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[Dabanton]

Wet wipes and fat? Some people really are fucking idiots.

They shouldn't have to but maybe the local councils should remind people that all they're doing when they flush wet wipes or pour fat down their sinks is wasting money as sooner or later it will need to be unblocked.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Wet wipes and fat? Some people really are fucking idiots.

They shouldn't have to but maybe the local councils should remind people that all they're doing when they flush wet wipes or pour fat down their sinks is wasting money as sooner or later it will need to be unblocked.

Their logic: Someone else's problem.

 

[ElbowRocket]

Wet wipes and fat? Some people really are fucking idiots.

They shouldn't have to but maybe the local councils should remind people that all they're doing when they flush wet wipes or pour fat down their sinks is wasting money as sooner or later it will need to be unblocked.

Wet wipes from all the bimbo's in London?

 

[Dabanton]

My friend had to educate his ex-tentant about not pouring hot fat down their kitchen sink. This guy saw nothing wrong with it at all.

 

[bionic77]

I feel bad for the poor bastards that have to clean that up.

I hope those employees are paid well for putting up with that shit.

 

[Meier]

I know I've read on GAF many times about a bunch of people now using wet wipes to wipe their ass instead of toilet paper. I guess this is the end result.

 

[Chinner]

people flush wet wipes? i didn't realise their was so many imbeciles in London.

 

[skybaby]

Where I live regulation says kitchen sink drain must go into a fat container and be accumulated in it before reaching the sewers. You are responsible for cleaning it yourself...

 

[Omegasquash]

Their logic: Someone else's problem.

This. Sort of makes you wish that only those flushers would have the backup.

 

[Akuun]

I've never heard of fatbergs before. It's disgusting, but part of me wonders if it could be burned as fuel.

I feel bad for the poor bastards that have to clean that up.

I hope those employees are paid well for putting up with that shit.

That's what I was thinking.

Since they don't even have masks... fuck, if I was doing that I'd try to buy my own damn mask before doing it. Even if it was just one big plastic visor that goes over my face.

 

[WedgeX]

Remember all the gaffers that think its a good idea to flush food down the toilet?

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Damn. No way in hell I would go down there and clean that up. "Sorry boss, I quit. You go down there!"

 

[SneakyStephan]

American tourists are always so annoying.

10/10

 

[DeadNames]

U WOT M8

 

[VanquishUK]

They don't even give them masks

What a beast.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

It is going to be used to generate electricity

...
He is excited about plans to open what is being billed as the biggest fat-fueled power station in the world, in Beckton in the east of London.

It’s due to start pumping out electricity in two years’ time. Thames Water will supply about half the fuel.

Most of it will be collected from the capital’s restaurants – in “fat traps” fitted directly beneath sinks – but the rest will come from sewers like this.
...

 

[Showaddy]

They don't even give them masks

Jesus Christ that job has got to pay reasonably well right? No one in their right minds would go down there for anything close to minimum wage.

 

[Kinyou]

Lots of soap to be made

 

[Boss Doggie]

Makes you wonder how these things smell...

 

[Wag]

 

[Mindwipe]

I remember seeing a BBC programme about the guys that do this a few years ago. It didn't pay nearly as well as you'd imagine (not quite minimum wage, but certainly less than average builder money).

The guys who did it seemed reasonably chipper about it, even though it sounded even worse than this suggests - gas meters for poisonous fumes, massive blockages of poop and fat, other bits of nasty human detritus.

Muchos respect to those guys, because it seemed like an absolutely awful job.

EDIT: Programme was 'What Britain Earns' http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008m4c8

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Jesus Christ that job has got to pay reasonably well right? No one in their right minds would go down there for anything close to minimum wage.

You get the job title of flusher, that novelty has to be worth something...

Speaking of which...

Even products that claim to be flushable, such as wet wipes, shouldn't be flushed. They do not break down in the sewer and cause all sorts of problems

So much for "flushable" wet wipes...

 

[Log4Girlz]

Makes you wonder how these things smell...

I bet it smells like wet dog.

 

[Midnight Moon]

American tourists are always so annoying.

It's probably all of the grease from the fish and chips you serve there.

 

[Chairhome]

Life is like a hurricane,
Here in Fatberg

 

[Conciliator]

I like to imagine it was pulsating and moaning. 'kiiilllllllllllllllll mmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'

also america fat

 

[Clydefrog]

Life is like a hurricane,
Here in Fatberg

Wet wipes, bacon, french fries
it's a fat-blur

 

[PJV3]

My in laws live off that road, I'm sure they contributed plenty of oil via all the curries they eat. They go through tons of oil, I hate it.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Wet wipes, bacon, french fries
it's a fat-blur

A pipe cloggin' mystery,
It's sewage history!

 

[Dabanton]

It would have been a hell of sight and smell if it did blow off the manholes covers and splatter Kingston with used wet wipes shit and grease.

 

[Helensmith]

Sewage spurting would have been a scene reminiscent of Ghostbusters...

 

[davepoobond]

10/10

i think someone finally got my joke.



the fatberg "is" the American Tourist, guys!

 

[daviyoung]

That thing will push Mr Muscle to his limits

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Whoop for Kingston's claim to fame! I live about 5 minutes from that place, thankfully my toilet is still working. Sewage spurting would have been a scene reminiscent of Ghostbusters...

Hah, just saw someone say this on Twitter: "We residents of Kingston-upon-Fatberg thought we were so lardy-dah but it turns out we were just lardy. #fatberg"

So, do you use wet wipes?

 

[Nikodemos]

Man, imagine what a grease fire with that thing as fuel would look. You'd think an oilfield got set alight.

 

[Race to be King]

So, do you use wet wipes?

I use the Daily Mail. It improves the quality of the writing.

 

[BananaBomb]

So, do you use wet wipes?

i use wet wipes and flush them because they say "flushable." am i a bad person?

 

[daviyoung]

Depending where you are, wet wipes probably are flushable. The Victorians who built our sewers were not privy to such technology though so clearly didn't scope for it. Silly Victorians.

 

[BanGy.nz]

BETTER GET BACK TO EATING MY FISH AND CHIPS AND DEEP FRIED MARS BARS SO I CAN WASH IT DOWN WITH A LITRE OF COLA

That'd be Scotland not England.

 

[Resilient]

They should have shamed it away.

It's the fats fault really.

 

[Quackula]

How do I get a job cleaning up horrific and disgusting messes like this? It looks kinda neat.

 

[FelixOrion]

Clearly says UK ...

 

[Boss Doggie]

...suddenly I pictured the manholes exploding with fat

I bet it smells like wet dog.

Or those things you find in the bellybutton.

 

[Scoot2005]

Came to see this. Now I leave satisfied.

 

[Nevasleep]

Opposite in Herne Hill after a Water Main burst..

 

[Nicktendo86]

Opposite in Herne Hill after a Water Main burst..

NIce to see Thames Water doing a bang up job as usual

 

[PJV3]

Man, imagine what a grease fire with that thing as fuel would look. You'd think an oilfield got set alight.

White gold, kingston tea.
I could be sitting on a Fatmine and afford to live on Kingston hill with Tarbuck.

I'm gonna start fracking the sewers.

 

[marrec]

 

[The Atticus]

I was just here a while ago! And it's been stinking for a while now, so this isn't really a surprise.

 

[Race to be King]

White gold, kingston tea.
I could be sitting on a Fatmine and afford to live on Kingston hill with Tarbuck.

I'm gonna start fracking the sewers.

Don't do it! Too many good men lost in that babywipe blowout in Notting Hill.