Sunday, September 18, 2005
Law enforcement, part IINeighbor disputes can be ugly at times but seldom do they get as vile as in this case. In Nakano Ward in Tokyo, Japan, a man in his 50s has been boiling his own feces and leftover food in his garden and dumping the smelly brew into a hole he dug in the backyard. The trouble started two and a half years ago when neighbors complained that he was making too much noise in his home, and he retaliated by quietly launching his new waste recycling project. When interviewed on television, the man said that he did not feel that he was bothering anyone, and did not have to justify what he was doing in his own home.
To fight the stench, his neighbors have had to keep their windows closed through summer and winter, and some of them even installed double doors inside their houses. When that didn't work, they spread deodorizing powder and antiseptic chemicals around the man's house, but to no avail. Local businesses are also suffering. A small general store went bankrupt last year because customers stopped coming. A seafood store might go next. This is unconfirmed, but apparently only the McDonald's nearby is thriving.
Last month, area residents signed a petition with a thousand signatures and submitted it to police and the city government. However, officials say that there is nothing they can do because smell is highly subjective and there is no evidence of bodily harm. They explain that it is difficult to legally prove that the stores were driven out of business because of the foul odor, and city ordinances against air pollution apply only to businesses and factories, not individuals. Just as there are no laws against booby-grabbing, there are no laws against sh.t-cooking either.
In case any of my neighbors are reading this, I want to say here that I love them all. Turn on the leaf blower at 5 am, crank up the stereo all you want, but just don't start any fertilizing please.
- posted by Woofwoof @ 6:02 AM
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Bury I can understand (somewhat), but why did he have to cook it first?
# posted by 
: 18 September, 2005 09:06
: 18 September, 2005 09:06
Connecticut,
Glad to make your day happy. You should start your own blog. I'm sure it'll be interesting.
Anon,
Didn't you read the part where he said he didn't have to explain things he was doing in his own home? You ask too many questions :)
Glad to make your day happy. You should start your own blog. I'm sure it'll be interesting.
Anon,
Didn't you read the part where he said he didn't have to explain things he was doing in his own home? You ask too many questions :)
Man, that makes ANYTHING my neighbors have EVER done seem like a nice thing. Wow. That's a lot of hate - he had to smell all that himself, every day.
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