"Walls of fat" being removed by hand from London sewer system (W/ PIX)

[PrismatexV8]

[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/walls-of-fat-removed-from-londons-sewers-2025528.html[/url]
[release][img]http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00412/fat-tunnel_412685s.jpg[/img]
Enough fat to fill nine double-decker buses is being removed from sewers under London's Leicester Square.

A team of "flushers" equipped with full breathing apparatus has been drafted in with shovels to dig out an estimated 1,000 tonnes of putrid fat.

And powerful jets are being used to break it down.

The operation, which began in the early hours of this morning, is claimed to be the largest-ever sewer clean-up of its kind.

The build-up is the result of years of "sewer abuse" - when anything other than water, human waste and toilet paper is put down drains - according to Thames Water.

Danny Brackley, the water company's sewer flusher, said: "We're used to getting our hands dirty, but nothing on this scale.

"We couldn't even access the sewer as it was blocked by a four-foot wall of solid fat."

The clean-up is expected to last a couple of weeks.

Thames Water spends £12 million a year clearing around 55,000 sewer blockages across London and the Thames Valley.[/release]
:barf:

[ExplodingGuy]

Why the hell are they calling it fat? It's an amalgamation of fecal waste and other cellulose based organic matter.

[erazor]

Who flushes fatty food down the toilet? :confused:

[PulpedFiction]

Eww. Just eww.

My hearts goes out to the poor, brave souls that have to clean that up.

[Splurgy]

[QUOTE=erazor;23339563]Who flushes fatty food down the toilet? :confused:[/QUOTE]
Ever washed the grease from a frying pan down the sink? It leads to the sewer equivalent of coronary heart disease.

[Lewor]

[pun]This must be a real drain on our economy to sort this out.[/pun]

[Killoch0]

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;23339559]Why the hell are they calling it fat? It's an amalgamation of fecal waste and other cellulose based organic matter.[/QUOTE]

I fucking love how you manage to be pissed off and precise at the same time.

[MarkG06]

It's only London, let it build up no one cares.

[CharadesV2]

The U.S. has fat people and the U.K. just has fat.

America wins again.

[LordLoss]

And you think you have a crappy job. Atleast they're getting paid a decent amount.

[Used Car Salesm]

[QUOTE=Thomo;23339612]they get payed a shit load[/QUOTE]

Doubtful. Hard work rarely pays as well as sitting on your ass in an air conditioned office "managing" things.

[TheIceman]

Lovely...:barf:

[aznz888]

^ Not to mention it's a very shitty job.

[Cloak_Raider]

[QUOTE=CharadesV2;23340078]The U.S. has fat people and the U.K. just has fat.

America wins again.[/QUOTE]

You can't remove your walls of fat by hand. :smug:

[Gazzy]

You get paid hazard money, hell i'd do it, it's still money at the end of the day.

[M23]

so that's where all the americans went

:smug:

[OCELOT320]

I guess there was [I]walls of fat in a london sewer[/I]

[articpenguin]

:wtc:

[Killerjc]

[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;23340577]You can't remove your walls of fat by hand. :smug:[/QUOTE]
you can't either
we do it the same way
scrap it off with a shovel.

[Splurgy]

[QUOTE=markg06;23340034]It's only London, let it build up no one cares.[/QUOTE]
apart from the country that London is propping up

[Valdor]

[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;23340577]You can't remove your walls of fat by hand. :smug:[/QUOTE]

Way to go, let's not try and turn this thread into country elitism.

:downs:

[Gmod4ever]

[QUOTE=OCELOT323;23340740]I guess there was [I]walls of fat in a london sewer[/I][/QUOTE]

I think you forgot something there. Here, I found it for you:

[img]http://www.phawker.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/austin-powers-poster.jpg[/img]

In other news, this is really god-damn nasty. :barf:

[butre]

london is fat

[darkzero226]

I'm surprised nobody's made a gabe joke.

[MarkG06]

[QUOTE=Splurgy;23340786]apart from the country that London is propping up[/QUOTE]

I very much doubt most of the UK gives a rats ass about London

[Bobie]

[QUOTE=markg06;23341485]I very much doubt most of the UK gives a rats ass about London[/QUOTE]
captain economics is here guys, dont worry, london doesnt matter

[Talkbox]

[QUOTE=markg06;23341485]I very much doubt most of the UK gives a rats ass about London[/QUOTE]

dumb

[trent_roolz]

[QUOTE=darkzero226;23341235]I'm surprised nobody's made a gabe joke.[/QUOTE]

Maybe the reason Gabe hasn't finished Episode 3 yet is because he got stuck in a London sewer.

[IAmIchigo]

[QUOTE=markg06;23341485]I very much doubt most of the UK gives a rats ass about London[/QUOTE]

.... ye we do why wouldnt we care?

[Raiskauskone]

[QUOTE=trent_roolz;23342557]Maybe the reason Gabe hasn't finished Episode 3 yet is because he got stuck in a London sewer.[/QUOTE]

There you go