Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Greetings fellow Bizarros:Huge 'Fatberg' is not the lamest actor ever to try out for the part of Wolverine, it is the name given to one of the most terrifying things ever discovered in a city sewer. If you were ever afraid that there were giant alligators in the sewers, wait until you hear this.
British Utility company Thames Water says it has discovered what it calls the biggest "fatberg" ever recorded in Britain, a 15-ton blob of congealed fat and baby wipes lodged in a sewer drain.
That's enough "wrongly flushed festering food fat mixed with wet wipes" to fill a double-decker bus such as the famous London Routemaster, the company said.
If you don't feel vomit welling up in the back of your throat right now, keep reading.
Thames Water deals with fatbergs all the time, thanks to the widespread use of household oil and food fat. But few reach the mammoth size of the one found under a road in the London suburb of Kingston.
This blockage - built up over an estimated six months - was discovered after residents in nearby apartment buildings were unable to flush their toilets.
Examination found that the mound of fat had reduced the 70-centimeter (28-inch) by 48-centimeter (19-inch) sewer to just 5 percent of its normal capacity. It damaged the sewers so badly that it will take six weeks to repair them.
The company said Tuesday it was sharing news of the massive lard lump in hopes that customers will think twice about what they dump down the drain.
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Email Lewis*-- Polish man who threatened tourists with ax declared insane --*KRAKOW, Poland - Prosecutors in Poland said a man who used an ax to threaten tourists on the grounds of a castle has been declared legally insane. Boguslawa Marcinkowska, a spokeswoman for the district prosecutor's office, said the man, Gzegorz S., has been declared criminally insane after he threatened visitors to Wawel Castle in Krakow with an ax, the Polish Press Agency reported Monday. "The prosecution service has made an application to place the suspect in a closed medical establishment because of the finding of criminal insanity," Marcinkowska said. Police said Grzegorz threatened tourists with an ax and attempted to run over visitors with a vehicle at Wawel Castle May 10. Police said the defendant told them he is a descendant of King John III Sobieski and therefore has a right to protect the castle from intruders.
*-- Police: Bulldozer carried safes of cash from Italian supermarket --*BRINDISI, Italy - Italian authorities said thieves used a bulldozer to break into a supermarket and escape with safes filled with money. Investigators said the masked thieves used trucks to block off access to the rear of the supermarket in Brindisi when it was closed overnight and the bulldozer crashed through the gate and metal door to get to the room where the safes were kept, ANSA reported Monday. The truck drove off with the safes, which were believed to contain more than $132,000, police said. Police said the incident was recorded by security cameras, the Italian news agency said.
*-- READER COMMENTS --*They say dogs have a sixth sense and maybe was trying to get the owner to have a psyche-evaluation. he could clearly see he's "nuts!"
Obviously the folks on Nantucket Island don't know that it's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Funny prank. -Jerry
Actually any lawyer will tell you never give the cops permission to search anything. It doesn't matter if there is nothing to find. Car, House, boat, or whatever. You also shouldn't answer questions. If it sounds like they think you are guilty of something *stop talking*. They have already decided you are guilty. You will not be able to convince them otherwise. The only thing you can do by talking is say something that gets you arrested. -John
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That's all true. That is exactly why we have the Fifth Amendment.]
Just because a person is paralyzed doesn't mean they are impotent. Depends on what is causing the paralysis. If it is spinal depends on the level. Seen many a c-spine injury with an erection. I was a nurse. An erection is reflexive for the most part. He could have been using it but there are two for a reason. -catt
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You really know how to take the humor out of paralysis.]
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