When we were kids our grandmas would remark on how dirty we were by looking in our ears and saying, "You could grow potatoes in there!" Well, my grandma said that, sometimes.
But this guy...
I can't imagine what his grandma would say.
An Iranian hermit who had been unofficially dubbed the "world's dirtiest man" after not showering for some 60 years has died at age 94, state media reported.
Amou Haji – not his real name, but an endearing nickname given to elderly people – reportedly died Sunday in the village of Dejgah.
Haji, known for his grime-covered skin and matted hair, abstained from washing because he believed soap and water would make him sick. He lived in isolation for most of his life in an open brick hut, which villagers made after he started sleeping in a hole in the ground.
Locals attributed Haji's eccentricity to "emotional setbacks" in his youth. In 2014, the Tehran Times reported that Haji also avoided fresh food, opting instead for rotted porcupine, and smoked a pipe of animal excrement.
I mean did anyone ever swing by this fellow's abode and tell him, you know:
I guess he just didn't care, though in the end it sounds like he got a little bit clean:
In the end, it is possible that Haji's concerns were somewhat warranted. Just a few months before his death, village officials reported, "villagers had taken him to a bathroom to wash." It is unclear if the cleaning effort was successful.
You can only imagine the firepower they needed to get that fellow clean:
