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marmar

(77,080 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 12:07 PM Jan 2014

Man Smokes Animal Poop, Says He Hasn't Bathed In 60 Years


He claims cleanliness brings him sickness.

By that logic, you'd probably smoke animal turds, too.

Amou Haji, an 80-year-old Iranian, is being called the world's dirtiest man. In an article published Jan. 6, he told the Tehran Times that he hasn't bathed in 60 years.

Haji reportedly lives in isolation in Dejgah village, in the Southern Iranian province of Fars, subsists on rotten porcupine meat, and says the thought of a bath after all this time makes him very angry. .....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/amou-haji-iran-hasnt-bathed-60-years_n_4602936.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news



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Man Smokes Animal Poop, Says He Hasn't Bathed In 60 Years (Original Post) marmar Jan 2014 OP
so sad warrior1 Jan 2014 #1
Interesting... Xyzse Jan 2014 #2
Sigh ... In_The_Wind Jan 2014 #3
Poor guy. polly7 Jan 2014 #4
And now we know why he lives in isolation hobbit709 Jan 2014 #5
Imagine the US RDA snort Jan 2014 #6

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
2. Interesting...
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 12:12 PM
Jan 2014

I wouldn't come near him, even with a 60 foot pole.

Still, there is some support that the body needs to be exposed to allergens to get their immune system boosted.

Then again, that might be considered woo, I am unsure about current studies about it, so... It is up for debate.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
3. Sigh ...
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 12:14 PM
Jan 2014
He said he adopted his extreme, isolated lifestyle after suffering emotional setbacks in his youth.


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