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Police in Washington, DC evacuated the US Post Office next to the Smithsonian Institution's National Postal Museum today after employees noticed an unattended package sitting on the counter. Not only was nobody in sight to claim the package, but the package also smelled very, very bad. After a thorough investigation by the bomb squad, the package was determined to hold nothing dangerous.

Just two cans of spinach and a very dirty diaper.

WASHINGTON – A foul-smelling package that led to the evacuation of a post office next to the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum contained two cans of spinach and a dirty diaper, authorities said.

"No wonder it smelled," said Deborah Yackley, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service. "I don't know why it was being mailed."

A postal worker alerted police shortly before 11 a.m. after spotting the smelly package sitting on a counter with no one around to claim it, authorities said. The package had no postage and no address.

Police are now looking for an extremely skinny brunette with her hair pulled back into a bun and with abnormally large feet. It is believed she was sending a message to someone with the nickname "Popeye" that he was a little too strong to the finish because he ate his spinach.