Comments on: Odd items in Scotland's sewers http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 06:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: pendraphen http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html#comment-741133 pendraphen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-741133 No sign of Nessie yet? No sign of Nessie yet?

]]> By: Scixual http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html#comment-741143 Scixual Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-741143 "Sottish" water is my favorite kind. Scots have it all! “Sottish” water is my favorite kind. Scots have it all!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html#comment-743018 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743018 Has Craig Ferguson (CraigyFerg on Twitter) been shown this story? Has Craig Ferguson (CraigyFerg on Twitter) been shown this story?

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html#comment-741227 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-741227 <i>"workers recovered items including a hardy Action Man still wearing his boots and an iron that still worked despite its time in the network."</i> So what is an Action Man? I read this like it's an action figure that came with a working iron? Was this Barbies perfect husband or something? “workers recovered items including a hardy Action Man still wearing his boots and an iron that still worked despite its time in the network.”

So what is an Action Man? I read this like it’s an action figure that came with a working iron? Was this Barbies perfect husband or something?

]]> By: stegodon http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html#comment-741743 stegodon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-741743 i'm all for recycling, repurposing & what have you, but i can't see myself actually plugging in an iron that i'd found in the sewer. i’m all for recycling, repurposing & what have you, but i can’t see myself actually plugging in an iron that i’d found in the sewer.

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html#comment-741232 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-741232 Turns out Action Man was a British version of a GI Joe like action figure...but no mention of a working iron. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Man Turns out Action Man was a British version of a GI Joe like action figure…but no mention of a working iron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Man

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html#comment-741501 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-741501 bad editing. a working action man (gi joe), pause, and, finally, as well as this, miraculously, an Iron, which still worked. mind you, the action man I had 40 years ago had sta-press trousers with sharp creases. what do I know? maybe barbie lent him her portable, in return for a go in the mercury space capsule? bad editing. a working action man (gi joe), pause, and, finally, as well as this, miraculously, an Iron, which still worked.

mind you, the action man I had 40 years ago had sta-press trousers with sharp creases. what do I know? maybe barbie lent him her portable, in return for a go in the mercury space capsule?

]]> By: annoyingmouse http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html#comment-741079 annoyingmouse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-741079 "55% of all sewer blockages were caused by people disposing of cooking fat down their sink" We Scots do love our fat! “55% of all sewer blockages were caused by people disposing of cooking fat down their sink”

We Scots do love our fat!

]]> By: weaponx http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html#comment-741081 weaponx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-741081 [Marlon Brando voice] The haggis...the haggis... [/Marlon Brando voice] [Marlon Brando voice]

The haggis…the haggis…

[/Marlon Brando voice]

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/odd-items-in-scotlan.html#comment-741108 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-741108 Note: if you flush a badger, you will not get your damage deposit back. Note: if you flush a badger, you will not get your damage deposit back.

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