You may recall that when the AH1N1 flu strain (aka, unfortunately, "swine flu") emerged last spring, one of the more misguided moves was the government-ordered slaughter of all the pigs in Egypt.

Many of these pigs, it turns out, were the property of the zabaleen, a minority Christian sect on the fringe of Cairo.  Now, in a really weird unintended consequences, comes this story about the streets of Cairo being overrun with mounds of garbage.  It seems that the zabaleen collected garbage, and the organic material was used to feed their pigs.  No pigs...no need for garbage.  No need...no collection.

...and piles and piles of garbage clogging the streets.  Who would have thought that a flu virus could do that?