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doublerainbowJul 13, 2010
What are they flushing? Americans?
tokeliJul 14, 2010
They don't have drains big enough to flush Americans down. You'd have fat clogging up your toilet.
chileangodJul 14, 2010
I'm digging you up just to make MercenarySlick go even more apes**t.
gefahrJul 14, 2010
Dugg. But make your jokes now, in a few years it'll be the Americans' turn.
The proportion of the adult population in the UK classified as obese has soared, according to a report by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).The ‘Social Trends’ report, published yesterday (6 July), revealed that in the UK, a quarter of UK adults were obese in 2008, up from 16% in 1994.
http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/2010/07/07/obesity-rate-leaps-in-uk-figures.html
As the new Office of National Statistics Social Trends 2010 report reiterated last week, the proportion of the adult population in England classed as obese BMI rose from 15.7% in 1994 to 24.5% in 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/05/growing-obesity-crisis
russkallJul 14, 2010
Jesus your touchy, one little joke and all the touchy ones start throwing facts around. Who cares I know britain is getting more and more obese its discusting! But at the end of the day the US has a large obesety problem too so deal with it!! ;-)
ryanx0rJul 14, 2010
Ah come on MercenarySlick... it's just a little joke :) why feel so threatened by it? Made me giggle, i guess it's America's fault for portraying their country as being filled with fat shlobs. We all know that obese people exist everywhere there's a McDonalds.
But funny nonetheless
locastusJul 14, 2010
It's from restaurants illegally dumping kitchen fat and oil in to the drains.
It's quite a common problem in the UK, because they would usually have to pay to have it disposed of properly under EU environmental law.
Unfortunately it blocks drains and encourages rat infestations.
/former kitchen worker
omgwolfJul 14, 2010
Thanks for speaking the truth, people are quick to get up in arms about BMI's and McDonalds hamburgers when the real reason is something much simpler.
buckrogers1965Jul 15, 2010
Why isn't paying money to all the restaurants to pick it up for them and turn it into biofuels?
ddissentJul 14, 2010
I say ol' chap. pip pip cheerio. As fat as we are .... We'd kick your limey ass every bit as much as we did back in 1783 .. Cornwallis was a flaming homo, and it's not our fault British cuisine tastes like Llama ass.
sprucecabooseJul 14, 2010
1783? Going a bit far back into the well for that one, no?
As for the cuisine part: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/6998093/Michelin-Guide-2010-UK-has-more-starred-restaurants-than-ever-before.html
Closed AccountJul 15, 2010
@doublerainbow
as an american, i would bury you.
but to read MercenarySlick's rants always entertains me.
so i dugg you.
giancarlo1003Jul 13, 2010
This is so disgusting....
LUNCH TIME!
I'm getting McDonalds. Not kidding.
invergoatieJul 14, 2010
Maybe Tyler Durden took a trip to the UK?
oxidaneJul 14, 2010
wait, fat? where did it all come from? is that all they eat over there? would explain all the muffintop women...
rudegarJul 14, 2010
fish'n'chips?
t0rmentJul 14, 2010
Every time you wash an oily pan, that's some fat going down the drain. Multiply by millions of people and several years and you have this.
myztryJul 14, 2010
But the rendered chop fat disappears in the hot dishwater. Surely it doesn't come back...
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
I'd prefer the 'muffintop' women of the UK to the grazing cattle of the U.S. any day.
pupenoJul 14, 2010
Well, that's not true. If I flush a liter of gas, or vinegar, how am I helping the fat buildup?
oxidaneJul 14, 2010
"everything"? you really believe that? what if I flush inorganic or unedible materials?
I'm not a US resident. US residents aren't muffintops, they're oblate spheroids.
denizen42Jul 14, 2010
mmm... muffintop...
lavarockJul 14, 2010
Fat? Fat??? Why fat?? How could there possibly be that much pure FAT in the drain? Not other things so much as fat. Jesus.
rudegarJul 14, 2010
because people can't finish their fish'n'chips?
propethicJul 14, 2010
You don't have to put pure solid fat down the drain. As you might be aware fat generally doesn't form a solution with water, it passes through the water and sticks to other fat molecules which accumulate on the walls above the water level. Every modern sewer system has to deal with this
eodp3Jul 14, 2010
make soap.
lolcoelacanthJul 14, 2010
When life gives you walls of fat
khirzaskJul 14, 2010
Sell their fat asses back to them.
drazzim12Jul 14, 2010
:(
inactiveuserJul 14, 2010
Sell it to Hippies as renewable energy...
unfatherJul 14, 2010
Can we please not sell the s**t-fat to anyone?
arenaronJul 14, 2010
Another job you could never pay me enough to do. I feel bad for the guy in the picture - see kids? Stay in school or you to can fat cleaner in the UK's sewers!
sildudeJul 14, 2010
You sound like you didn't exactly finish school yourself.
arenaronJul 14, 2010
You got me...
I just re-read what I wrote
jamdoggJul 14, 2010
Except the guy in the picture could be a top-flight engineer who's down there to get a full perspective of the situation.
gefahrJul 14, 2010
@jamdogg
Dude can give himself whatever title he likes. He's lowering himself into a tunnel of fat.
dalectricsJul 14, 2010
@gefahr That's what she said! BOOYA!
btom14Jul 14, 2010
Nobody tell Mike Rowe till after they're done. He's gonna be pisssssssssssssssed.
parastieJul 14, 2010
I just thinking that Dirty Jobs could use an EU season :)
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
I heard they were avoiding filming in foreign lands ever since the monkey incident.
poopiedoopJul 14, 2010
Wheres Mike Rowe when you need him, this would make great TV!
piratearggghhhJul 14, 2010
Where's Mike Rowe? He needs to get in on this.
calskiiJul 14, 2010
Mcdonalds soft serve icecream secret receipe
freegovernatorJul 14, 2010
It's all part of the master plan to grow british women's boobs.
flannellJul 14, 2010
I've recently had my drains cleared out and it took all morning. I didn't realise pouring hot fat down the sink quickly becomes solid when it hits the outside cold air.
True story.
razorguyJul 14, 2010
Ach!!! MY RETIREMENT GREASE!!!
sildudeJul 14, 2010
Who would digg down groundskeeper Willie?
sprucecabooseJul 14, 2010
Bon jourrr! You cheese-eating surrender monkeys!
j1mpJul 14, 2010
Had a mouthful of banana when my eyes past over this story... Thanks for that!
hellraiserbobJul 14, 2010
It's from all the takeaways in the area, in particular indian and chinese restaurants use a s**t load of fat in cooking, and have no qualms about ditching it down the train instead of disposing of it properly. I read an article in the metro once about this topic, and the hotspots are always directly underneath said restaurants.
atarioJul 14, 2010
"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."
Hang on a tic -- kitchen sink disposals are "abuse" in the UK?
supersonicjimJul 14, 2010
Yeah, they're not very common around these parts.
atarioJul 14, 2010
That's interesting. So what do you do?
pollutionJul 14, 2010
pfft i sat there waiting for pictures to load
homietheclownJul 14, 2010
So that's where all the Adiphose creatures went to...
mikeoxbiggJul 14, 2010
....There HAS to be a correlation between this and British dentistry.
chijim70Jul 14, 2010
They seriously don't wear a gas mask? Disgusting! Don't these guys get sick and die from hanging down there breathing that?
jparkinsonJul 14, 2010
the article says they are provided with full breathing apparatus. this can't be that surprising, what about all the people that smoke for 30 years and don't get cancer... surely that is worse than a couple weeks of fat breathing.
chijim70Jul 14, 2010
It's a sewer... there's a ton more than fat down there...
kevroJul 14, 2010
It says they are doing the clean up with full breathing apparatus yet that guy in the picture isn't waring any. I guess he is showing off and was thinking "Oh, a picture! They better see my face!"
wpennbJul 14, 2010
full breathing apparatus...maybe they meant mouth, lungs trachea etc.
trick07Jul 14, 2010
I don't see how anyone could get used to the smell...
troybenfieldJul 14, 2010
Woah! That's a lot of FAT!
igorunchainedJul 14, 2010
If it could sing "I Dreamed a Dream" they would all worship it.
(and dont think that the comments would be this nice from UK Diggers if it was that much fat in American sewers!)
solaniisrexJul 14, 2010
Thank god my arteries don't look like that, time for another KFC Double Down...
slothlikescakeJul 14, 2010
They need to start looking at who isn't disposing of fat/oil correctly.
Start dishing out some heavy fines / closing them down.
nyxerebosJul 14, 2010
You'd think they could follow the problem back to its source. It's not like a chip shop would be putting fat down other people's drains.
azathothhJul 14, 2010
yummie
jamdoggJul 14, 2010
The fat o' the land!
tao52nycJul 14, 2010
Here's to the renewed free flow of s**t past Whitehall...
wjlaw100Jul 14, 2010
I just threw up in my mouth a little...
chrysaliiJul 14, 2010
....and they call Americans fat...
frostekJul 14, 2010
Well, if the shoe fits...
(assuming your feet aren't too fat)
krayzee911Jul 14, 2010
I blame Alli. It's one of those wonder-drugs that lets fat people keep wadding fried food in their faces, while making the fat magically disappear from their digestive systems. And by "magically", I mean they s**t lard.
Had a coworker who was on the stuff. The bathroom was never OK after he used it... <shudders>Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
reconfigurJul 14, 2010
Anal leakage!
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
Uh oh, someone is going to get sued! Instead of using the word"fat" this article should respect the politically correct term and read, "London's clinically depressed sewers need assistance battling weight problem".
What's next, someone disagreeing with same sex? Not in this neo 1984 utopia!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
anawnymooseJul 14, 2010
Wow, you just discovered political correctness? Have you spent the last 20 years living in the 80s?
What? You have? Let me get you up to speed then.
1: Most people don't care about "the gays" and acknowledge that the people who still won't shut up about them are either repressing their own gay thoughts, religious, or unable to comprehend that "it makes me feel uncomfortable" isn't a reason to deny others their rights.
2: AIDS never wiped out the population.
3: Puff Pants are out of style. MC Hammer too.
4: The US elected Clinton twice and another Bush twice.
5: Cassette tapes will soon be a distant memory.
6: The south never got around to rising again.
7: People still overreact majorly to whatever the current crisis is, determining that the world and our way of life are ending forever and the rest of the "sheeple" need to wake up before it's too late!!
8: I know you're from 20 years ago but it became cliched to bitch about how PC everything was about 15 years ago.
9: Making fun of people through sarcasm will never die.
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
Dam, alot has happened in 20 years. I bet your mom is still a whore though!
ZING!
Are mom jokes still cool?
grahamcrackerJul 14, 2010
Is the volume of a double-decker bus an official unit of measurement over in the UK or something?
Edit: Oh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement#Double-decker_bus
tguldenJul 14, 2010
All from bacon. Guarantee it.
apextekJul 14, 2010
send it to the bio fuel people. im sure the will take it.
Closed AccountJul 15, 2010
wait.... brits use toilet paper?