Something You Really Don't Want to Happen... Wed Sep 8, 7:55 AM ET THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A Dutch driver was covered in hundreds of liters of manure when a tank burst on a lorry carrying fertilizer, police said on Tuesday. "It was a nice night ... so he probably opened his window when he stopped at a traffic light, and then -- (it) happened," said Dana Kragten, spokeswoman for police in The Hague. "The tank had a small window which burst, probably due to pressure ... The man said he had no time to back away his car or close his window." Police said the man, whose car was sprayed with an estimated 1,700 liters (370 gallons) of liquid manure, escaped injury though his car had to be towed away.
This story is not actually about a 'manure accident' happening *in* The Hague, it's just where the press agency publishing this story is located. Right in the city we don't tend to have manure trucks, you know It happened in one of our rural provinces in the north-east, Drenthe, which I believe is over a hundred miles away from The Hague. Still, excellent story, thanks for sharing. Didn't hear about this in the news here!
I was thinking about this the other day and for pure laughs the guy in the car has to be in the Hague. People in the country anywhere get a load of crap dumped on them several times in there life. It's a matter of course. But here you have a fastidious urban dweller out to pick up a latte and a munure truck gets him. I don't care who you are, that's funny. This guy will have to sell his car and burn his clothes. Bath in disinfectant. It's a side splitter. The city isn't that important, it could be London, Melbourne or Boston. But the dumpee definitely needs to be in a city. So for the sake of humor I stand by my original post. Crappy day in the Hague. Because it's just funnier that way.
