Police in Berlin were called in to deal with a man who has neglected to take a bath or shave for the past 18 years, according to press reports today. The self-styled urban hermit, identified only as Mario, also professed to not having changed his clothes since New Year's Day 2001. Investigating officers, who said they had no reason to doubt Mario's claims about his personal hygiene, were summoned after a chimneysweep reported discovering a "caveman" living in an abandoned apartment. The chimneysweep was trying to determine the source of smoke blockage in a flue when he came across the...