Le Stink: Stinky manure smell engulfs London

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/19/london.stink/index.html

Stinky manure smell engulfs LondonStory Highlights
Agricultural odor is inescapable in central London

Winds bringing smell of manure from farms in France, Belgium, Netherlands

Smell is expected to last for two days, until wind pattern changes

From Melissa Gray
CNN

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A foul smell permeating London and parts of England over the past two days is due to farmers on the European continent spreading manure in their fields, forecasters and British farmers said Saturday.


Experts say the inescapable farmland smell permeating London will stick around for a couple of days.

The agricultural odor is inescapable in central London and smells vaguely of farmland or even garbage.

Forecasters said a stiff breeze from the east is carrying the smell across the North Sea from Belgium, the Netherlands and even Germany. They said the smell is likely to hang around through the weekend as the easterly wind continues.

[The Traveler]

1. Has Bush been in Europe again? (n/t)

[annabanana]

2. Oh I don't know...

There are surely worse smells than fresh manure.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. Yeah. The smell doesn't bother me that much. Smell of stagnate water or garbage in summer worse.

[HereSince1628]

4. I've always blamed the scent of Wisconsin on Ioway Hogs.

I am feeling quite windicated about smells travelling over great distance.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Aged leavings of Pigs & turkeys--

Each has its own unforgettable aroma.

[daleo]

6. Oh to be in England

Now that April's there.

A little Browning.

[JCMach1]

7. Dude, it's just the sewer, I mean Thames!

Quit blaming the French for everything!