Panel beater Henry Crumpledick, 52, woke up last week to discover his sense of smell had gone, and fearing he may be infected with the popular virus, called the NHS helpline to book a test.
“I dropped my morning fart on Saturday as I always do, but unusually, I couldn’t smell anything,” he told the Campsall Urethra and Glans. “It’s normally quite rank, but I assumed that the lack of smell was due to something I’d eaten the day before.”
“But when my wife started retching and complaining about the stench, I knew something was wrong.”
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Crumpledick called the government hotline to arrange a Covid test, but after giving a few details of his symptoms, the agent told him that the nearest available appointment was 250,000 miles away on…