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smells good

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My American neighbour is a keen gardener. He particularly enjoys the smell of fresh compost on his garden in autumn... but unfortunately, he enjoys it so much he actually stuck his head into the bag for his own satisfaction. No one told him the range of conditions he could get from this, so I guess that he was lucky he only got legionaire's disease instead of legionaire's disease plus cryptogenic alveolitis or pneumonitis or toxoplasmosis. It turns out the compost was made of your usual stuff...read the label, folks, before inhaling blood and bone, kelp and chicken dung!!! Anyway, he recovered after touch and go in hospital. He smells much better now (but my dog doesn't think so, though).

Submitted on 05/01/2012

Submitted by: Davida Kiernan
Reference: personal experience

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Bruce said:
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While the typical gardener may not know about things like cryptogenic alveolitis or pneumonitis or toxoplasmosis I still think it takes a certain level of idiocy to do what this neighbor of yours did. Thanks, Davida!

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Compost is traditionally made from *waste*... so he *really* should have realized that sticking his head in there was less then brilliant. Thanks, Davida

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