Posted on 06/05/2004 5:30:51 AM PDT by RogerFGay
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish woman, tired of the noise made by her amorous neighbors in the apartment above, took her quest for some peace and quiet to an official environmental health committee.
Jon Persson, who works with the local health committee in Simrishamn, some 382 miles south of the capital, Stockholm, said Thursday that the woman said she was "distressed, angry and tense all over" because her neighbors make love loudly almost nightly.
He said it was the first time he can recall such a complaint ever being filed in the Scandinavian country. Typically, most disputes get settled between neighbors and don't require government intervention.
The woman, who was not identified, complained that the lovemaking usually starts around 10 p.m. and lasts well past midnight, sometimes to 1 a.m., Persson said.
According to a copy of her complaint, she said the lovers' efforts have left her with tense headaches, cramps and heartburn.
"You are my last hope, please help me," the woman wrote in the complaint, according to Persson.
Persson said he's not entirely sure how to help the woman, noting that it's the landlord of the apartment building "whose duty it is to make sure the nuisance stops."
Persson said his committee could visit the woman's apartment and measure the noise levels, but said it might be hard to do that because "we don't know in advance when the disturbances will occur."
ping Swedish
Jealously.
Noisy neighbors are a pain.
Try between 10 PM and 1:00 AM local time, Sherlock.
Warning on Viagra: "If you have an erection that lasts more than 4 hours please call your doctor or go see the official environmental health committee....."
Oh, heck. I'd have just recorded the 'noise' and played it back at them at 5am, about 120 decibels. :)
You are the man!
Just trying to help.
She should complain to a church instead....encouraging her neighbors to get married. And then enjoy the silence after they've been married for about 3 months
Yeaaaa riiight and will they be taking videos for further analysis? ;-)
Pictures?
hehe .....
Mine play loud music, I think I would prefer something different for a change.
I thought if cannot beat them she would join them. Or at least ask to join.
Or rent a copy of Porky's....and play it back real loud..remember the gym teacher who "sqealed"..she later became famous on Sex and the City.....havign a "senior" moment..can't remember her name..
not bitter, are we?
Run the vacuum cleaner.
Kim Catrall
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