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[Chanser]

A fatberg weighing the same as 11 double decker buses and stretching the length of two football pitches is blocking a section of London's ageing sewage network.

The congealed mass of fat, wet wipes and nappies is one of the biggest ever found and would have risked raw sewage flooding on to the streets in Whitechapel, east London, had it not been discovered during a routine inspection earlier this month.

Thames Water's head of waste networks, Matt Rimmer, said: ”This fatberg is up there with the biggest we've ever seen. It's a total monster and taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove as it's set hard.

”It's basically like trying to break up concrete. It's frustrating as these situations are totally avoidable and caused by fat, oil and grease being washed down sinks and wipes flushed down the loo."

The fatberg is estimated to weigh 130 tonnes and stretches for 250 metres making it 10 times larger than the one found in a sewer in Kingston, London, in 2013.

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...-concrete-fatberg-blocks-london-sewage-system
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41238272

 

[bosseye]

People need to stop flushing non flushable items down the bog. Who flushes nappies down the toilet, I mean really.

 

[Fritz]

Fatberg? That's an actual word in English? Heiliger Moly

 

[Yazzees]

"Fatberg" is a portmanteau of fat + berg, modelled on iceberg. The word was added to Oxford Dictionaries Online in 2015.[5]

welp

 

[Pinko Marx]

People need to stop flushing non flushable items down the bog. Who flushes nappies down the toilet, I mean really.

Is a nappie what y'all call napkins????

 

[ahoyhoy]

If your anus is so sensitive it requires wet naps, you need to keep those shit rags in a trash can.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Who is still flushing nappies down toilets? God damn.

The smell must be...unimaginable.

 

[Rad-]

It’s a total monster and taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove as it’s set hard.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[xxracerxx]

Jesus Christ

 

[Pinko Marx]

If your anus is so sensitive it requires wet naps, you need to keep those shit rags in a trash can.

It's not that my booty is sensitive its that wet wipes get the job done so much better.

 

[criesofthepast]

I would stick my face in it for 10 million dollars.

 

[Boy Wander]

Is a nappie what y'all call napkins????

Diaper

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Wet wipers go to hell.

 

[The Jazz Cabbage Master]

When I saw these on Adam Ruins Everything I about died.

 

[enewtabie]

I've watched a lot of Peppa Pig, so that's Diapers right? Wow, that's something.

 

[benicillin]

This is the MOST disgusting thing I've heard today.

 

[ahoyhoy]

It's not that my booty is sensitive its that wet wipes get the job done so much better.

Lower your expectations or eat more fiber.

Or maybe shave your butt hole so you get less dingle berries

 

[Pinko Marx]

Lower your expectations or eat more fiber.

Or maybe shave your butt hole so you get less dingle berries

Lower my expectations? On cleaning my butt out? No, I've lowered them before and that just leads to itchiness. I buy toilet safe wet wipes anyway.

 

[Linkyn]

Thames Water’s head of waste networks, Matt Rimmer, said: “This fatberg is up there with the biggest we’ve ever seen. It’s a total monster and taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove as it’s set hard.

How very fitting.

 

[Mahonay]

They should be careful. It's probably sentient.

 

[Breakage]

The smell is probably strong enough to re-animate the dead.

 

[Stumpokapow]

It's not that my booty is sensitive its that wet wipes get the job done so much better.

get a bidet you peasant

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

I love it that a guy named Rimmer is in charge of this.

 

[Redd]

That's nasty. Give out Bidets for everyone.

 

[clarknova156]

Lower your expectations or eat more fiber.

Or maybe shave your butt hole so you get less dingle berries

I had a sensible chuckle at this. Also that disposal wet wipes that advertise they break up in water? They do not. Period. Using wet wipes might be the most "First World" thing imaginable. They are incredible wasteful and harmful.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Fatbergy McFatbergface

 

[Tagyhag]

Fatberg is a great name for those monstrosities.

get a bidet you peasant

Yeah, I'm surprised they're not popular in London. You'd think a European city would know better.

 

[Pinko Marx]

get a bidet you peasant

I'm drafting up the GoFundMe pitch as we speak.

 

[Alucrid]

Diaper

how do you flush a diaper without it instantly clogging your toilet

 

[Jamiaro]

Mr Rimmer sure has a fitting name for his position.

 

[shaneo632]

I'm imagining someone eating a greasy whole chicken while sat on the toilet and then just flushing the whole fucking thing.

 

[okno]

Didn't they just unclog a massive one a few years ago? Yeesh...

 

[crpav]

The real question is how many condoms and how much semen is included in this?

 

[Slackbladder]

It's really the cooking oil and fat flushed and poured away that's the problem. It binds everything together. Take Aways are responsible for a lot of these fatbergs being made.

 

[Clefargle]

Lower your expectations or eat more fiber.

Or maybe shave your butt hole so you get less dingle berries

Or stop being gross and buy a bidet

 

[Stumpokapow]

I'm drafting up the GoFundMe pitch as we speak.

they cost $35 get off the internet and do something with your life

 

[Red Arremer]

get a bidet you peasant

Don't even need a bidet, just use your shower to wash your ass after wiping. It's not that hard.

 

[Breakage]

That's nasty. Give out Bidets for everyone.

Most Brits find the idea of bidets and "washing" after pooing ridiculous.

 

[tonysidaway]

This is the MOST disgusting thing I've heard today.

Wait until you get to the Daddyofive sentencing thread. Oh boy.

 

[Pinko Marx]

they cost $35 get off the internet and do something with your life

Wow I've always thought installing a bidet was an expensive and time consuming process. My lesson for the day is learned.

Don't even need a bidet, just use your shower to wash your ass after wiping. It's not that hard.

Can't tell if sarcasm.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

It's not that my booty is sensitive its that wet wipes get the job done so much better.

Or just use wet wipes, throw them into a plastic bag and throw that in the trash every day instead of flushing them

 

[slit]

Why are companies allowed to keep advertising wipes as flushable when they are not?

 

[womfalcs3]

Lol at fatberg. I like it.

 

[BradleyUK]

It's all the restaurant on Whitechapel putting oil down the drawn.

 

[Sobriquet]

Worth my click solely for the whale illustration

 

[Kittygirl]

they cost $35 get off the internet and do something with your life

I'm kind of disturbed Amazon sells used ones.

 

[Shiggy]

I thought all of them left London?

 

[tonysidaway]

Most Brits find the idea of bidets and "washing" after pooing ridiculous.

Nah. It's just our tiny bathrooms and antiquated plumbing that makes them rare. We have to improvise using water from the washbasin while remaining seated on the toilet. Almost anything's better than a desultory wipe with dry toilet paper.

 

[Shao Kahn on the Lawn]

The problem isn't whether wipes are "toilet safe" or not because almost none of them are safe to flush regardless of what the packaging says. They don't disintegrate in water and they're resistant to waste systems designed to tear up matter.

The sooner people adopt bidets, the better.

 

[Leatherface]

Or just use wet wipes, throw them into a plastic bag and throw that in the trash every day instead of flushing them

or spit on some toilet paper. All natural!