Three things in the world are funny: irony, comedic misfortunate, and piss. Piss is extremely funny. If you don’t find piss funny, I do not have time for you.
In today’s hilarious piss news, German officials are fighting a battle against inconsiderate people slowly destroying the historic church of Ulm Minster by relentlessly pissing on it.
Ulm Minster is the tallest Christian church in the world (at a staggering 161 metres it was briefly the tallest building in the world in the early 19th century) and it’s been subjected to some extremely detrimental erosion from years of not just highly acidic urine, but also highly acidic vomit.
The soft, porous sandstone base has been struggling to withstand the pungent assault, and despite the doubling of the urination fine to a cool 100 Euro, according to the head of the church’s preservation initiative, people are still using it as a toilet:
“I’ve been keeping an eye on it for half a year now and, once again, it’s coated with urine and vomit.”
The government is proposing that more port-a-potties are placed around the 126-year-old year old church, but I reckon they could do it by electrifying the outside and letting the problem solve itself.
The world is a beautiful place.
Source: Travel and Leisure.
