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  1. I suspect "Le Fosseur" was not his real surname, given that the people of the Low Countries (except the nobility) didn't really have official surnames until ca 1800. Until then, people mostly went by patronyms or toponyms, or by profession.

  2. They were crossing the pond anyway to hire an engineer for something water related.
    Why hire a Flemish guy when the Dutch were RIGHT THERE?

    (Yes, I'm aware that Belgium was part of the Low Countries in the 13th century, don't ruin the joke please)

  3. It was quite common for UK cities to have big cess pits. Edinburgh’s beautiful Princes street gardens is situated in the shadow of Edinburgh castle. In the 1700 (ye olddie days) it used to be stagnant swamp that was said to be so noxious in summer folks would go mad with the fumes) you can find out more by googling Nor’loch

  4. Coincidentally, I have been researching the tower moat.
    Imagine how bad the stink was in the summertime 😳icky poo.

    I mean, the idea of a moat that used the river water as its continuous source was a good idea…. in theory.
    But in practice using a tidal river was definitely not.

    Can he build it?
    Yes he can – but it will all go horribly wrong.

  5. I recommend speeding it up by a tiny amount so it goes under one minute and you can put it into the shorts algo. But the important thing to remember here is that Nosey could dig it.

  6. That would have to be the richest soil in the whole town the richest people in the town with the richest diet in the town fill that with their riches manure available in the universe that has got to be some rich soil.

  7. It was not the largest stagnant cesspool on the isle of Great Britain let alone Europe. Then again "Londoners" of course think London is the centre of the universe and have little knowledge of the world outside. What is now Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh or as it was known when it was full of "liquid" the Nor Loch was much bigger than the Tower of London's moat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor_Loch So largest stagnant Cesspool in England would be more accurate.

  8. I don't think you necessarily control the ads that get paired with your content but a Facebook ad coming on before a video on stagnant cesspools is just fucking perfect

  9. I want there to be a kids TV show now about the John the Digger.
    You could even have a talking dog as his sidekick and every episode someone falls in the cesspool.

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