Sewage backup causes United Nations evacuation

Reuters ^ | 12/21/2010

[Responsibility2nd]

(Reuters) - A sewage backup caused a big stink at the United Nations on Tuesday, forcing diplomats and their staff to evacuate the Security Council and General Assembly.

Spokesman Farhan Haq said the evacuation was a precautionary measure after a strange smell was noticed in parts of the U.N. secretariat building. He said the odor was due to sewage backup possibly caused by high tides in the nearby East River.

"There were gases released from the sewage but they're not harmful," Haq said. Firefighters and hazardous materials experts had been called to the scene. U.N. management officials were working to deal with the sewage problem, he said.

[Texas Eagle]

Well, if somebody would just tell the delegates to press on that chromy looking lever thing instead of throwing shovelfuls of dirt down the toilet....

[IronJack]

Noxious gasses and a sewer clog at the United Nations ...

Who says God doesn’t have a sense of irony?

[TASMANIANRED]

They can’t hide it anymore.

[Sola Veritas]

The place has always been a sewer, now it is just obvious.

[ElkGroveDan]

Uh oh. Better tear the building down and move to a new one in say ... Mexico?

[unspun]

Humor or not, it must be shut down.

Really.

Truly.

It must be...

...eliminated.

[No Socialist]

‘Joe the Plummer’ - Great post. I knew I was going to enjoy this thread.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The UN produces so much sewage that it’s at least knee-deep in there 24/7. I wonder why they’re just getting around to noticing it now.

[CanadianYankee]

PLEASE!

All you witty FReepers are killing me!

I am laughing so had I am crying!

[Tzimisce]

For the first time in its history, sewage backup causes the UN to shut down....

[teletech]

The irony speaks for itself.

[Electric Graffiti]

Ha!! That’s a fitting picture for the U.N. It was built on an old ‘farm’ site with slaughter houses and run down tenements......A cesspool. It’s returning to it’s natural state.

[John O]

If the sewage backed up into the UN building how would they even notice it?

[kingattax]

Symbolic PING

[Slings and Arrows]

"You can't spell 'unethical' without the U.N."
--Frank J., imao.us

[Kirkwood]

Well, here's your problem. You have a little ahmadinejab stuck in here.

[paulycy]

[dfwgator]

It's just Mr Hanky, The Christmas Poo making an early appearance.

[2CAVTrooper]

“Sewage backup causes United Nations evacuation”

I didn’t know that Mymood Imonajihad or Hugo Chavez were addressing the U.N. again.

/sarc

[Responsibility2nd]

Post 97 and 98

lolol

GMTA.