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Call the fire brigade

Oh what fun to see the xtinction rebels unable to control their little hose outside the treasury. Seems the training session at Battrsea didnt cover fire engines. Quick question was that aged diesel run engine converted to electric power before being driven around town or is it ok for xr to pollute??

Andy Pike ● 2595d25 Comments

Hopefully they get jailed. Complete an utter disgrace as I've said before and get shot down, the public now realise what a joke they are.

Nick Gulliford ● 2595d

As well as looking like a bunch of idiots they have lost respect and much of public support. I hope they will be made to pay for the clean up.

Sue Hammond ● 2595d

"As well as looking like a bunch of idiots they have lost respect and much of public support."Yet somehow, when Johnson displayed his inadequate nozzle management, he managed to retain your adulation.Meanwhile, moving on from beetroot juice, do see the Fatbergs and the Thames Foreshore on the front page of this site.

David Ainsworth ● 2595d

Inadequate nozzle management? Adulation? Don't be ridiculous David.🙄

Sue Hammond ● 2595d

Ken Clarke @ MrKennethClarke - 21h Great show by Extinction Rebellion outside the Treasury today perfectly illustrating Brexit. My only criticism is that they should have used manure.

Sarah Roberts ● 2595d

Not sure what it had to do with brexit but the manure things a good idea if the police have impounded their little fire engine they could perhaps get firemen to shower them with manure next time they sit in the road. Surely no objections by xr as it will be good organic matter.

Andy Pike ● 2595d

'...........Don't be ridiculous David"We are all entitled to our opinions, even if they differ from yours. I know this may be a difficult notion for you to accept but get used to it'

Jane Carter ● 2595d

Why do you write "their little fire engine" and "their little hose", Mr Pike? They both seem perfectly adequate. Do you possess bigger ones?-------------------------London Blitz, Evening, September 7th, 1940:-"Gerry Knight, a Station Officer sent this message to the alarm office, “Send all the bloody pumps you’ve got … The whole bloody world’s on fire!”"

David Ainsworth ● 2595d

I agree Jane. David posted his comments and I thought they were ridiculous. Get over it.

Sue Hammond ● 2595d

Fatbergs. Now they are ridiculous.

David Ainsworth ● 2595d

Well said Jane

Lucille Grant ● 2595d

So predictable lol.

Sue Hammond ● 2595d

Interesting sidelight on this event, from "The Fire Service to-day" by Frank Eyre. OUP, [1945-46]:-"It is not an easy task to hold a branch, especially under high pressure, for the water develops a very powerful reaction that tends to drag the branchman backwards. If he should slip, or the pressure become too great, the branch will "take charge", and force itself out of his hand. When this happens, any men available must throw themselves upon the hose and control it before the branch can hit and possibly kill one of them".A branch is "a tube of metal [at the end of the hoseline] tapering down to a smaller diameter ... to the end of which is screwed a nozzle." At this period a branch was made of brass and was from 8 inches to 2 feet long.

David Ainsworth ● 2595d

"Ridiculous", "predictable". I only need "boring" for a prile.

David Ainsworth ● 2595d

Fatbergs. They aren't ridiculous, they are disgusting. Just read the report on the homepage (poor rats😟) and can't believe what rubbish is being flushed down the pan. Why are people using so much oil and fat? With modern non-stick pans and an air fryer I don't need to drench food in oil or butter to cook it so why do others? The only time I use a smear of olive oil in the pan is to fry an egg! Presumably it is restaurants that are pouring gallons of used oil into the drains or do they have another method of disposing of it?

Sue Hammond ● 2595d

Happy to oblige David "Boring".........

Karen Taylor ● 2595d

For some reason, E L Wisty comes to mind!

Martine Guy ● 2595d

😂

Sue Hammond ● 2595d

Bingo.

David Ainsworth ● 2595d

Double bingo!

David Ainsworth ● 2595d

David Ainsworth, do you drink, I would genuinely like to meet you and all. I know once face to face we'd all get on very well. Maybe the Arab Boy one evening? Please do not copy and paste what I've said. I would just like to buy you a pint?

Nick Gulliford ● 2595d

A lot of cafe's. I don't use fat either.

Barbara Stevens ● 2595d

It certainly seems to have got lots of cover on MSM and I'm sure the video's had lots of plays on SM 🙂 Wonder if beetroot juice stains tarmac the way it does clothes?

Michael Ixer ● 2595d

David you are quite right.  We can take the piss and fiddle as Rome burns, but these things are fact and these young people are going their best.I nearly vomited when I saw those pictures of fatbergs coming out of our sewer overflow....bleugh

Bunny Payne ● 2594d

I don't understand why people on this forum are so smug and sneery.  There are serious subjects put up for debate and we hear unkind, clever-dicky comments and very little intelligent inputPerhaps we should go back to what it was intended for, cleaners, gardeners, painters, babysitters, all the necessary staff for a stuffy middle class, well off, suburban, mostly white area.  Shame, I thought Putney was better than that.

Bunny Payne ● 2594d