Teunis Tenbrook was thrown out from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam after complaints from professors and other students that it was impossible to study with the smell from his feet. But now, after a lengthy legal battle, a court has ruled that having smelly feet is no excuse to ban a student from a university.

The judge said: "Our considered opinion is that the professors and other students will just have to hold their noses and bear it." Tenbrook told the court: "Although I could no longer attend lectures I tried to carry on by studying in the library, but then I was banned from the library as well."

The university will have one advantage from the ruling - dozens of books that the student had been unable to return because of the ban can now be handed back. But now the university has announced instead of banning students with smelly feet they are planning to issue fines to tackle such problems.

Fined for smelly feet? That'd raise more money in the cleverthingies office than the swear box!

At least Teunis had room to spread out.

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