Comments on: On Summers and Sewers

By: berril

berril — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:24:45 +0000

It certainly has made me appreciate a group much maligned at home in the U.S. - the Building Inspector. These smells are present even in the newest neighborhoods, making it clear that it is system wide, and not just the rare incident. It didn’t take long living in Korea to fully understand the unrecognized beauty of an appropriately vented sewer line, and a contained and appropriately treated sewer system. Let’s also praise the underrecognized contributions of the Sanitation Engineers and the waste facilities and disposal sites that they frequent. I must admit that I’ve complained about ‘pesky codes’ and ‘jerk anal-retentive inspectors’… LOL.

By: shingles

shingles — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:54:09 +0000

COrea really does smell like a huge pile of shit. Whenever I remind coreans of this fact they try to spin it off as “just my neighborhood” or “Other places stink too” etx. Coreans walk around very arrogantly in other nations. Yet at home they wollow in their shit. Its very sad.

BTW Gyopos are the worst when it comes to appologising about Corea.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:54:46 +0000

I remember Busan’s infinite variety of sewer stenches (as Bangkok has a dozen kinds of choking tailpipe exhausts) all too well.
Though strangely I never noticed the noxious sewers when we lived in Seoul!

By: vp1

vp1 — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:08:14 +0000

A guy on pusanweb said ‘drunken screaming’ season had begun, but ’stink’ trumps that, any day.

By: jodi

jodi — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:40:46 +0000

Mix it in with the smell of rotting fish and you’re in paradise.

By: 74

74 — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:32:25 +0000

Ah, the memories. Pusan in the summertime. It brings tears to my eyes.

By: Rhesus

Rhesus — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 04:34:43 +0000

Guess I don’t go to the right places…

By: kangmi

kangmi — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 03:40:27 +0000

I have a strong memory of that smell…no need to smellblog it.

By: Jeff in Korea

Jeff in Korea — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:40:58 +0000

Oddly, I had a hunch that Kevin would be the first to comment on this post.

By: Kevin Kim

Kevin Kim — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:21:34 +0000

Plus on remue la merde, plus elle pue.

The more you stir the shit, the more it stinks.

Kevin