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Something Stinks Slightly Less on Oak Street

by Andrew Dudley  • 
Mon. 
Jul 25, 2011, 7:41 am

Here’s a follow-up to quite possibly our stupidest story ever.

Back in April of 2010, we told you about a putrid port-a-potty that was bringing all kinds of stink (OK, mostly just two kinds) to the 1000 block of Oak Street.

Until very recently, this funkbox was tucked behind a gate right around 1058 Oak, assaulting unsuspecting passersby with odors most foul.

But lo and behold, look at 1058 Oak NOW!

Yes, where once lurked a gated menace now stands a weird, hastily-constructed doorway. Our long neighborhood nightmare is over.

…Or is it?

Before you go intaking air through your nostrils willy-nilly, be warned: the smelly beast is down but not out. In fact, it’s hiding just a few steps away!

Well shucks, with that white picket fence and that pathetic trellis disguise, you might think this port-a-potty is about to bake you a huckleberry pie. But no, it’s not. It’s going to bake you a stink pie, and serve it up hot.

And thus concludes our new stupidest story ever.