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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.
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TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: babywipes; blob; fat; fatberg; garbage; london; sewer
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To: EveningStar
I'm amazed at the number of people who lack the sense
not to flush those baby wipes down the loo. They make them strong and durable for a reason.
Many a plumber has probably put his kids through college unclogging loos of dummies who flush them down.
Yeah, I know they look gross and have poo all over them, but you can wrap them in a plastic bag and tie it off. Plenty many plastic bags can be purchased for the price of one unclogged loo.
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:20:09 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:21:38 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Life's short- paddle hard!)
To: fwdude
I have never had Yorkshire pudding, but I am intrigued with the process of making it, and I think it would be wonderful.
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:22:51 PM PDT
by
NEMDF
To: Vigilanteman
>>Many a plumber has probably put his kids through college unclogging loos of dummies who flush them down.<<
So true...we had a couple of plumbers in the fam who used to say *grease and coffee grounds are why I can afford a waterfront cottage at the beach*. :D
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:24:10 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Life's short- paddle hard!)
To: EveningStar
You can *almost* make out a face-
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:26:21 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Jabba Fatberg Hutt)
To: EveningStar
Sure it wasn’t that Ken Livingston, former mayor of London?
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:30:25 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(The only growth industries left under Progressives are government and poverty.)
To: NEMDF
I have never had Yorkshire pudding, but I am intrigued with the process of making it, and I think it would be wonderful. I've read that the best recipe involves the fat dripping from prime rib, so yes, I bet that would be heavenly!
For a similar cheaper treat, trying making popovers, and fill them with something you like.
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:30:33 PM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: EveningStar
Has anyone seen Michael Moore or Chris Christie lately?
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:31:50 PM PDT
by
Polyxene
(Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
To: fwdude
I just scatter the coffee grounds in the backyard.
It’s landfill.....
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:33:06 PM PDT
by
bicyclerepair
(Inbred, pedophile-worshipping, misogynists (mozlums) offend me.)
To: NEMDF; oswegodeee; flaglady47; mickie; seenenuf; seekthetruth; carlo3b
I have made real Yorkshire pudding....and it IS just wonderful....but it needs high quality prime rib roast drippings....and who can afford it any more!
Leni
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:35:27 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(West-Central Florida Get-Together Brunch - Next Sat. Freepmail me @ "MinuteGal")
To: EveningStar
Stuff in the sewers....how can I put this?.....congeals over time. I know this because Roto Rooter has to come every few years and knock it out of the low spot in my sewer where the house has settled.
To: Daffynition
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posted on
08/07/2013 2:54:02 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
08/07/2013 3:09:10 PM PDT
by
struggle
To: EveningStar
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posted on
08/07/2013 4:14:32 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Without the Right to Life, all other rights are meaningless.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
08/07/2013 6:43:59 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: EveningStar
The giant blancmange from the planet Chiron trying to find Wimbledon?
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posted on
08/07/2013 7:11:56 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: EveningStar
"Oh yes, I have balloons."
To: EveningStar
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