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Oniony pig farts legal, court rules
The Local ^ | 22 Dec 11 10:29 CET

Posted on 12/27/2011 2:25:52 PM PST by Olog-hai

A court in the northern German town of Osnabrück has ruled that a farmer is allowed to feed his pigs vast quantities of raw onions, despite complaints from neighbors about their eye-watering gaseous emissions.

The farmer has been feeding his 1,500 pigs several cubic meters of onions every week for the past 14 years, but city authorities ordered him to stop, and threatened to fine him €2,500 (US$3,267), after locals complained of the resulting pungent porcine farts.

The council justified its decision on the grounds that planning permission for the pigsty forbade “strong-smelling foods, e.g. kitchen waste.”

But the court overturned the decision, saying that the city council had imposed the penalty on the assumption that the onions were to blame for the stink without providing sufficient evidence. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: farming; flatulence; napl; pork
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To: Olog-hai

Way back in the pioneer/homesteading days, pigs would sometimes be pastured with cattle and horses and gladly ate whatever the livestock dropped along with their constant rooting for anything edible. Maybe a month before fall butchering they were given corn to flush things out, so to speak. A fart scented with onions doesn’t sound so bad.


41 posted on 12/27/2011 3:49:01 PM PST by dainbramaged (I lost my mantra around 1969.)
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To: goseminoles

My thought, exactly! A shoulder roast that needs no savories? Excellent!


42 posted on 12/27/2011 4:00:53 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a tyrannical and violent POLITICAL ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: traditional1

Oder in the court! Oder in the court!


43 posted on 12/27/2011 4:04:25 PM PST by Noumenon ("I tell you, gentlemen, we have a problem on our hands." Col. Nicholson-The Bridge on the River Qwai)
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To: mikrofon

Good thing I checked your TO line else I was sending it to Chaz.

Classic, mikrofon...classic.


44 posted on 12/27/2011 4:05:14 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a tyrannical and violent POLITICAL ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: mikrofon; Olog-hai; Charles Henrickson

Chive talkin’.


45 posted on 12/27/2011 4:26:12 PM PST by martin_fierro (Les Oinknons)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel; martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson
GERMAN JELLY DONUT
>> PING <<
No real Berliners, please.
The List of Ping Lists


46 posted on 12/27/2011 5:41:24 PM PST by mikrofon (Ich bin ein Pinglister)
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To: Olog-hai

Zem Tschörmens, zey are zo strange.


47 posted on 12/27/2011 6:02:12 PM PST by Sarajevo
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To: Only1choice____Freedom
When they complained about it, the farmer searched for some cheap, smelly food to send the whiners crying to the “city” authorities.

Remarkably slow in acting

"The farmer has been feeding his 1,500 pigs several cubic meters of onions every week for the past 14 years"

48 posted on 12/27/2011 6:18:12 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Whatever happened to that Amy Summerland sailing chick?)
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To: USMCPOP

They need to call Azz Venturi, Fart Detective.

____________________________________________________

Kindest Sir,
That right thar is FUNNY ~ I dunt care who yaare.

It was so funny, I snorted a piece of thumbprint cookie OUTTA MY NOSE ~
Oh I need an oygen mask so I can breath ~!
LMAO


49 posted on 12/27/2011 7:16:57 PM PST by simplesimon (You are entitled to your own opinions but not your own "facts"...........)
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To: goseminoles

That is probably why he is feeding them onions.The meat will pick up the taste of the diet.


50 posted on 12/27/2011 7:59:16 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: Olog-hai

He better feed them with corn for about 90 days before slaughter to get the onion taste out of the meat! As is, the meat will be unedible.


51 posted on 12/27/2011 8:12:13 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Olog-hai

He will probably have healthier pigs. Onions are from the same family as garlic and have great antibiotic and antimicrobial properties.


52 posted on 12/27/2011 11:00:49 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: traditional1

I heard there’s a new “The View” segment specially created for Whoopi called “Guess What I Ate for Lunch?”


53 posted on 12/27/2011 11:02:10 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: manic4organic; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono
Onion fart threads make me laugh ‘til I cry.

The winds that bring tears to your eyes.

THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICTURES!


54 posted on 12/28/2011 9:52:27 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Since Obama's only challengers in 2012 are in the GOP debates, include him the next 15.)
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To: Revolting cat!
This thread is worthless without pictures.


55 posted on 12/28/2011 9:56:16 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Since Obama's only challengers in 2012 are in the GOP debates, include him the next 15.)
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To: a fool in paradise

56 posted on 12/28/2011 10:31:04 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
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To: Springman; a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ..

"Mmmmm, onions!"



57 posted on 12/28/2011 11:32:16 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Oniony Pig would be an excellent name for a pub.


58 posted on 12/28/2011 11:39:34 AM PST by humblegunner (The kinder, gentler version...)
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To: Olog-hai

Pig farter radio ping.

Wait ....... what?


59 posted on 12/28/2011 11:58:41 AM PST by Eaker (Nothing even remotely praising Romney should be posted because one should stick to the truth.)
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To: Eaker

What a Gas.


60 posted on 12/28/2011 12:00:49 PM PST by BooBoo1000 ("Think for yourself")
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