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Barry Grau
 
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Dave Smith > wrote in message >...
> Ken Knecht wrote:
>
> > I like limburger! Besides smearing it on crackers, what are some
> > other ways to use it?

>
> I once heard of a guy who used it to get back at a landlord who boosted
> his rent after he renovated the house at his own expense. The landlord
> thought that since the place was so much nicer after the tenant did all
> the work to it that it was worth more rent. The guy packed everything
> up, went to the store and got a few pounds of Limburger, plastered it in
> the cupboards, under drawers and other hidden locations. Then he moved
> out and left the place sealed up in a hot day.


I seem to remember that a group protesting Mellon Bank investment in
Japanese steel at a time when mills in Pennsylvania were going broke
rented a safe-deposit box in the Mellon Bank and put dead fish in it.

>
> Having tasted Limburger, that is about the best thing I can think to do
> with it.


-bwg