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Q: What Stinks? A: Bob Dylan's Port-a-Potty
When Mailbu residents Cindy and Dave Emminger looked for an answer to a recent problem on their property, they found it was blowing in the wind. The problem was their neighbor, music legend Bob Dylan, had "permanently parked a nasty smelling portable potty next to their mutual property line," according to NBC Los Angeles. The Emmingers wrote a letter to the editor of the Malbu Surfside News, complaining "that the City of Malibu has been unable to help them solve the problem," of the "toxic, hazardous, carcinogenic chemical toilet" that was set down "next to their home." The angry neighbors believe the port-a-potty is going to be far less movable than a rolling stone--in fact, they believe the "toilet is apparently intended [...] to be a permanent fixture on his property." Dylan, a longtime Malibu resident, has made no public comment about his portable toilet.
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