, and a rope around his neck tied to his genitals?

What? No live animals?

82 ratherdashing  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:34:16pm

From the story:

British tabloid, The Daily Mail was quick to attack the French for "le stink," reporting that "freak weather" had caused the "French stench" to come to England.

But, according to Helen Chivers, a forecaster at the Met Office, the smell actually came across "from Northern Europe."

Apparently there is something rotten in Denmark.

83 Ma Sands  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:34:41pm

re: #79 Ringo the Gringo

(Happened to us once, on a 300 mile trip....only it was a lady, with epilepsy, with a husband dying of MS.....so we didn't dare.....)

84 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:34:47pm

re: #59 JeremyR

Last time I went o France, We flew into Frankfurt Germany and rented a van. That way we were guaranteed a clean relatively odor free vehicle.
I've been around German women who could bring tears to a mans eyes as well. Still better then the Fwench.

* * *
Growing up in post islamic spain, where women shaved, washed & used colonia sparingly, German & French women were considered Barbarian because they had long underarm hair, nor shaved their legs either. This was when Birkenstock sandals were strictly German people's thing...

(This was when Americans abroad were like Ava Gardner & Frank Sinatra, clean & dressed to the nines while driving big American cars & living in Spain under Generalisimo Franco).

85 Egfrow  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:34:58pm

re: #81 Racer X

Sounds someone was acting out a fantasy scene from Borat.

86 Killgore Trout  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:34:58pm

re: #57 hermeneutics

Zombie would know the details but I think it was Huffpo's audio. There was a mole but I think it was a Clintonista.

87 Kirly  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:35:14pm

re: #57 hermeneutics

Question: Did LGF and other conservative sites have their own tape of Obama's gaffe in San Fran or did they rely on Huff Post for their audio?

Was there a mole?

hi herm,

i think everyone relied on the huffpoo recording at first but there's a youtube video out there too.

88 hermeneutics  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:35:18pm

re: #78 Spiny Norman

Yes, but I just looked at her/his/its site and it is clear that Zombie was not invited into the fundraiser. All the images were from the outside.

I thought there was a second audio tape, not just the one taken from the Huff Post "citizen journalist."

Please, does anyone know of a second tape? I could have sworn there was one, but now I"m not sure.

89 JeremyR  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:35:48pm

re: #63 yesandno

OK...........

Who yelled to everyone in France


HANDS IN THE AIR?

No one did. Carter was in the middle east, and there were a few incidents in Gaza this AM. when the Fwench heard it, the hands up wasa natural reaction.

90 boofar  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:35:51pm

re: #54 Bob in Breckenridge

I like that. Not sure how it relates to the stench of Europe, but good.

91 Ma Sands  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:35:56pm

re: #80 debutaunt

Dunno......sounded like a girl's name, to me..... :)

92 missouri boy  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:36:21pm

re: #82 ratherdashing

From the story:


Apparently there is something rotten in Denmark.

It immigrated there.

93 Spiny Norman  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:36:22pm

re: #82 ratherdashing

The Junior Jihadis tried some kind of "retaliation" for the Mo-Toons and the weather messed it up?

94 hermeneutics  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:36:43pm

re: #86 Killgore Trout

AHA ... that's what I wanted to know. Clinton's mole had a second tape.

Any idea of how to find it? URL?

95 Thanos  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:36:51pm

re: #86 Killgore Trout

Zombie would know the details but I think it was Huffpo's audio. There was a mole but I think it was a Clintonista.


In Zombie's report he/she stated they never got inside.

96 Bob in Breckenridge  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:37:49pm

re: #36 Charles

There's no stench like a French stench. Not the women, they smell wonderful. But some French dudes -- hoo! I will never forget that odor.

When I worked for American Airlines at O'Hare I usually worked in the International Terminal. Whenever a flight came in from Europe and they opened the door to let the passengers out to go through customs, the stench was UNBE-FRIGGIN-IEVABLE, especially in the summer- you could smell it everywhere in the terminal.

It was even worse than the smell from the Air India flights. Now that's saying something!

97 Kirly  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:37:58pm

re: #78 Spiny Norman

Zombie Was There.

not inside. or so i thought she said.

98 JeremyR  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:38:26pm

re: #81 Racer X

ROFLMAO!

A guy in Central Park at 3 am, on drugs, a "toy" in his boot, and a rope around his neck tied to his genitals?

What? No live animals?

They need a court order to find the Gerbel.

99 hermeneutics  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:39:06pm

I'm under deadline. Sorry for being so pushy. Just trying to figure out if the ONLY source for Obama's gaffe was a purported Obama supporter writing a column for the Huff Post.

I had heard there was a second, and then a video, but I can't find either.

Darn. Yikes!

100 wolfie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:39:34pm

100 posts and nobody has linked "Smells Like Youts' Spirit" ?
How long does a mild-mannered, middle-aged, cyber-challenged lady have to wait for it?!?

101 Spiny Norman  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:39:39pm

re: #88 hermeneutics

Yes, but I just looked at her/his/its site and it is clear that Zombie was not invited into the fundraiser. All the images were from the outside.

I thought there was a second audio tape, not just the one taken from the Huff Post "citizen journalist."

Please, does anyone know of a second tape? I could have sworn there was one, but now I"m not sure.

I thought Zombie had his/her own audio...

102 wolfie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:41:02pm

If I weren't a mild-mannered, middle-aged lady I would admit that I actually kinda like Nirvana. But I am, so I won't.

103 Ringo the Gringo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:41:16pm

In The Philippines they eat a fruit called Durian which smells like a poopy diaper.

The first time my wife brought one home and cut it open, I thought that the toilet had backed up. I had no idea that it was the fruit that was stinking up the house.

Now, if she wants to eat durian, I make her eat it out back. If I have to smoke my cigars outside, then she has to eat her durian outside too...It's only fair.

104 Yankee Division Son  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:41:32pm

re: #98 JeremyR

LMAO! and they didn't want to.... you know.. "go there.."

And I love this...


"He has become one of the network's highest profile presenters," and his "dynamic and distinctive style has made him a unique figure in the field of business and news broadcasting," the network's Web site says.

Indeed.

105 Spiny Norman  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:41:57pm

re: #95 Thanos

In Zombie's report he/she stated they never got inside.

From the Zomblog link in my #101:

Are you looking for a clear, short audio file of the controversial statement about “bitter” small-town Americans which Obama made immediately after the Getty mansion fundraiser in San Francisco on April 6, which I had exclusive coverage of last week? If so, you’re in luck, because I just uploaded the best, cleanest and most audible version available. And it’s only 44 seconds long — much more manageable than the 50-minute-long file that originally cropped up on the Web. It also sounds much better than some of the other clips that have subsequently been made available. This is THE best version you will find!

I think that is the second tape you're referring to.

106 hermeneutics  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:42:06pm

re: #101 Spiny Norman

YES! thanks so much, Spiny. Is this her own audio? It seems like she's saying that this is the clearest audiofile, but not her own. I want to attribute correctly.

107 Kirly  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:42:57pm

object%20width="...] height="355" param="param" value="[Link: www.youtube.com...]>paramparam name="wmode" value="transparent"/paramembed src="[Link: www.youtube.com...] type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"/embed/object" target="_blank"> obama in SF dissing voters

108 Spiny Norman  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:43:01pm

re: #105 Spiny Norman

I think that is the second tape you're hermeneutics was referring to.

109 Ringo the Gringo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:43:38pm

re: #102 wolfie

If I weren't a mild-mannered, middle-aged lady I would admit that I actually kinda like Nirvana. But I am, so I won't.

I don't know if I like Nirvana, I haven't reached it yet.

110 Thanos  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:44:42pm

re: #105 Spiny Norman

I think that is the second tape you're referring to.


Right, but I think Zombie got that from the original fifty min tape and boosted the clarity of the audio.

If they were around then Zombie could tell us, but it being Spring in SF, my money is on there being a demo somewhere about something.

111 wolfie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:45:21pm

re: #103 Ringo the Gringo

In The Philippines they eat a fruit called Durian which smells like a poopy diaper.

The first time my wife brought one home and cut it open, I thought that the toilet had backed up. I had no idea that it was the fruit that was stinking up the house.

Now, if she wants to eat durian, I make her eat it out back. If I have to smoke my cigars outside, then she has to eat her durian outside too...It's only fair.

Does it taste like a poopy diaper?

112 Ringo the Gringo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:45:43pm

re: #111 wolfie

Does it taste like a poopy diaper?

Yes, but sweeter.

113 wolfie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:47:37pm

re: #112 Ringo the Gringo

Yes, but sweeter.

You can guess what the next question is.

114 wolfie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:47:57pm

How do you know what a poopy diaper tastes like?

115 Kirly  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:47:59pm

re: #107 Kirly

oops. sorry.

116 Spiny Norman  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:48:03pm

re: #110 Thanos

Right, but I think Zombie got that from the original fifty min tape and boosted the clarity of the audio.

If they were around then Zombie could tell us, but it being Spring in SF, my money is on there being a demo somewhere about something.

I thought zombie mentioned here that it was a different recording, rather than an enhanced clip from the PaintHuffer one.

Hmmm... where is zombie to clarify this...?

117 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:48:05pm

Please remember our troops sweating away in stinky Iraq & Iran, doing the work many EUros won't do to save their own stinky behinds from radical jihadists.

Remember how Prince Harry said he hadn't showered for weeks while in Helmand Province, Afghanistan? If the Prince of England couldn't shower, imagine our own great people!

Hope we're sending lots of wipes & installing baths & showers in Olde Iraq, so new Iraq will be a top destination ally in future. Though Saddam's goldplated bathroom fixtures must be amazing.

118 Ma Sands  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:48:29pm

re: #101 Spiny Norman

I went searching for where zombie's well-layed out request to Lizards to help find an audio was posted........found it, but I see it has been deleted.....Charles is very wise..... :)

119 hayseed  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:48:42pm

I blame pepe le pew

120 Ringo the Gringo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:48:49pm

re: #111 wolfie

Does it taste like a poopy diaper?

From wikipedia:

Writing in 1856, the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace provides a much-quoted description of the flavour of the durian:

“ The five cells are silky-white within, and are filled with a mass of firm, cream-coloured pulp, containing about three seeds each. This pulp is the edible part, and its consistence and flavour are indescribable. A rich custard highly flavoured with almonds gives the best general idea of it, but there are occasional wafts of flavour that call to mind cream-cheese, onion-sauce, sherry-wine, and other incongruous dishes. Then there is a rich glutinous smoothness in the pulp which nothing else possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It is neither acid nor sweet nor juicy; yet it wants neither of these qualities, for it is in itself perfect. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Durians is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience. ... as producing a food of the most exquisite flavour it is unsurpassed."

121 Spiny Norman  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:49:11pm

re: #118 Ma Sands

I went searching for where zombie's well-layed out request to Lizards to help find an audio was posted........found it, but I see it has been deleted.....Charles is very wise..... :)


Ah! I see...

122 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:51:33pm

Anyone else have a concern Hillary's throwing back beers & chasers with the boys in Pennsylvania might influence weak minded drinkers & party animals to vote for her out of solidarity?

Some people only vote for people who look like them, or who act like them.

Tuesday, I hope Pennsylvanians vote for Western Civilization & No Surrender. Also, John McCain's first wife was Philadelphian, if that helps anyone vote for him. Ok, that's cheesy.

123 Thanos  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:51:50pm

re: #116 Spiny Norman

I thought zombie mentioned here that it was a different recording, rather than an enhanced clip from the PaintHuffer one.

Hmmm... where is zombie to clarify this...?

It would be really cool if there were two moles inside... :) We'll have to wait for Z to get here.

124 Ringo the Gringo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:52:23pm

re: #113 wolfie

You can guess what the next question is.

Yes, I've tried it.

No, I've never tasted a poopy diaper....but I do have a 2 year old daughter, so I have smelled quite a few.

125 sattv4u2  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:53:00pm

re: #122 alegrias

Anyone else have a concern Hillary's throwing back beers & chasers with the boys in Pennsylvania might influence weak minded drinkers & party animals to vote for her out of solidarity?

Some people only vote for people who look like them, or who act like them.

Tuesday, I hope Pennsylvanians vote for Western Civilization & No Surrender. Also, John McCain's first wife was Philadelphian, if that helps anyone vote for him. Ok, that's cheesy.

Well ,,, if thats true ,,, Hillary has the all important huge thighs voting block sewed up

126 ratherdashing  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:53:33pm
127 wolfie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:53:40pm

re: #117 alegrias

Please remember our troops sweating away in stinky Iraq & Iran, doing the work many EUros won't do to save their own stinky behinds from radical jihadists.

Remember how Prince Harry said he hadn't showered for weeks while in Helmand Province, Afghanistan? If the Prince of England couldn't shower, imagine our own great people!

Hope we're sending lots of wipes & installing baths & showers in Olde Iraq, so new Iraq will be a top destination ally in future. Though Saddam's goldplated bathroom fixtures must be amazing.

Big deal! ELVIS had gold-plated bathroom fixtures, too!
Why can't the Argentines get their act together like the Chileans have? Or are they going to need a Pinochet to turn things around? I hope not. That country....once so rich, so promising....was trashed by Peron and has never recovered.

128 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:53:44pm

re: #123 Thanos

It would be really cool if there were two moles inside... :) We'll have to wait for Z to get here.

* * *
Why does this matter when Obama has admitted he said these words? There is NO QUESTION Obama said what he said in San Francisco to uber-rich elitist liberals, is there?

129 Dr. Shalit  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:55:03pm

re: #36 Charles

Charles -

My otherwise "Beautiful View" Office is across the street from:

1.The Atlantic "Pond" - Dead Fish
2. The Sewer Treatment Plant - Just Poop

Once in a while, usually around Labor Day, the fish drift in and the plant vents. On those days "HAY CHIHUAHUA - STINKY!" I look at it something sent to remind us that G-d has a sense of humor too.

-S-

130 uptight  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:56:00pm

There's a few easier explanations:

1) Ken Livingstone is out on the hustings.
2) Jimmy Carter's plane might have flown over en route to his "Hug a Terrorist" Tour.

131 DownRightMeanAmerican  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:57:23pm

re: #122 alegrias

Not really, but one good thing I see, if she wins al least we can all drink together :)

132 hermeneutics  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:57:25pm

Thanks for your help. Appreciated greatly.

133 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:57:26pm

re: #127 wolfie

Big deal! ELVIS had gold-plated bathroom fixtures, too!
Why can't the Argentines get their act together like the Chileans have? Or are they going to need a Pinochet to turn things around? I hope not. That country....once so rich, so promising....was trashed by Peron and has never recovered.

* * *
Chile's leftist Michelle Bachelet is not my idea of a great woman president...sorry!

Margaret Thatcher, or Spain's Queen Isabel the Catholic, who ended the 800-year illegal okkupayshun of Spain by Jihadists --NOW you're talking women leaders.

Heck, Nancy Reagan would kick ass as President, seeing as how she turned Ronald Reagan from Dem to Republican, and had as much First Lady "experience" as Hillary (except for Hillary's senate term)!

134 Roentgen  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:57:55pm
135 MellyMel  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:58:19pm

re: #103 Ringo the Gringo

If Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Foods) can't eat that -- I don't know how anyone can!

136 Thanos  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:59:00pm

re: #128 alegrias

* * *
Why does this matter when Obama has admitted he said these words? There is NO QUESTION Obama said what he said in San Francisco to uber-rich elitist liberals, is there?

Nope, no question but it's fun to speculate on moles.

Lefty just wants stuff, but lefty is also paranoid.

137 Thanos  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:59:43pm

off to the store I go

138 wolfie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:00:08pm

re: #120 Ringo the Gringo

Sounds amazing....& bizarre.
I'll definitely try one, if I ever get the chance.

139 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:00:43pm

re: #134 Roentgen

Comrade, the workers must control the means of production.

Yes we can...
Look like idiots
Mind numbed robots

140 scaramouche  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:01:00pm

I was once on a flight from Toronto to Amerstam, during which I had the bad luck to sit beside an immense German man whose B.O. was of mythic proportions--so ammonial that it made my eyes water; like ingesting a tablespoon of wasabi. Needless to say I spent most of the flight twisting myself in weird positions, trying desperately to find a patch of air that wasn't infused with his pungency. Alas, in the battle between me and Super ammonia-man was no contest.

No doubt after the flight KLM had to resort to some drastic measures to get rid of the ungodly stink.

141 Spiny Norman  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:02:36pm

re: #140 scaramouche

I was once on a flight from Toronto to Amerstam, during which I had the bad luck to sit beside an immense German man whose B.O. was of mythic proportions--so ammonial that it made my eyes water; like ingesting a tablespoon of wasabi. Needless to say I spent most of the flight twisting myself in weird positions, trying desperately to find a patch of air that wasn't infused with his pungency. Alas, in the battle between me and Super ammonia-man was no contest.

No doubt after the flight KLM had to resort to some drastic measures to get rid of the ungodly stink.

Did any of the other passengers think it was YOU and not your pungent neighbor?

142 alegrias  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:04:09pm

OK, amigos, it's adios for now. Fight the good fight and keep the faith.

And, is this a great country, or what? Do we believe in miracles & redemption & starting over? Heavens yes.

ONLY in America can a German Catholic Pope who was drafted into the anti-Catholic Hitler Youth, go to a New York Synagogue on Passover eve and speak Austrio-German to the Synagogue's Rabbi, a Holocaust survivor. Then hold mass St. Patrick's Irish church. Then do something else in Yankee Stadium.

I love this country & I love you lizards.

143 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:05:27pm

re: #142 alegrias

OK, amigos, it's adios for now. Fight the good fight and keep the faith.

And, is this a great country, or what? Do we believe in miracles & redemption & starting over? Heavens yes.

ONLY in America can a German Catholic Pope who was drafted into the anti-Catholic Hitler Youth, go to a New York Synagogue on Passover eve and speak Austrio-German to the Synagogue's Rabbi, a Holocaust survivor. Then hold mass St. Patrick's Irish church. Then do something else in Yankee Stadium.

I love this country & I love you lizards.

Good day to you, I saved that one to my favorites.

144 wolfie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:05:49pm

re: #133 alegrias

That just shows you how completely out-of-the-loop I am on the Southern Cone. I didn't realize Bachelet had been elected! Ugh. I hope she hasn't been trying to undo all the good economic reforms.
I usually follow news re northern S America....also Bolivia.....but...
Can you recommend any good sites for S American news in general...and particularly the south? I might keep up w/ it if I knew where to go!

145 Kirly  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:06:49pm

i once worked near a vegeterian man. i found it odd that he often waved around one of those white board markers when talking but thought he just "spoke with his hands". but, then, i wondered, why does he take the cap off as if he's going to write something on the board? and yet almost never does write anything. well, it was always one of the scented markers. turned out he had hellacious gas all the time and just let it sneak out and the scented marker was his attempt to mask his oderiferous emanations.

the other vegetarians i knew/know don't have this issue.

146 wolfie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:07:03pm

Wait, alegrias! Come back! ...... Oh, I'll ask you later.

147 snowcrash  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:10:25pm

Pulp mills smell really bad too. Learned that in Pacific Northwest.

148 Oh no...Sand People!  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:10:43pm

I love the smell of the caliphate in the morning.

/

149 JCM  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:10:51pm

re: #147 snowcrash

Pulp mills smell really bad too. Learned that in Pacific Northwest.

They fixed the Aroma in Tacoma!

150 ModerateWolverine  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:12:34pm

re: #36 Charles

There's no stench like a French stench. Not the women, they smell wonderful. But some French dudes -- hoo!

I was on tour in France once and the band was picked up at the airport and driven to the hotel in a van driven by a French guy whose BO was so intense it (no exaggeration) made our eyes water. It was a physical presence in the van. We were gasping and moaning. Some of the band members had their wives on the trip, and they were holding handkerchiefs over their faces, with all the windows open.

And it was an hour long drive to the hotel. I'll never forget that odor.

There's two I'll never forget...

1 - a recent cabbie in manhattan

2 - teammate on the wrestling team who was working at a chinese restaurant...he must have been sweating out the garlic chicken. Now THAT I will never forget.

And yes, French dudes stink too.

151 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:13:13pm
152 Glackinspeil  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:14:19pm

Something rotten in denmark perhaps?

too easy. I'll stop there.

153 missouri boy  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:15:58pm

re: #147 snowcrash

Pulp mills smell really bad too. Learned that in Pacific Northwest.

Living down wind of a 3600+ hog farm around August in Missouri has unforgetable smells also.

154 missouri boy  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:17:58pm

Speaking of bad smells...anyone ever drive thru Herford, Tx. in the summer?

155 snowcrash  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:18:31pm

re: #154 missouri boy
Are there feed lots?

156 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:18:47pm
157 Egfrow  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:22:27pm

re: #156 ploome hineni

now we now where the smell comes from

what caused it?

It was probably not caused by people who cling to their guns and religion out of bitterness.

158 missouri boy  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:24:36pm

re: #155 snowcrash

Are there feed lots?

I believe they boast it is the biggest one in Texas....bulldosers push it 2000+ feet high....you can see the shit mountain long before you get to Herford...and SMELL it too. Locals say it smells like money.

159 snowcrash  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:27:01pm

re: #158 missouri boy
Yeah, I live in Texas and have drive through some agri funky smelling places. Gotta eat so I don't think about it.

160 Slumbering Behemoth  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:31:33pm

re: #117 alegrias

Please remember our troops sweating away in stinky Iraq & Iran, doing the work many EUros won't do to save their own stinky behinds from radical jihadists.

Remember how Prince Harry said he hadn't showered for weeks while in Helmand Province, Afghanistan? If the Prince of England couldn't shower, imagine our own great people!

Hope we're sending lots of wipes & installing baths & showers in Olde Iraq, so new Iraq will be a top destination ally in future. Though Saddam's goldplated bathroom fixtures must be amazing.

Actually, baby wipes are a huge boon for our soldiers, they're worth their weight in gold. If you're putting together a care package, include LOTS of baby wipes. IIRC, it's the number one requested item.

161 missouri boy  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:44:42pm

“The origins of the smell come from Europe,”

If that's the smell of socialism...America is starting to smell .

162 Egfrow  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:45:57pm

This article reminds me of the story when it rained fish in the UK. Are we sure that it's not another Rain Fish storm?

163 scaramouche  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:48:06pm

#141 Spiny Norman

Did any of the other passengers think it was YOU and not your pungent neighbor?

I don't think so, but you never know. Speaking of which, you reminded me of an old limerick with a similar theme:

I sat next to the Duchess at tea.
It was just as I feared it would be:
Her rumblings abdominal
Were simply phenomonal,
And everyone thought it was me.

164 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:51:26pm
165 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:54:04pm
166 scaramouche  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:55:35pm

Oops. Accidentally posted this in the techno-geek thread. As you can see, it belongs here.

167 wanderer  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:55:37pm

I have lived and traveled in both India and Europe and found that in terms of personal cleanliness Indians bathe far more frequently than the inhabitants of northern and central Europe.
Though I travled in via the cheap trains and buses in India for more than a year and was often out of necessity forced to stay in cheap accommodations aimed at poor locals when in remote areas of the subcontinent I never once got flea bitten or contracted any body insects which is more than I can say for Europe where I always traveled much further up the social ladder. Many Europeans living north of the Pyrenees and the Alps seem to lack a a fondness for bathing.

168 Former Belgian  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:00:08pm

re: #160 Slumbering Behemoth

Actually, baby wipes are a huge boon for our soldiers, they're worth their weight in gold. If you're putting together a care package, include LOTS of baby wipes. IIRC, it's the number one requested item.

Especially since so much of the food there is finger food.

Happy Passover, to my fellow Red Sea Pedestrians...

re: #81 Racer X

ROFLMAO!

A guy in Central Park at 3 am, on drugs, a "toy" in his boot, and a rope around his neck tied to his genitals?

What? No live animals?

I wonder whether "boot" was a polite euphemism...

169 solomonpanting  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:03:02pm
"The weather situation recently has meant that the air over Germany, Belgium and Holland hasn't moved for a while," Chivers explained in an interview with ABC News.
"One doesn't know whether the origins of the smell are industrial or agricultural, but we think it's built up over time, since it was trapped in the atmosphere for a while. That's why it's so intense," she said.


Neither industrial or agricultural, but it has been building for some time.

170 So?  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:03:43pm

OT ::::: 5 pm on the East Coast .....So....

A CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time.
So she went to check it out. She went to the Western Wall and there he was, walking slowly up to the holy site. She watched him pray, and after 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, using a cane and moving very slowly, she approached him for an interview :

'Pardon me, sir, I'm Rebecca Smith from CNN. What's your name?

'Morris Fishbien,' he replied.
'Sir, how long have you been coming to the Western Wall to pray?'

'For about 60 years.'

'60 years! That 's amazing! What do you pray for?'

'I pray for peace between Christians, Jews and Muslims. I pray for all
the wars and all the hatred to stop. I pray for all our children to grow up
safely as responsible adults, and to love their fellow man.'

'How do you feel after doing this for 60 years?'

'Like I'm talking to a fuckin' wall.'

HAPPY PASSOVER TO ALL OF THE JEWISH FAITH.

171 Former Belgian  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:04:52pm

re: #167 wanderer

I have lived and traveled in both India and Europe and found that in terms of personal cleanliness Indians bathe far more frequently than the inhabitants of northern and central Europe.
Though I travled in via the cheap trains and buses in India for more than a year and was often out of necessity forced to stay in cheap accommodations aimed at poor locals when in remote areas of the subcontinent I never once got flea bitten or contracted any body insects which is more than I can say for Europe where I always traveled much further up the social ladder. Many Europeans living north of the Pyrenees and the Alps seem to lack a a fondness for bathing.

The hotter the climate gets, the more frequently people bathe. In part it's that you can get away with skipping a day (or more) in cold weather (nobody will notice), in part (historically) because it's kind of laborious (and expensive in fuel) to take a warm bath when it's twenty below outside. It's not like you need elaborate water heating arrangements in India or central Africa...

In the Middle Ages, the Flemish were considered the cleanest of the Europeans, since they bathed once a week!

172 marsl  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:06:35pm

Not speaking for the french or the brits, but i must inform you that we, Europeans, do take baths, use soap, shampoo, perfume and cologne. And toothpaste as well.

We don't like stinkers... like you Americans don't like them as well.....

Now leftists and hippies are another different subject. And, you have more of them than we do....

There is a strange smell in Berkeley, California, US of A..... a Vichy-like smell...

You American lizards have to deal with that. Best of luck with your task.

173 Former Belgian  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:07:24pm

re: #156 ploome hineni

now we now where the smell comes from

what caused it?

Belgium in a state of decomposition?

Happy Passover.

174 AZfederalist  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:10:14pm

re: #51 Bob in Breckenridge

Now, did I mention Bill Clinton?
Your single pathetic platform is to finance the illegal drugs, alcoholism and bad habits of the very lowest and most irresponsible freeloaders in America and to then "garnish the wages" (your own words) of every law-abiding and hard-working American to pay for it.

Wow Bob, you really shouldn't hold things in like that, tell us how you *really* feel. :-)

BTW, do you have a link for that "garnish the wages" quote? Would love to have that in the memory bank for future "discussions" with moonbats or near-moonbats.

/figure the moonbats can't be salvaged, the near-moonbats may have some chance.

175 solomonpanting  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:11:44pm
She was just a sheepherder's daughter but all the horse manure.
176 markie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:14:12pm

“The origins of the smell come from Europe,”


We knew that, Captain Obvious....

177 exredtory  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:15:36pm

History repeats:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

178 markie  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:19:16pm

Oh. I know....

its Mahmoud Bin Farteen

179 profitsbeard  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:21:20pm

Something sweetly American to take the stench away.

180 Sharmuta  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:21:40pm
“The origins of the smell come from Europe,”

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

*deep breath*

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha !

181 Q-Burn  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:36:12pm

re: #100 wolfie

100 posts and nobody has linked "Smells Like Youts' Spirit" ?
How long does a mild-mannered, middle-aged, cyber-challenged lady have to wait for it?!?

Would you settle for Smells Like Sloop John B?

182 Shug  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:38:43pm
The foul smell was not English......, “The origins of the smell come from Europe,”

COEXIST!

183 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 2:49:54pm
184 indythinker  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 3:09:16pm

A stench is haunting Europe: the stench of terrorism.

185 daughter of patriots  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 3:20:16pm

Bob in Breckenridge; good stuff.

186 USS Ben  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 3:42:13pm

During WW2 there was something rotten in Denmark.
Now there is something rotten throughout Europe.
I truly hope that the voters in every European country finally say enough! And choose liberty over death.

187 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 3:43:09pm
188 nadadhimmi  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 4:05:34pm

re: #28 scaramouche

It's the smell of fear. Manifest, overwhelming, dhimmi fear.

Either that, or the Archbish of Cant's hygeine isn't up to snuff.

That's the Archbish of 'taint.

189 Dr. Shalit  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 4:10:34pm

re: #134 Roentgen

Comrade, the workers must control the means of production.

re: #147 snowcrash

Pulp mills smell really bad too. Learned that in Pacific Northwest.

"R + Snow"

R - "Si, Se Puede" - sounded to me like - "One Nation, One People, One Leader (More ominous im Deutch).

Snow - Does the town of Brunswick, Georgia mean anything to all y'all?

-S-

190 grumpy old codger  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 4:17:26pm

re: #151 ploome hineni
Have a pleasant Pessah.

191 syndicate  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 4:36:59pm

Wait until the UK muslims figure out that part of that odor is from the fecal matter of pigs! I'm sure that the "students" in the UK will start rioting, looting shops and burning cars.

192 Moody leo  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 4:53:59pm

I remember going up north to visit stepfather's family. His sister's family raised hogs, eeewwww. And I've lived on a farm before.

But my first thought when I read story was the time mom got caught between an Oriental and French tour groups at The Wallace Monument in Stirling, Scotland. I'll never forget the green look on hers and another ladys face when they got out of there. We felt sorry for the tour guides and drivers.

193 Perplexed  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 6:08:52pm

One word - Kimchi.

The garlic, onions, red pepper, fermented cabbage all mingle together to bring forth the worst of each one. It can even penetrates a metal Coke can.

194 Dr. Shalit  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 6:39:26pm

re: #191 syndicate

Wait until the UK muslims figure out that part of that odor is from the fecal matter of pigs! I'm sure that the "students" in the UK will start rioting, looting shops and burning cars.

"syn" -

Please don't tell them.

-S-

195 cookielady  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 7:21:10pm

re: #153 missouri boy

Living down wind of a 3600+ hog farm around August in Missouri has unforgetable smells also.

My dad used to say that was the smell of money... unfortunately, it was usually the smell of money going awaaaaayyyy, faaarrrr awwaaayyyy.

:-)

196 cookielady  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 7:22:16pm

re: #151 ploome hineni

Jesus was, and STILL IS, a JEW!

'Nuff said.

197 sacerdos  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 8:41:09pm

It's the scent of the Ontario Assmunch.

198 the_flying_pig  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 9:04:35pm

So the Europeans farted in the general direction of England after all?

They must have watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail too many times.

199 Sacred Plants  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 10:41:24pm

Imagine three twins living with every single inhabitant of the United States to get an idea of the population density of the European Union. And then imagine being told all the time that you weren´t procreating enough diaper poopers to survive. Olfactory pollution is a serious problem, even the island people have no better idea than blaming it on the mainland.

Noise pollution even more so, BTW.

200 Meremortal  Sat, Apr 19, 2008 11:02:03pm

Ah, the British, gotta love that stiff upper lip! "Bad news old chap, it stinks to high heaven here. But, good news! It's going to rain soon like it does almost all the time! How about some horrible food? Tallyho!"

201 Call me Infidel  Sun, Apr 20, 2008 2:10:26am

re: #96 Bob in Breckenridge

Bob you must not have traveled via Pak Air. I once had the delightful job of searching for contraband on board a Pak Air jumbo. It soon became obvious that many of the passengers were unused to toilets even amongst what they amusingly class as "first class" at the very least it appeared they did not appreciate that it was better to be seated while using the toilet. However the cockroaches in the galley should have been my first clue that all was not well. As it happens I am situated in the very South East corner of the UK and the odour was quite noticeable. The wind has shifted now though, so it's "back at you" for the Belgies and Germans.

202 ceemack  Sun, Apr 20, 2008 8:10:30am

re: #36 Charles

There's no stench like a French stench. Not the women, they smell wonderful. But some French dudes -- hoo!


Sorry, Charles...gotta disagree with you on that one.

Back in 2001, I rode up to the top of the Eiffel tower. There were three really good-looking young French women standing just to the right of me...they could have been professional models.

The one standing nearest to me turned in my direction to point something out to her friends, and she spoke.

Damn near burned my eyebrows off. That girl's breath could've knocked a buzzard off a manure wagon.

203 kansas  Sun, Apr 20, 2008 9:24:12am

Mystery Stink Swamps London.France.
There easier to figure out.


This entry has been archived.
Comments are closed.

^ back to top ^

log in
Name:
Pass:

Register Forgot Your Password? My Account Re-send Confirmation (To log in, cookies must be enabled in your browser!)

► LGF Headlines

► Top 10 Comments

► Bottom Comments

► Recent Comments

► Tools/Info

► LGF Hits

► Slideshows

► Resources

► Never Forget

► Statistics

► Tag Cloud

► Contact

You must have Javascript enabled to use the contact form.
Your email:

Subject:

Message:


Messages may be published in our weblog, unless you request otherwise.
Tech Note:
Using the Contact Form

► News/Opinion

More Partners

Compare Electricity Prices in your area. Texas Electricity is deregulated; you have the right to choose Texas Electric Rates from among many Texas Electric Companies.

More than just liveable, but pleasant.


The Beatles Are Here. Reissues and Rock Band.