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Welcome to the homepage of The Stink, a column Pestiside editor Erik D'Amato wrote for the Budapest Times, Hungary's quality general-interest English-language newspaper, from November 2003 until July 2006. Please note that the print and electronic versions of the Stink are often slightly different, so if you want to denounce or sue either the author or the newspaper for something you see in the column, make sure you know which version has caused offense. Not that you'll ever collect a filler!
Weekly "Stink" Ends Long Print Run at Budapest Times
Complete Text of Statement Regarding the "Weekly Stink"
(July 31, 2006)
Unforeseen Excitement Threatens Regional Cucumber Harvest
(July 17, 2006)
It's Not the Heat - It's the Hellfire
(July 3, 2006)
George Bush, Hungarian Socialist
(June 19, 2006)
Will His Royal Hotness Make a Splash in Budapest?
(June 6, 2006)
My Other Mexican is a Hungarian Barbarian!
(May 22, 2006)
With Heroes Like This, Who Needs Cowards?
(May 8, 2006)
So Why Did Anyone Want to Win this Election Anyway?
(April 24, 2006)
We May be Stupid and Greedy, but At Least We're Not French
(April 18, 2006)
The Winner of this Election's Coveted Stink Endorsement Is...
(April 3, 2006)
Shoot the Piano Player, and Other Constructive Dining Tips
(March 27, 2006)
How to Get Off Mother Nature's Hungo Shitlist
(March 20, 2006)
The Big Bad Wolf is Still After Your Wooly Little Ass
(March 13, 2006)
The Irresistible Tastiness of Vladimir Putin's Reeking Tuchas
(March 6, 2006)
Throw Us a Friggin' Bone, Ted, and Ligeti-split!
(February 27, 2006)
Advantage: Gyurcsiblog!
(February 20, 2006)
What This Country Needs is a Good Solid Enemy
(February 13, 2006)
The Kids Are Fine. It's the Parents I'm Worried About
(February 6, 2006)
It's Betting Time at the Animal Casino
(January 30, 2006)
Hungary's Expats: Insufferable Monsters, or Boring Nobodies?
(January 23, 2006)
We'll Just Have the Sushi Boat, and a Little Sex on the Side
(January 16, 2006)
You Can't Buy Publicity Like This!
(January 9, 2006)
I Don't Know Much About Art, But I Know What You Might Like
(December 12, 2005)
There's Still Plenty of Dumb Fun Without Driving Drunk
(December 5, 2005)
It Sucks to Be Someone Else's Bitch, But Hey, That's Life
(November 21, 2005)
Helpful Tips for Avoiding Those Pesky Winter Blahs/Suicides
(November 14, 2005)
Let's Not Torture Ourselves Over the Whole Secret Jail Thing
(November 7, 2005)
We Could Also Test the Vaccine on Paris Hilton
(October 31, 2005)
The Shocking Affair of the Two Cabbage Áfás Számla
(October 24, 2005)
Bush and Gyurcsány: The Secret White House Tapes, Part II
(October 17, 2005)
Texan Promises Best Little Strip Club in Budapest
(October 10, 2005)
No, Virginia, Not Every Hungarian Woman is a Porn Star
(October 3, 2005)
Hungarian Fiscal Policy: Wife-Beating, or Child Molestation?
(September 26, 2005)
Tell the Ticket-taker My Monkey Wants a Refund
(September 19, 2005)
How Can I Not Serve You?
(September 12, 2005)
How Hungarians Got the Blame for America's Big Flood
(September 5, 2005)
Outrage in Cucumberland!
(August 29, 2005)
When Democracy Rolls Over for Melon-headed Demonstrators
(August 8, 2005)
Still Driving Around in Big Circles
(August 1, 2005)
Gambling Away Five Years of Tuesday Nights in Budapest
(July 25, 2005)
On the Plus Side, You Get to Eat Lots of Cock
(July 18, 2005)
How to Really Stick It to Hungary's Rich Bastards
(July 11, 2005)
Reality Sucks, Especially For Hungarian Reality TV Stars
(July 5, 2005)
A One-Star Plan for Making Budapest Restaurants Less Terrible
(June 27, 2005)
Terrifying Tycoon Hints at Political Takeover
(June 20, 2005)
Murder Bombshells Shock Kecskemét Mafia Trial
(June 14, 2005)
While I'll Be Smiling Through the Coming Apocalypse
(June 6, 2005)
Time to Tell Granny to Stuff It
(May 30, 2005)
Static of Corruption Interrupts Growth of Local Radio
(May 16, 2005)
When the Last Hungarian Leaves Work, Turn Out the Lights
(May 9, 2005)
Without Free Ketchup, Genuine Social Progress is Impossible
(May 2, 2005)
Everyone is Entitled to Their Opinion, Especially My Lawyer
(April 25, 2005)
Tamás P. and the Rape of a Nation
(April 11, 2005)
True Crime Tales for Bored Stinkheads
(April 4, 2005)
In Honor of Hungary's Honorary Consuls
(March 28, 2005)
Your TV Guide to Cultural Literacy in Hungary
(March 21, 2005)
Liberals of Hungary, Unite!
(March 14, 2005)
The Ballad of the Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
(March 7, 2005)
And You Thought the Cost of Living Was Bad
(February 28, 2005)
Some Strange Tales from Hungary's Jails
(February 21, 2005)
Looking for a Few Good-Looking Men to Defend the Nation
(February 14, 2005)
I'd Rather Be in Pictures (Almost)
(February 7, 2005)
Four International Conspiracies I Would Happily Join
(February 1, 2005)
More Fun Ways to Bleed the Ailing Foreigner
(January 24, 2005)
New Year's Resolutions for Greasy Pols and Greedy Moguls
(January 17, 2005)
Attila, 'Scourge of God', Offered Puny, Half-Assed Tribute
(January 10, 2005)
It Was a Very Stinky Year
(December 20, 2004)
How to Stop Being the Corrupt Media's Obedient Little Poodle
(December 13, 2004)
Free Passports and Euros for Everyone!
(December 6, 2004)
The Most Fun Story about Fiscal Policy You'll Ever Read (Really)
(November 22, 2004)
Why Are Some Hungarians So Damn Irritating?
(November 15, 2004)
A Messy Withdrawal, a Good Cause and a Virtuous Defeat
(November 8, 2004)
A Hungarian Lesson for America's Warring Tribes
(November 2, 2004)
Welcome to Budapest - Your Car Has Already Been Booted
(October 25, 2004)
Drowning the Babies in the Bathwater (Part II)
(October 18, 2004)
Drowning the Babies in the Bathwater (Part I)
(October 11, 2004)
Brokergate: A Motion to Dismiss
(October 4, 2004)
Refusing to Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
(September 27, 2004)
Ferenc Gyurcsány: Evil Pig, or Paprikajancsi?
(September 20, 2004)
Marriage, Italian-Hungarian Style
(September 13, 2004)
There's Gold in Them There Pills!
(September 6, 2004)
It's Monday AM: Can You Name the New Magyar PM?
(August 30, 2004)
A Long Race to Absolutely Nowhere
(August 23, 2004)
What a Wicked Game to Play
(August 9, 2004)
Stink Stays Home, While Saddam Meets Mr. Hand
(August 2, 2004)
We May Have a Lovely Bridge to Sell You, Too
(July 26, 2004)
Lizagate - The Incredible Shocking Conclusion
(July 19, 2004)
Liar! Liar! Hair on Fire!
(July 12, 2004)
In Hungary, Only Real Men Wear Purses
(July 5, 2004)
How Europe Turned Me Into a Corrupt and Lying Swine
(June 28, 2004)
Hungary Goes to the Polls, and the World Surfs for Hungo Porn
(June 21, 2004)
Letting the Foreign Bulls into Hungary's China Shops
(June 14, 2004)
Reconciling Freedom and Religion, and Other Animal Sex News
(June 7, 2004)
Charity the Kids Can Do Without, and Other Tales of Cut-Rate Harlotry
(May 31, 2004)
Demszky Walks While Chomsky Eats, and an 'Artist' is Born
(May 24, 2004)
CEU Welcomes the Britney of Hate Speech, and Restaurant Rankings Rankle
(May 17, 2004)
How the Magyars Joined the EU and Lost their Magog Mojo
(May 10, 2004)
On the Road to Prague, in Budapest (Part II)
(April 26, 2004)
On the Road to Prague, in Budapest (Part I)
(April 19, 2004)
The Battle for the Soul of Bohemian Budapest
(April 12, 2004)
Pest's Fallow Gardens of Paradise, and Other Party-Pooping
(April 5, 2004)
No-go Hotels, a New New Year, and Tips for Local Tabs
(March 29, 2004)
On the Trail of the Herceg Hörcsög
(March 22, 2004)
No Parking Means No Entry, and the BBJ's New Bella Figura
(March 15, 2004)
Hungary Meets Bachelor No. 25, and Doesn't Understand a Word
(March 8, 2004)
Mixing Business and Pleasure while Osama raids the Marriott
(March 1, 2004)
How to Lose it All in One Easy Punch
(February 23, 2004)
Toxic Dems vs. Bumbling Bushes, and an In Outlet
(February 16, 2004)
The Other Hungarian Hollywood Connection
(February 9, 2004)
Feeding a Flu with Local Nuts and Fruits
(February 2, 2004)
Fast Cars, Fast Women, and the Revenge of Uncle George
(January 26, 2004)
Stink to Sacked Minister: Spill All!
(January 19, 2004)
Get on This Tiger Before It Gets Away
(January 12, 2004)
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