....and if we're still upon the theme of 'absurdity'.....the following is a bit closer to home, dazzlenation.....harwich, essex....and the 'rationale' for hoarding?...apparently 'bargains' are nice to you - they don't argue back....and so what had been going on, there - then?....'rotting bananas' and '33 frogs'?.....go figure:

Decades of hoarding made house 'a no-go area' - BBC News