Dp says in every sewage works there is a whole special section with a big grid thing to catch the sweetcorn in and I don't know if he is having me on or not

[FanjoandZooey]

I don't dare google it, gawd knows what would come up. Is this for real?

I have heard this, but I'm sure it's an urban myth/wind up!

ewwwww!
I am sure they have a grid for catching large bits, but surely not just sweetcorn!

No, but there is a grid to catch paper, sts,condoms, leaves, all the non faecal waste.

You will find the best tomatoes ever growing in the sewage works

oh franny!!!!

first the pepsi

then the pizza

then this

I thought it had been a while since I started a poo related thread. I am sure I am allowed one a fortnight at least. So MB are you telling me for sure The Sweetcorn Section is a load of bollocks? I must admit I feel slightly disappointed. I was wondering what they did with it all at the end of the day.

Ok dp is now swearing he has seen with his own eyes a skip full of sweetcorn, when he was a schoolboy visiting a reservoir. He is not joking now, I can tell.

here you go, chew on this

Yes, he is winding you up! I have to teach the topic to year 11 in GCSE Biology.

There is a grid for non soluble bits, but nothing specific to sween corn

I love MN, you truly learn somethng new everyday

(quite glad it's a myth FandZ, had visions of someone with 'proof' of smartprice soup with 'recycled' sweetcorn in it or similar )

Do you think they would have filled a skip with sweetcorn to have a laugh with all the gullible little school children?

I heard something recently about this on Radio 4. It didn't say there was a special grid but it did say that sweetcorn causes problems because it's not digestible.

There will be lots of sweetcorn there, as there will be lots of tomato seeds and all sorts of other indigestible parts of the diet.

But there is no reason to skim off just the sweet corn. You skim off all the 'solid' material.

He may well have seen lots of sweet corn, doesn't mean there is an individual filter. Why would they?

He is now backtracking on the individual filter bit (says I "made that bit up". More like he made that bit up because he was showing off earlier in front of his friends )

So there is a possibility that, special filter notwithstanding, he could have theoretically seen a giant skip, mostly full of sweetcorn, that had been filtered out from a reservoir?

Found this for you

'Top of the Slops!
Published: Monday, 08th May 2006

Chart rundown of sewage works nasties

Sweet corn is the surprise entry ? straight in at number one

Don?t use the drain as a dustbin? plea from sewage bosses
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It?s a case of ?Top of the Slops? for Severn Trent bosses when they unveil a chart rundown with a difference.

Instead of chart hits, it?s the top 10 things that cause most problems for sewage workers that will be revealed ?. with a surprising entry at number one!

Bill Lilly, Severn Trent?s general manager for sewage treatment, explained: ?You?d be amazed at the things that end up at our sewage works. Over the years we?ve had everything from bikes, shopping trolleys, jewellery and even false teeth! And whilst they give us a temporary problem, it?s the simple day to day stuff that can be the worst offenders.

?Believe it or not, SWEETCORN is our number one item in terms of volume and nuisance factor. As well as being tough to digest, the tiny yellow bits are small enough to get flushed down the kitchen sink in restaurants and homes and we reckon we deal with several tonnes of it each year.?

Bill added that most problems were caused by people using the drains as an alternative to their dust bin: ?Instead of disposing of things like paints and motor oil at local refuse collection depots, people simply tip them down the drain. Little do they realise that not only is it illegal, they have a huge effect on the sewage treatment process when they reach the sewage works.

?Fat is also another huge problem for us. Avoid pouring fat or cooking oils down the sink as they tend to solidify when they hit the cold sewers and cause blockages. There are parts of our sewer system that need to have fat removed with spades or high pressure jetting equipment, the build up is that great.?

The other items in the top ten include medicines, underwear and clothing ? especially socks and tights! Then there?s cotton buds, babies nappies, sanitary products and condoms.

?None of these items should ever be flushed down the toilet in the first place. The best way of disposing of them is to bag them and bin them!? urged Bill.

?It?s just a case of adjusting to some new simple household habits that will mean our waste is more appropriately disposed of. Everyone can do their bit to make our environment a nicer and cleaner place to be.?

Bill added that apart from the serious messages about waste in the sewers, they have had their fair share of unusual challenges: ?We do try our best when faced with a challenge of searching for someone?s wedding ring they?ve dropped down the toilet or plug hole! And we?ve even had instances where we?ve reunited people with a lost set of dentures ?.. all in a day?s work at the sewage works!?'

In answer to your question, yes he could have , according to the thing I just posted.

Am not sure Fanjo, but
Did you know that in rural areas electricity is actually made in a large room where there are 299 hamsters generating it on their little wheels. They work in shifts.
Did you also know that the moon IS really made of cheese and a little mouse goes up in a rocket to collect it for tescos, hence it becomes a crescent and grows back again.

OMG fullmoonfiend look at this

"RESERVOIR BRINGS SWEET TASTE OF SUCCESS TO SUFFOLK FARMER

A 20-million gallon water storage reservoir has been built near Woodbridge thanks to funding from Defra's Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES).

The vast reservoir means farmer Richard Mann of Iken Hall Farms at Iken has been able to secure a 35 per cent increase in his contract to supply sweetcorn to supermarket giant Asda."

and they have taken the word Gullible out of the dictionary you know!

I feel so guilty - just had corn on the cob for tea. I now feel I am contributing to an unstoppable mountain of non-disposable waste matter!

You need to watch 'Come Outside', there is a great episode re sewerage

But Mrs Noah it's all true! MartianBishop says so!

Oh, don't worry it isn't non disposable. They have aerobic and anerobic bacteria work on it. These bacteria break down the fibre and release metane gas, which is generaly used to power the sewage works!

All quite green, except that metane is a greenhouse gas. Corks all round then ladies!

I can spell Methane! Just not bloody type it!

Honestly Mrsnoah..!!

Apparently sweetcorn is one of the things your body can't digest. My siter went to a sewage works when at school and said the amount of sweetcorn around is unbeliveable!! She said the one things intrested in it were the birds..euugghh..!

Apparently it's the same with tomato seeds. Again apparently surrounding these sites are tomato plants..??!!

all true.

The plants are designed that way so you eat the seeds, crap them out. Not only are the seeds spread far away from the parent plant (to avoid over crowding) they also get 'planted' with a dollup of crap as a fertilzer!

And kids say that GCSE science is dull eh?

Oh dear, just found this :

"if you are checking for sweetcorn in sewage you have too much free time on your hands. If you are googling for sweetcorn in sewage as well then it?s time to seek professional help!"

Oh and Shhh, are we destined to meet only on threads about things being flushed down the toilet?