FARK.com: (3495116) Couple in U.K. banned from moving back into their mansion after flood damage when a protected species of newt moves in first. It's not newts, it's Fark

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		Couple in U.K. banned from moving back into their mansion after flood damage when a protected species of newt moves in first. It's not newts, it's Fark (dailymail.co.uk)		79
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paulseta		2008-03-26 08:46:19 PM

Screamapillar unavailable for screaming.

King Something		2008-03-26 09:43:26 PM

Did the newts get better?

strangeguitar		2008-03-26 10:34:13 PM

King Something: Did the newts get better?

Damn you!

HenryFnord		2008-03-26 10:58:16 PM

Suspected magic invisible newts at that.

JerseyTim		2008-03-26 11:12:59 PM

Ripley!!

Crown_of_Shoes		2008-03-26 11:14:55 PM

Wow, that pun has NEVER been done on Fark before.

/let alone five times in the last month.

sbrister		2008-03-26 11:15:36 PM

strangeguitar: King Something: Did the newts get better?

Damn you!

THIS

JonBuck		2008-03-26 11:17:40 PM

You'd think in this situation that the government would compensate them for the loss of their home.

Fuzzyshrimp		2008-03-26 11:18:47 PM

Ask Gingrich to leave politely.

krelborne		2008-03-26 11:19:04 PM

She turned me into a...

King Something: Did the newts get better?

Dammit!

wildcardjack		2008-03-26 11:19:05 PM

Reminds me of the adage "See it, shoot it, shovel it, shut up" when it comes to locally rare species in the US. Nothing ruins your property values quicker than a sharp eyed tree hugger infection.

TheQuest35		2008-03-26 11:20:00 PM

The owners will get over it?

+1 subby.

HighOnCraic		2008-03-26 11:20:17 PM

Link (new window)
Unavailable for comment.

Danger Avoid Death		2008-03-26 11:20:24 PM

King Something: Did the newts get better?

And triple-, quadruple- or brazillion-damn you and your Fark's fastest newts.

blicero		2008-03-26 11:20:33 PM

Newt Gingrich approves.

shanrick		2008-03-26 11:20:59 PM

sadly unavailable for comment.

lajimi		2008-03-26 11:21:12 PM

"I know it's the law but it's very frustrating and bordering on the ridiculous that the fate of newts takes precedence over humans," said Mrs Histed, a 68-year-old retired doctor.
i236.photobucket.com

You better stop complaining or you could end up with an ASBO.

geektard		2008-03-26 11:21:20 PM

TheMega		2008-03-26 11:21:52 PM

Couple cases of bleach would fix the problem..

/accidentally spilled.. naturally!

Uncle Karl		2008-03-26 11:21:55 PM

JonBuck: You'd think in this situation that the government would compensate them for the loss of their home.

Work to remove any amphibians found would then take several more months.

They will remove them when they can. They should get something out of it though.

geektard		2008-03-26 11:24:08 PM

Get out of my FARKing house!
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Danger Avoid Death		2008-03-26 11:24:12 PM

They should have been insured by this guy:

www.michaelspornanimation.com

Walken's cooler brother		2008-03-26 11:24:29 PM

shanrick: sadly unavailable for comment.

+1

Scifientologist		2008-03-26 11:24:33 PM

Subby the headline absolutely reeks of win!

+1

and +1 more because we have a surplus.

Farxist Marxist		2008-03-26 11:25:44 PM

Cool-looking newt.

I sort of have gone off amphibians since a gecko crawled into our kettle and was repetitively boiled for a couple of weeks. Didn't do much for the tea either.

onpoint		2008-03-26 11:26:21 PM

shanrick: sadly unavailable for comment.

awesome

shower_in_my_socks		2008-03-26 11:26:45 PM

I remember a story in California where a housing developer dug a pit during the construction of a new neighborhood, planning to fill the pit back in when construction of the houses was finished.

Months later, the pit has become a pond, and a protected amphibian species has moved in. The pond is now a permanent part of the neighborhood.

Three points regarding my story and the article:

1. If these species are so fragile, how in the world do they turn up in such unusual places, to the extent that they become a nuisance?

2. Why can't the government just pay an animal control service or environmental group to move the animal to a more suitable environment?

3. If this happened in a low-income housing project, instead of in a rich person's mansion like in the article, the far-lefties would destroy each other fighting over which special interest deserved to be saved more.

DulceEtDecorumEst		2008-03-26 11:27:22 PM

Darkridr		2008-03-26 11:28:39 PM

And this is why you never involve local government if you can avoid it. Instead of asking permission to clear the drain they should have just paid a vagrant to get in there with a garden trowel and clear it out. Its not like inspectors go around looking suspiciously at working drainage systems to see who might have been puttering with their official blockage.

Easier to get forgiveness than permission, especially if the evidence has washed downstream a few thousand feet.

chrispco		2008-03-26 11:30:09 PM

I know it's been referenced already, but any thread like this requires the picture as well, dammit!

www.matahari.cc

/hotlinked, for added classlessness

stasis18		2008-03-26 11:31:23 PM

They mostly come out at night.....mostly.

Zuel		2008-03-26 11:32:03 PM

krelborne: She turned me into a...

King Something: Did the newts get better?

Dammit!

Grrrr.....

Driver		2008-03-26 11:32:54 PM

She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
...
I got better.

LargeCanine		2008-03-26 11:34:30 PM

Its a drainage ditch, not a natural habitat.

Property rights are the foundation of civilization, and ours - both in the UK and US - are being undermined.

tweekster		2008-03-26 11:35:17 PM

Take a few of them and make sure their new home is a few monuments, elected officials' homes etc. I bet they wont be "protected" for very long.

Bucky Katt		2008-03-26 11:37:17 PM

Red Ken will love this if he sobers up long enough to read the article

HighOnCraic		2008-03-26 11:37:29 PM

"A few of us have noticed that your eyebrows point down even when you smile. Are you Satan?"

/Obscure?

Proctologist Iggy Poop		2008-03-26 11:38:13 PM

blicero: Newt Gingrich approves.

phillydrifter		2008-03-26 11:43:20 PM

Sounds like what the white man did to all the black people who got washed out of Nawlins.

Not saying it's true or false, but I've read stories about how there were explosives planted on the levee walls which were detonated when Katrina passed over, and there was tell-tale residuals remaining after the storm passed.

/discuss amongst yourselves
//i'm verklempt

invisbob		2008-03-26 11:44:33 PM

TheMega: Couple cases of bleach would fix the problem..

/accidentally spilled.. naturally!

agreed. We had this happen in Illinois during building a new subdivision. Can't remember the exact species of bird they were all found dead. Turns out they died from poison. Builders blamed emissions from vehicles.

guitarpick2002		2008-03-26 11:44:53 PM

Damn newts, moving in and not even offering to pay rent. Squatters!

/article reminds me of the Family Guy episode when the birdies grow in Peter's beard
/"Saves the whales, save the snails...bulls**t!"

Darkridr		2008-03-26 11:45:55 PM

phillydrifter: Sounds like what the white man did to all the black people who got washed out of Nawlins.

Not saying it's true or false, but I've read stories about how there were explosives planted on the levee walls which were detonated when Katrina passed over, and there was tell-tale residuals remaining after the storm passed.

/discuss amongst yourselves
//i'm verklempt

You know that the last verified thing like that I can remember is during one of the giant midwest floods. They caught a boat on camera trying to ram a levy down so their own location would be spared.

smokedog22		2008-03-26 11:50:55 PM

LordJiro		2008-03-26 11:51:48 PM

Y'know, with all the articles about these damn newts screwing everything up...I think it's about time they get off the endangered species' list. Seriously, the little bastards seem to show up EVERYWHERE.

Or are they different newts each time?

foxbrook78		2008-03-26 11:53:21 PM

wildcardjack
Reminds me of the adage "See it, shoot it, shovel it, shut up" when it comes to locally rare species in the US. Nothing ruins your property values quicker than a sharp eyed tree hugger infection.

I'm currently writing a conservation plan for a plant found in only 6 locations in a single county and nowhere else on earth, so I'm getting a kick out of your reply.

Shoot yourself in the foot if you want, but if people actually allowed access to their land, a lot more populations would be found and taking your home-sweet-home by eminent domain to build a park wouldn't be necessary.

steamingpile		2008-03-26 11:54:05 PM

wildcardjack: Reminds me of the adage "See it, shoot it, shovel it, shut up" when it comes to locally rare species in the US. Nothing ruins your property values quicker than a sharp eyed tree hugger infection.

This is the reason why we hate environmentalists now

TheOther		2008-03-26 11:56:03 PM

Gussie Fink-Nottle approves.

flamingboard		2008-03-27 12:00:47 AM

geckos are not newts.
newt gingrich is not human.
beggin strips do not taste like bacon.

Nocens		2008-03-27 12:00:50 AM

phillydrifter: Sounds like what the white man did to all the black people who got washed out of Nawlins.

Not saying it's true or false, but I've read stories about how there were explosives planted on the levee walls which were detonated when Katrina passed over, and there was tell-tale residuals remaining after the storm passed.

/discuss amongst yourselves
//i'm verklempt

Then again, there was residue from everything on everything. I'd bet the entire Nawlins flood pond tested positive as a meth lab, a black man's toilet, multiple chem plants, etc...

Water is an awesome solvent.

1. Put snakes on plane		2008-03-27 12:00:59 AM

shanrick: sadly unavailable for comment.

That was the end of the series. There were no sequals. NONE! They lived happily ever after.

THE END

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