15-ton ball of fat removed from London sewer

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  1. Muad Dib

    Muad Dib Probably a Dual Deceased Member

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    I wonder if it was anybody we know. :unsure:
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  2. Chuck

    Chuck Go Giants!

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    how did ted get down there?
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  3. John Castle

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    I think we should consider this as validation of our "alligators in the sewer" urban legend. The reason we haven't seen one of these here is that this is what our sewer gators live on. :vomit:
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  4. Dinner

    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    We do get them here. Or we used to but now restaurants no longer pour out their used grease and frying oil and instead they typically sell it to recyclers to make biodiesel.

    That pretty much got rid of the single biggest cause of fat build up in sewers.
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    I like the "sewer gators" explanation better, so fuck you. :bailey:
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  6. Dr. Krieg

    Dr. Krieg Stay at Home Astronaut. Administrator Overlord

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    "Would you like a side of fat with your fat?"
  7. Dinner

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    Al Jazeera had a nice article about the rise of biodiesel in America. Restaurant owners are happy because it used to cost them to dispose of used grease and oil but now they can actually sell it to recoupe some of their costs. Previously, unethical restaurant owners would illegally dump the oil down the drain where it would clog up sewer lines simply because they didn't want to pay to dispose of it legally. Now, they make money off of that old used oil which is refined into diesel fuel and used to power America's big rigs.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FXLsqpvVxc

    The grease has now become so valuable that "grease pirates" have popped up; it's where thieves steal the grease so they can sell it themselves to recyclers.
  8. Dinner

    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    Last time I went camping people were roasting pork belly on a stick (basically unsliced bacon) over an open fire. People where collecting the dripping grease on toasted bread and eating it. It's not exactly healthy but it does taste good.
  9. Bickendan

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    Heh.
    I dub that ball of lard "Fat Long Fat".
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    Nightbird's quest to find an underground society and become Linda Hamilton to her own personal Vincent has come to a tragic end. :(

    She will always be with us in here, though.

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  11. We Are Borg

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    Well, now we know where that tubby minger El Chup goes when he talks about taking "the underground".
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  12. We Are Borg

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  13. Black Dove

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    There's more than alligators in the sewers.

    [YT="WTF Is This?"]Fu2ZJ5iZSMU[/YT]
  14. Scott Hamilton Robert E Ron Paul Lee

    Scott Hamilton Robert E Ron Paul Lee Straight Awesome

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    Something made up, because any person not in on a hoax like that would have turned and run.
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  15. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    Cataraptor, looked like to me.
  16. Asyncritus

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    Besides, it isn't even that good quality, as fakes go. It looks about like an animated version of pedo-bear pics, as far as the quality of the critter goes.

  17. Scott Hamilton Robert E Ron Paul Lee

    Scott Hamilton Robert E Ron Paul Lee Straight Awesome

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    No, I think that's about how an interdimensional awkward zit kid would look.
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