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).
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Engineers suspected something when the Thames began to run clear.
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My neighbor is a plumber and recently posted that his snakes were cleaned and ready for action. Expecting this here as well.
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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.
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Here’s Ewan MacGregor working on the situation.
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Boing Boing you have really been slacking on your unicorn chasers! This post clearly demands a unicorn chaser!
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We got a whole thread…
Whoops! Here it is!
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The rest of the world is laughing at our first world ignorance. Toilet paper always goes into the garbage in many countries.
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Wouldn’t it be the Tyne running clear?
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He’ll be in trouble when Mama Thames hears about this.
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Are you sure he wasn’t coming on to you?
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Well, now that you mention it… 
Thanks, I needed that!
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Same thing will happen to your septic system, guys be warned.
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“With the bogs on the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne
But there’s no danger
It’s a professional career”
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