By Oscar Olesen.

A chimney belonging to Kingsnorth Power Station was demolished in a pitiful explosion today, leaving onlookers bored to literal tears. The 650ft tower was scheduled to fade into obscurity on March 8, but poor weather delayed the bad boom for a bakers dozen days. The clip below captures the chimney falling, like the world’s largest brick s**t-house, into the dull muck of irrelevance;

“It was like the Apollo space launch, but the exact opposite. I can’t believe I put on my good wellies for this. Very disappointed,” an elderly man in a funny hat said. The decommissioned coal and oil power station used to produce approximately 2,000 megawatts of electricity. Now look at it.

The plant’s past and present staff gathered to witness this dictionary definition of a damp squib, and promptly sought refuge at the local pub. “Well, I guess that’s it then,” said Rochester and Strood MP Kelly Tolhurst to plant manager Bill Cliff.