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Sewage backup causes United Nations evacuation
Reuters ^
| 12/21/2010
Posted on 12/21/2010 10:42:25 AM PST by 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.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; fecalmatter; napl; sewage; stink; unfailures; unitednations; unitednationssewer; usoutofunnow
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To: Responsibility2nd
poetic justice....
lol,
yes the UN is full of it
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posted on
12/21/2010 11:44:08 AM PST
by
tutstar
To: a fool in paradise
JERRY: What is that smell?
KRAMER: That's East RiverThe UN.
JERRY: You're swimming in the East River? The most heavily trafficked overly contaminated waterway on the eastern seaboard?
KRAMER: Technically Norfolk has more gross tonnage.
JERRY: How could you swim in that water?
KRAMER: I saw a couple of other UN reps out there.
JERRY: Swimming?
KRAMER: Floating, they weren't moving much. But they were out there.
To: Responsibility2nd
Sewage Back up? Oh my gosh, they all opened their mouths at once!
63
posted on
12/21/2010 11:47:25 AM PST
by
Bokababe
(Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
To: Responsibility2nd
The U. N. is and has been one big sewage dump for decades.
Too bad it couldn’t result in relocation (outside our borders) instead of simple evacuation. At least they got the word right. If my body had something like the U. N. in it, I’d be evacuating alright!
To: Responsibility2nd
There is a chemical weapon that has been used in Afghanistan that smells like sewage.
I bet knowing that helped them run faster.
65
posted on
12/21/2010 11:51:20 AM PST
by
DBrow
To: Responsibility2nd
That’s Funny...I thought the United Nations WAS ALREADY a sewage backup...
..and that’s being charitable!!!
Silly me...
66
posted on
12/21/2010 11:52:57 AM PST
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Responsibility2nd
I didn’t know Reuters was that good at writing straight lines! ;-)
67
posted on
12/21/2010 11:53:25 AM PST
by
maryz
To: Responsibility2nd
Some jokes just write themselves, don’t they?
68
posted on
12/21/2010 11:53:54 AM PST
by
alwaysconservative
(If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.)
To: Responsibility2nd
"Obvious, really."
69
posted on
12/21/2010 11:55:27 AM PST
by
Future Snake Eater
("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
To: 444Flyer
Just sayin'....
70
posted on
12/21/2010 11:56:15 AM PST
by
Hunton Peck
(Life, Liberty, Property, and the means to protect them, are what it's about.)
To: Hunton Peck
Ohhh! ROTFL!!! That’s a good one!
71
posted on
12/21/2010 11:58:57 AM PST
by
444Flyer
("The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power." -Daniel Webster)
To: Responsibility2nd
Th innermost bowels of the United Nations have now been evacuated....!
To: Responsibility2nd
I think that they had it wrong way 'round.
United Nations backup causes sewage evacuation.
73
posted on
12/21/2010 12:10:24 PM PST
by
fhayek
To: illiac; grey_whiskers; martin_fierro
How could anyone notice? The air smelled better than usual?
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
74
posted on
12/21/2010 12:17:28 PM PST
by
The Comedian
(Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Oh, the great jokes this is going to make.
To: Future Snake Eater
Bonus point for the appropriate Rorschach reference!
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
76
posted on
12/21/2010 12:27:39 PM PST
by
The Comedian
(Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
That building needs so many repairs that they just need to demolish it. Do we have to evacuate it first?
To: Responsibility2nd
If you smell sewer gases, LIGHT A MATCH!
78
posted on
12/21/2010 12:30:15 PM PST
by
CincyRichieRich
(Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
To: Responsibility2nd
With the record cold temperatures in Cancun at the Climate conference and this UN episode, God again demonstrates his sense of humor in confounding those who are wise in their own eyes.
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posted on
12/21/2010 12:30:53 PM PST
by
Rockitz
(This isn't rocket science- follow the money and you'll find truth.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Crap at the UN - redundant, but poetic justice nevertheless.
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