Comments on: The Mysterious Sewer Blob http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:50:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Becky http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-502989 Becky Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:34:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-502989 i'm always leary of "unidentifiable" things in the sewer. even if i do have a big stick. i’m always leary of “unidentifiable” things in the sewer. even if i do have a big stick.

]]> By: vanessa http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-426325 vanessa Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:52:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-426325 someone Naired their flock of sheep? someone Naired their flock of sheep?

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-425227 Alex Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:51:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-425227 Pizza dough? No wonder my colon feels very cleansed after eating pizza.... Pizza dough? No wonder my colon feels very cleansed after eating pizza….

]]> By: amanderpanderer http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-424130 amanderpanderer Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:52:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-424130 They tried punching through it? Don't make the blob angry...RUN! They tried punching through it? Don’t make the blob angry…RUN!

]]> By: lucky http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-421311 lucky Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:39:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-421311 i saw this and my first thought was "who you gonna call........GHOSTBUSTERS!" i saw this and my first thought was “who you gonna call……..GHOSTBUSTERS!”

]]> By: Merkabrew http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-421264 Merkabrew Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:49:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-421264 I am just wondering if this has happened before? I did a little research and couldn't find anything. There has to be another reason then dough from the pizza place. If the pizza dough was the culprit it would seem like every "Little Italy" across the nation would have major sewer problems. Lets not forget about Italy itself. I am sure France would have had major sewer problems also. I can just imagine what some Baguette dough would do if this where the case. Seems to me like insufficient sewer lines. Unless the people at the pizza place where shoving massive amounts of Pizza dough down a man hole. It would be much easier just to chunk it in the dumpster. Not everyone uses common sense though. I am just wondering if this has happened before? I did a little research and couldn’t find anything. There has to be another reason then dough from the pizza place. If the pizza dough was the culprit it would seem like every “Little Italy” across the nation would have major sewer problems. Lets not forget about Italy itself. I am sure France would have had major sewer problems also. I can just imagine what some Baguette dough would do if this where the case. Seems to me like insufficient sewer lines. Unless the people at the pizza place where shoving massive amounts of Pizza dough down a man hole. It would be much easier just to chunk it in the dumpster. Not everyone uses common sense though.

]]> By: Chris Johnston http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420788 Chris Johnston Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:22:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420788 Uh oh, perhaps somebody flushed some nanobots! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo Uh oh, perhaps somebody flushed some nanobots!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo

]]> By: Leah http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420737 Leah Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:51:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420737 hmmm... maybe it's time to call the ghostbusters? hmmm… maybe it’s time to call the ghostbusters?

]]> By: Jimbo http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420600 Jimbo Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:41:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420600 It looks like dough...but taste like chicken It looks like dough…but taste like chicken

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420578 Ali S. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:12:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420578 @ Christophe Ride the wave! *grabs surfboard and gets a cocktail of various antibiotics* @ Christophe

Ride the wave! *grabs surfboard and gets a cocktail of various antibiotics*

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420349 Christophe Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:14:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420349 How many pounds of pressure behing this thing? I wouldn't dare poking it for a million bucks. How many pounds of pressure behing this thing? I wouldn’t dare poking it for a million bucks.

]]> By: matt http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420280 matt Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:04:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420280 ...when did i eat corn? …when did i eat corn?

]]> By: VonSkippy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420185 VonSkippy Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:51:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420185 Apparently they've never heard of Analytical Chemistry? Apparently they’ve never heard of Analytical Chemistry?

]]> By: heather http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420135 heather Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:04:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420135 RE: Nick Post's statement: <> Have you ever been to Lewiston, ME? Apparently not since you state the obvious. lol RE: Nick Post’s statement:
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Have you ever been to Lewiston, ME? Apparently not since you state the obvious. lol

]]> By: smfr http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420121 smfr Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:48:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-420121 If you read the article, there's a pizza restaurant close by. The blob "looks like uncooked dough". The pizza restaurant owner "refuses to comment". No mystery here. If you read the article, there’s a pizza restaurant close by. The blob “looks like uncooked dough”. The pizza restaurant owner “refuses to comment”. No mystery here.

]]> By: NIck Post http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-419831 NIck Post Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-419831 Biodegradable toilet paper and baby wipes which were stuck on something that still allowed water flow. Cracks, which are obviously present due to pipe fragments visible in the "blob" and leaks in the joints of the sewer line allowed water to escape at a rate which kept the upstream manholes from overflowing into the street and alerting the population while causing the blockage to increase. From the looks of it this is some hokey 12 inch line with a waterproof seal only on the lower portions. I'm guessing this is a very low flow line or the paper came down in a very rapid time period. The quality of the municipality's sewer department is evident as they don't have a rodding machine and hydrojetter to fix this. Biodegradable toilet paper and baby wipes which were stuck on something that still allowed water flow. Cracks, which are obviously present due to pipe fragments visible in the “blob” and leaks in the joints of the sewer line allowed water to escape at a rate which kept the upstream manholes from overflowing into the street and alerting the population while causing the blockage to increase.

From the looks of it this is some hokey 12 inch line with a waterproof seal only on the lower portions. I’m guessing this is a very low flow line or the paper came down in a very rapid time period.

The quality of the municipality’s sewer department is evident as they don’t have a rodding machine and hydrojetter to fix this.

]]> By: Paul http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-419708 Paul Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:30:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-419708 They better get that unplugged before the legendary synchronous half-time flush on Super Bowl Sunday.... They better get that unplugged before the legendary synchronous half-time flush on Super Bowl Sunday….

]]> By: Lasse http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-419678 Lasse Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:13:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-419678 Well, i for one welcome our new blob overlords. Well, i for one welcome our new blob overlords.

]]> By: MoonCake http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-419637 MoonCake Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:50:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-419637 it looks like clay... and i like how they basically said "well, we poked it with a stick, but it just won't go away!" it looks like clay…

and i like how they basically said “well, we poked it with a stick, but it just won’t go away!”

]]> By: Geoduck http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-419584 Geoduck Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:22:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/the-mysterious-sewer-blob/#comment-419584 It could be worse; instead of just /a/ blob it could be /The/ Blob. It could be worse; instead of just /a/ blob it could be /The/ Blob.

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