Their landlord thinks this comedy duo is puffing away in their apartment. But SE Grummett and Sam Kruger, who are facing eviction, claim they don't smoke inside. In fact, they say their apartment's air quality is affected by their flatulence.
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They Aren't Puffing, They Are Passing... Gas
As the New York Post reports, Grummett and Kruger are Toronto-based comedians who perform as Creepy Boys. The two are battling Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board over complaints about indoor smoking. They believe the reason for the smell is that they "fart too much."
"This is not a joke. We wish we were joking," says a website created to raise funds for the duo's legal expenses.
Grummett and Kruger claim they do not smoke inside. But their landlord, who suffers from a chronic lung condition, is kicking them out anyway. Her apartment shares an air duct with the couple's unit, and her air quality monitor detected volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
The duo claims they used everything at their disposal to identify the source of the VOCs. Through trial and error, they found the source wasn't linked to any appliances or home fragrances.
A health specialist believes that the air quality monitor could be reacting to bodily functions. This led Grummett and Kruger to claim that their farts are causing the VOC levels to spike.
"We are being wrongfully evicted because we fart too much," claims the fundraising page.
The Duo Is Going to Court
The fundraising page says Grummett and Kruger debunked the landlord's claim that the two were smoking. They also believe she tried to evict them to restore the unit to a single-family home.
"We are currently being evicted for 'personal use' but we believe this is retribution for us enforcing our tenants rights, as well as, our landlords belief that the poor air quality readings in her unit are from us smoking," the duo wrote.
They then added, "We believe this to be in bad faith. In Ontario, such evictions have to be heard by the Landlord Tenant Board. So, we are going to court."
A month after posting the page, the two have raised nearly $2,400 for their legal costs.
