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Molly Cule	167236.  Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:54 am There is a sewer help team on call 24/7 who you can call on if you drop something down into the sewers - so, if you should drop your keys into the wastewater system les egoutiers will drive over and retrieve them. In the museum there is a film of this happening, a lucky lady got her keys handed back to her fresh from the sewers without them being washed...
eggshaped	179235.  Thu May 31, 2007 2:22 am Here is a good site with pictures of underground tunnels in the UK. picture deleted Last edited by eggshaped on Thu May 31, 2007 3:06 am; edited 1 time in total
Frederick The Monk	179239.  Thu May 31, 2007 2:37 am I'm not sure this is the picture you intended......
eggshaped	181973.  Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:03 am The bonnacon was a mythical mediaevel beast which... oh hell, I'll just let Pliny explain: Quote: It has the mane of a horse but otherwise resembles a bull. It has horns that curve back so they are useless for fighting; when attacked, it runs away, while releasing a trail of dung that can cover three furlongs. Contact with the dung burns pursuers as though they had touched fire. http://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast80.htm

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