Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/03/21/britains-sewers-blocked.html
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I knew this was going to happen. I saw the pressure jet team out jetting the sewers on my walk to work on Friday (avoiding the bus).
Engineers suspected something when the Thames began to run clear.
My neighbor is a plumber and recently posted that his snakes were cleaned and ready for action. Expecting this here as well.
You sure know how to ruin breakfast, @beschizza.
People have gone toilet paper crazy here in Germany, too. My wife and I have already talked about this: Paper towels or napkins, but don’t flush them. They then go in a plastic bag and in the trash.
Here’s Ewan MacGregor working on the situation.
Boing Boing you have really been slacking on your unicorn chasers! This post clearly demands a unicorn chaser!
We got a whole thread…
Whoops! Here it is!
The rest of the world is laughing at our first world ignorance. Toilet paper always goes into the garbage in many countries.
Wouldn’t it be the Tyne running clear?
He’ll be in trouble when Mama Thames hears about this.
Are you sure he wasn’t coming on to you?
Well, now that you mention it…
Thanks, I needed that!
Same thing will happen to your septic system, guys be warned.
“With the bogs on the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne
But there’s no danger
It’s a professional career”