That Stinks!

by Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger

06 Mar 2007 12:59 AM

Nothing gets by my 2-year-old daughter's nose. When foul odors abound, her nose knows.

"That stinks!" she'll exclaim in a voice loud enough for the entire neighborhood to hear.

Given her opposition to all things smelly, I think we'll be steering clear of China (specifically taxi cabs in Beijing) for a while.

According to Chinese news reports, a political adviser in Beijing is taking aim at stinky cabs. The adviser says too many taxi drivers are sleeping and eating in their cabs and the result is a funk that's driving customers away.

Chinese officials say they are concerned the smelly cabs could damage China's image when it hosts the 2008 Olympic Games. With visitors from around the globe descending upon the country for the major sporting event, China's government says it wants the region's 67,000 taxi drivers to clean up their vehicles now!

Moving on... he may not smell bad, but his weekend sure sounds like it stunk.

I'm referring to popular singer, Fabian. According to news reports, the 64-year-old musician escaped serious injury twice this weekend - first in a car crash, then in a concert accident.

Fabian's representative told news reporters on Friday night, the singer, his daughter and his manager were sideswiped by a car near Palm Desert that caused their vehicle to roll several times. Luckily, all three escaped with just minor injuries.

Then, on Saturday, Fabian was performing at an area casino along with former teen idols Frankie Avalon and Lou Christie when he fell off the stage. In that incident he reportedly suffered a scrape to his chin.

"It's a miracle that we survived that accident," Fabian said in a statement. "Except for being sore, I thought I could do the show. I didn't want to disappoint the audience."

I give the guy credit. My mom and I were talking about Fabian's weekend and she made the comment that even though she is younger than Fabian she didn't think she could have managed to perform after being involved in an accident.

I think it's pretty amazing he survived two ordeals in one weekend. Who knows... maybe he's part cat?

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Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism.

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