The world's smelliest man.

So we still find it hard to imagine how an individual can survive for 38yrs without a bath. Well, this is no myth as Kailash Singh of India has achieved this ''mean'' feat. He is known to be the world's smelliest man after he quit using soap and water on his body since 1974, shortly after he got married. He also added another twist to it by not cutting or shaving his hair and as we speak, his dreadlocks stand at 6-ft long.

His reason was that a priest guaranteed him a lovely son and heir to his ''throne'' if he could stop washing. His luck must be really tough as he has been able to father ''just'' seven daughters. Mr Singh spends his days farming and tending to cattle in a searing 47C/110F heat. Smelly and sweaty after a hard day's work, he cools down in the evening by having a fire bath which includes smoking marijuana, praying to the Hindu Lord Shiva and dancing around a bonfire. On an attempt to take the 65y/o record breaking man for a wash in the stream at some point, he fought his family and friends and took off. He says he'd rather die than have a wash and only having a son can make him relent. The only contact Kailash has with water is to wash his hands and mouth (at least his mouth!).

Mr Singh's wife and daughters are at the receiving end of his smelliness though. One of his daughters says her school mates are curious to meet her dad. ''They keep asking me how he can live for so many years without washing and want to see for themselves.'' His wife on the other hand isn't finding it funny. After a threat to stop sleeping with the smelly man failed, she has resigned to fate as Singh is determined not to have more than a fire bath.