Hilarious gas leak emergency has hilarious…
It was a real gas-querade.
Residents of a UK city sounded an alarm after smelling what they thought was a gas leak, only to uncover later that the stench was coming from the “world’s smelliest fruit” — durian, a delicacy throughout Southeast Asia.
“I knew it smelled bad but I didn’t think it would bring the gas board out,” Andrew Simpkins, 61, proprietor of the Strongs Fruit and Veg store in Lytham, Lancashire that bought the funky fruit, told South West News Service.
“I tried some for the first time — I was skeptical at first but it has a pleasant aftertaste,” said Strong’s store proprietor Andrew Simpkins. William Lailey / SWNS
An engineer with the Cadent gas company had been dispatched to the store on September 16 after residents raised a stink over a “strong smell” of gas emanating from the realm.
Store assistants Wai Peng Cheng, 51, and his accomplice Candy Pooi Kuan Lam, 46, have been confused when the employee confirmed up, as they hadn’t called anybody to examine the premises.
“We saw a gas engineer pull up in front of the shop at around 1pm and he went into the charity shop next door,” Wai Peng told the outlet. “About an hour later, he tried the body care shop on the other side before coming inside Strongs.”
“I knew it smelled bad but I didn’t think it would bring the gas board out,” said Simpkins (pictured clutching the funky fruit). William Lailey / SWNS
There have been reportedly a number of police officers on website as properly, according to Simpkins.
That’s when Wai Peng revealed the unlikely source of the fumes. “When he mentioned the smell and I told him it was the durian but he didn’t believe me at first,” he recalled. “It was only when I took him outside and gave one to him that he realized.”
The store obtained a supply earlier that week, which they put the noxious nosh on show for around $30 a pound — just a number of hours before the gas man was dispatched to their place of business.
The absurdity of the scenario prompted everybody to burst into laughter, and after discovering no hint of gas, the engineer departed.
“We all just started laughing, it was hilarious — he then checked if there was any gas leak outside just to be sure but of course there wasn’t before leaving at 4pm,” Peng recalled.
Durian is understood as the “king of fruit” and is prized for its candy, custardy style.
However, the spiky fruit has change into infamous worldwide for its pungent scent, which has been analogized to every little thing from socks to sewage — which has prompted it to get banned from resorts, trains and other public areas across Southeast Asia, according to Atlas Obscura.
Yet despite having this smelly repute, one NYC espresso store sells a latte made from the smelly, spiky fruit.
“That drink tastes very [good] because it’s sweet,” the barista, from Tianjin, China, told The Post. “It just adds a flavor to the coffee and then some creaminess to it.”
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