Random Humorous Things - A Light-Hearted Thread

[Spongebob]

Is one of those waterways the Thames river?  Didn't they learn their lesson in the 19th century?

You mean the Great Stink? 

Yes and no. They really  wanted to remove the stench because it was disgusting and because disease was at that time linked to 'bad air" . So Joseph Bazalgette  build these splendid sewers, which remain is use. Got rid of the stench and disease caused by contaminated water. Of course the sewer didn't go to treatment plants or even out to sea. It just went further down the Thames, where the magic of that tidal river flushed it all out to sea.

I see.  I had read that the banks of the Thames was deep with human filth for a time.  I also read that the only reason Parliament did anything about it was because they were located right beside it.  It is amazing that the same sewers are still in use after all this time.