MEDIEVAL POOP BARRELS THAT STILL SMELL DISCOVERED IN DENMARK

breitbart.com ^ | April 4, 2014 | BREITBART NEWS

[MeshugeMikey]

Time may be able to heal all wounds, but it apparently can’t alleviate all smells…

Archaeologists excavating in the town of Odense, Denmark, the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen, unearthed some medieval barrels that were being used in the town’s old toilet area.

"The excavation is characterized by great conditions for preservation and is located on a medieval site that has been found to contain brick houses, half-timbered houses and stables,” archaeologist Maria Elisabeth Lauridsen told Discovery News. "We are talking about 700-year-old latrines. And yes, they still smell bad.”

[bunster]

Slow News Weekend?

Similar to our local rag’s headline yesterday. “Trash Specialist interviewed Re: MAL370”.

Had to read the lengthy article (too funny) where the “specialist” basically tells us he has traveled the 7 seas and could have told them they’d find trash.

[MeshugeMikey]

trash specialist? ahahahaha

who is the Head of the DNC now anyway?

[jrd]

A lot of things fell in when people sat down and nobody cared to go after it also people tended to throw thing away in the pits. there have been a lot of things found it them.

[ozzymandus]

Talk about hoarding....

[dfwgator]

15 posts.....Really?!?!?!

[ozzymandus]

You don’t need Smellovision to know that MSNBC stinks.

[varon]

"We are talking about 700-year-old latrines. And yes, they still smell bad.”

Those Danes made some mighty potent sauerkraut...............

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Fifty years ago I read a history book on ROME in which a public outhouse was excavated. It still stunk, and drew flied something terrible. Not bad for a 2000 year old outhouse.

[MamaB]

I watched a show about Pompeii and they showed garbage bag after bag of what they found where poop had been collected under the living areas before the volcano erupted. They could tell what they ate and that there was no difference between the wealthy and poor diets.

[fso301]

I’d be worried about lingering plague organisms and old forms of viruses that may differ just enough from modern vaccines to be catchable.

[BenLurkin]

Let’s hope that the stink from her and her husband won’t still be on America 400 years from now.

[dhs12345]

Ya. Ignore the fact that it is human waste.

[Rebelbase]

"I watched a show about Pompeii and they showed garbage bag after bag of what they found where poop had been collected under the living areas before the volcano erupted. They could tell what they ate and that there was no difference between the wealthy and poor diets."

Some things never change:

[Rockpile]

Some lucky guy had the job of emptying barrels like that.

[a fool in paradise]

[a fool in paradise]

Fifty years ago I read a history book on ROME in which a public outhouse was excavated. It still stunk, and drew flied something terrible. Not bad for a 2000 year old outhouse.

2000 years old, eh? Built like...

[SunkenCiv]

Roll out the barrel ping. Thanks MeshugeMikey.

[SunkenCiv]

I guess it’s lucky they didn’t have playground slides in the middle ages.

[MeshugeMikey]

I no vely much rike poo my sef...

[MeshugeMikey]

Roll Out The Barrel

the perfect theme song for the next DNC convention

Roll out the barrel, we’ll have a barrel of fun
Roll out the barrel, we’ve got the blues on the run
Zing boom tararrel, sing out a song of good cheer
Now’s the time to roll the barrel, cause the gang’s all here