pepe le phew
There are some people who have a genuine medical condition that makes them ronk. If they are also a little slapdash on the washing and clothes washing, .....erm let me out of here.

Unfortunately the victim I worked with was quite a decent person in other respects, but the combination of vintage socks and that sickly sweet smell bringing to mind decaying flesh was a sometimes overpowering reason to get out of the room.

Because of aforementioned ok-ness elsewhere, only subtle hints were passed his way, which went completely over skunky`s head.

The business being 24/7 we were in one weekend and there was a bugs bunny loony tunes festival on the TV. He had left his charcoal blazer ( also referred to as a skunky`s shroud) on a chair at lunchtime and one brave soul had put two stripes of white gaffer/camera tape down its back, having been inspired by the cartoons.

Skunky didn`t get this, and went around telling everyone that someone had done this and he didnt understand why it was to snorts of laughter, we had all been watching the telly and it had shown several episodes of pepe le phew. I was in tears.

In a moment of alcoholic clarity I ventured that his stinkiness was due to his wife being german, and when she had said " into zer showers" he had got a bit scared.
Anonymous presents of soap on a rope in his pigeon hole elicited "someones left me a package and its got soap in, why would they do that?" NOOOO! because you stink matey!
He never got it, even continual references to our fragrant friend here went right over his head.

I`ve met colleagues who he has worked with subsequently and:

" he`s really good at his job, he`s a nice bloke but........"
" let me venture, as a random guess...he stinks like a sailors cock on a sunday morning?"
"Yeah!"
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