Town Bans Body Odor; Cops Decide Who Smells Illegal (Nanny of the Month 10-'14)
Yanking dogs from parks, hassling craft beer makers, and banning body odor--the latest episode of Nanny of the Month is jampacked with killjoys and control freaks!
"Occasionally, people will unfortunately have such a bodily odor that it's very hard for other patrons to physically be in that same space." So says Kamuron Gurol, city manager of Burien, Washington, the city that has banned smelling bad in public spaces.
So do you smell illegal? That'll be up to the cops to decide!
1 minute, 39 seconds.
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Warty! RUN!
I fart in your general direction.
Kamuron Gurol of Burien sounds like a character from a bad sci-fi novel.
And it is written, in the sacred scrolls of our people. That Kamuron Gurol, son our Athgar Gurol, will leave the sacred caves of Burien to do battle with the evil demon Pluar. May the gods of Vechien favour him!
As a libertarian leaning police officer (and preacher (- and yes we do exist)), it really irritates me that federal, state and especially local governments want us to enforce with the weight of law their "preferences" for society. I don't really care if you stink, your pants sag or a multitude of other "offenses". It is a fundamental waste of my time and energy when I should be handling real crime.