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Gross! 15-Ton Blob of Fat Found Growing in Sewer (London)
LiveScience ^ | August 6, 2013 | Marc Lallanilla

Posted on 08/07/2013 1:59:18 PM PDT by EveningStar

A 15-ton blob of congealed fat so large it's been dubbed a "fatberg" has been removed from a sewer tunnel beneath London.

And just in case you're not completely grossed out yet, the fatberg — as large as a double-decker bus — was mixed with thousands of used baby wipes.

(click image to enlarge)

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: babywipes; blob; fat; fatberg; garbage; london; sewer
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1 posted on 08/07/2013 1:59:18 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
IBTMMP.

(in before the Michael Moore pics)

2 posted on 08/07/2013 2:03:00 PM PDT by wbill
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To: All
Oops. I didn't see this previous thread - same topic but different article and different source.
3 posted on 08/07/2013 2:03:12 PM PDT by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: EveningStar

Ahhwooooo... Fatblobs of London


4 posted on 08/07/2013 2:03:21 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: EveningStar

Soon Michael Moore will be single again.

Maybe they can meet up.


5 posted on 08/07/2013 2:04:56 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: cripplecreek

Well, I saw Chris Christie walkin’ with the queen
Doin’ the Fatblobs of London


6 posted on 08/07/2013 2:06:04 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim; tx_eggman

I saw Rick Perry with a fatblob of London... his hair was perfect.


7 posted on 08/07/2013 2:07:14 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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To: Tijeras_Slim

LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q4VzLQaRwk


8 posted on 08/07/2013 2:07:14 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You hear them howlin round your kitchen door

better not let em in.


9 posted on 08/07/2013 2:08:34 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: EveningStar

10 posted on 08/07/2013 2:09:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: EveningStar

There is nothing moore that can be said.


11 posted on 08/07/2013 2:09:35 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: EveningStar; wbill
fat doesn't grow, it collects.

just sayin'....but I'm still going to 2nd, WBILL

IBTMMP

12 posted on 08/07/2013 2:12:11 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: EveningStar

Obama’s real birth place discovered!


13 posted on 08/07/2013 2:12:50 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam is antithetical to, and Islam is irreconcilable with, America. Therefore - Islam Delenda Est)
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To: EveningStar

It’s from all the Yorkshire pudding. Look up how this is made.


14 posted on 08/07/2013 2:13:25 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: fwdude

But it is so delicious in moderation


15 posted on 08/07/2013 2:15:06 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: al baby

True. but to be honest, I’ve never tried it.


16 posted on 08/07/2013 2:15:56 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: EveningStar

That’s the same stuff Obama fed Jay Leno last night when he said we didn’t spy on Americans. The same stuff he tried to feed us when he said he didn’t back down in Benghazi.


17 posted on 08/07/2013 2:16:03 PM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: EveningStar
Owwoooo! Barney Frank photo: Barney Frank frank.jpg Fatblob of London
18 posted on 08/07/2013 2:16:12 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: EveningStar

Melt it, filter it and add it to refinery feed.


19 posted on 08/07/2013 2:16:43 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: fwdude
If any of it is pork fat...expect mass immigration from London by the muzzies. Not that that is a bad thing.


20 posted on 08/07/2013 2:17:31 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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