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Lest anyone doubt his global presence, Phelps single-handedly turned a barnyard animal into a trending search term. Goat? Ah, yes, GOAT. Phelps took London by storm and yet, perhaps fitting for a goat, still had to eat a huge loss on his Fells Point bachelor pad before moving to a shinier set-up in Canton.
A retiree at 27, Phelps kept busy pitching products, mugging for magazine covers and contending for various "being of the year" honors. He also courted a new lady-friend, introducing waitress/model Megan Rossee to the red carpet, his family and the joys of Maryland crabs.
And just like many wizened folks enjoying their golden years, Phelps took up cards and golf -- hanging out on the poker circuit and signing up for a show on The Golf Channel where pro Hank Haney taught him how to swing. (AFP/Getty Images /August 4, 2012)
From the folks who brought you the best celebrity mugshots now comes a case of extreme Baltimore flatulence.
The Smoking Gun has posted the formal reprimand of a Social Security Administration worker who apparently stunk up his cubicle so often and so severely that his colleagues refused to work with him and management issued a sanction this month for “releasing the awful and unpleasant odor.”
The five-page reprimand documents the smelly conduct and unsuccessful attempts by management to resolve it, including the man's offer to purchase Gas X or turn on a fan when it happened. (Management declined, saying, "I explained to you that turning on the fan would cause the smell to spread and worsen the air quality in the module.)
The formal reprimand, which The Smoking Gun said was circulated among union leaders, includes a log of each gassy offense from Sept. 7- Nov. 29, detailing to the minute every time his cubicle was fouled. On Sept. 21, for example, the man passed gas at 10:38 a.m., and 1:27 p.m., 1:35 p.m. and 1:49 p.m. On another day, eight offenses were recorded in a five hour period.
Managers began discussing the flatulence as early as May, and though the man offered evidence of a medical condition that affected his work, the reprimand said he offered no evidence of uncontrollable flatulence.
"It is my belief that you can control this condition," management concluded in the reprimand.
