If love has an odor, I don't think this is it!

It seems an Iowa farmer had a brainfart brainwave concerning his wife's birthday.

Carole and Dick Kleis live together on their eastern Iowa farm. This year for her birthday, Dick used more than 120,000 pounds of manure to spell out a special message. It basically says 'Happy Birthday, Love You,' but in shorthand.

And it only took three hours to spell it all out in a stinky, but mushy way.

"It's not hard," said Kleis. "Any manure will work but the good, soft, gushy, warm stuff works the best. It kind of melts the snow."

Carole say Dick's birthday is in May and she's already thinking of ways to beat out his gift.

There's more at the link, including a video clip showing the message in all its dungified glory.

I've no idea what his wife has in mind for his birthday . . . but if I were in his shoes, I'd take cover!



Peter