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is in dispute but many sources claim it was extracted in Liverpool, England weighing in at 400 tons. The biggest one found in the United States was reputedly discovered in the sewer system of Baltimore with a weight of 130 tons. And with all of the PPE items flushed, the sanitary wipes, the new disposable products — — it ain’t gonna get any better folks!</p><p id="5040"><b>Real Estate Man’s story</b></p><p id="db10"><i>This sorry saga started with a terse text message:</i></p><p id="854d">Toilet blocked, #D-3 1426 Lombard St, EMERGENCY.</p><p id="89e1">Trusted plumber, Bob was called. Sometimes I feel I spend more time with Bob than I do close relatives.</p><p id="0081">Bob removed a mini <b>fatberg</b> from the toilet and was the first person to explain this relatively new anomaly. I had never heard of the term <b>fatberg </b>before. Not up on my pop culture vocabulary, I guess.</p><p id="4502">Bob<i> excited to tell me the additional news:</i> “ I found a ring in all that gunk!”</p><p id="074a">Me <i>not as excited as B

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ob but always up for doing a service for a tenant:</i> “Hey that’s great Bob!” Wanting to give the ring a little time to ‘air out.’ “Next time you’re here at the office, bring it on over and I’ll post it in the building as found.”</p><p id="ab76">Bob came over with the ring later that afternoon. Thankfully, he must have cleaned it up but one would never mistake it for the Hope Diamond.</p><p id="919b">It appeared more like a better than average arts and craft s project with a slightly imperfect setting. But hells bells, it’s the thought that counts I’ve always contended.</p><p id="ea6f"><b>I posted:</b></p><p id="e836"><b>Pretty ring found, sapphire stone, gold band. Call office:215–496–0184</b></p><p id="921b">The next day I received the following text from the woman in D-3, 1426 Lombard.</p><p id="4707"><i>Thanks but no thanks. Flushed that cheap piece of shit months ago along with the creep who moved out.</i></p><p id="4b73">This tender romantic moment was made possible courtesy of <b>fatburgs.</b></p></article></body>

My Fatberg Is Bigger Than Yours

Trusted plumber, Bob was called. Sometimes I feel I spend more time with him than I do close relatives.

# 43 Real Estate Man

Photo by Jouni Rajala

Fatbergs have become a problem in plumbing systems throughout the world in the 2010s. Even the word fatberg was recently coined in 2008. Fatburgs are a fairly contemporary phenomenon apparently.

For the uninitiated ,Merriam-Webster’s definition of a fatberg is: a large mass of fat and solid waste that collects in a sewer system consisting of congealed fat and personal hygiene products that have been flushed down toilets.

It’s not what you would imagine is normally deposited in a toilet.

The largest fatburg in history is in dispute but many sources claim it was extracted in Liverpool, England weighing in at 400 tons. The biggest one found in the United States was reputedly discovered in the sewer system of Baltimore with a weight of 130 tons. And with all of the PPE items flushed, the sanitary wipes, the new disposable products — — it ain’t gonna get any better folks!

Real Estate Man’s story

This sorry saga started with a terse text message:

Toilet blocked, #D-3 1426 Lombard St, EMERGENCY.

Trusted plumber, Bob was called. Sometimes I feel I spend more time with Bob than I do close relatives.

Bob removed a mini fatberg from the toilet and was the first person to explain this relatively new anomaly. I had never heard of the term fatberg before. Not up on my pop culture vocabulary, I guess.

Bob excited to tell me the additional news: “ I found a ring in all that gunk!”

Me not as excited as Bob but always up for doing a service for a tenant: “Hey that’s great Bob!” Wanting to give the ring a little time to ‘air out.’ “Next time you’re here at the office, bring it on over and I’ll post it in the building as found.”

Bob came over with the ring later that afternoon. Thankfully, he must have cleaned it up but one would never mistake it for the Hope Diamond.

It appeared more like a better than average arts and craft s project with a slightly imperfect setting. But hells bells, it’s the thought that counts I’ve always contended.

I posted:

Pretty ring found, sapphire stone, gold band. Call office:215–496–0184

The next day I received the following text from the woman in D-3, 1426 Lombard.

Thanks but no thanks. Flushed that cheap piece of shit months ago along with the creep who moved out.

This tender romantic moment was made possible courtesy of fatburgs.

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