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Title: No **** Sherlock Post by: TightEnd on November 23, 2007, 12:37:39 PM BBC Radio 5 Live News 12.30pm today
"Everyone including x Britons have been evacuated from a passenger ship in Antartica which is sinking It is thought to have hit ice" Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: boldie on November 23, 2007, 12:42:04 PM BBC Radio 5 Live News 12.30pm today "Everyone including x Britons have been evacuated from a passenger ship in Antartica which is sinking It is thought to have hit ice" Why is that a no shit moment?..It could have been a bomb blast..doors could not have closed properly, been attacked by a Russian sub..or it could have been a fine piece of English craftsmanship and broken down after being run into by a baby-seal? I thought there wasn't any ice any more in Antartica because everyone is driving around in 4x4's so you could even argue that it is the LEAST likely explanation as to why the ship is sinking. You really are a cynical man Tighty. Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: MKKfish on November 23, 2007, 01:04:59 PM BBC Radio 5 Live News 12.30pm today "Everyone including x Britons have been evacuated from a passenger ship in Antartica which is sinking It is thought to have hit ice" Are the Britons cross, or are there ten of them? Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: AndrewT on November 23, 2007, 01:16:06 PM BBC Radio 5 Live News 12.30pm today "Everyone including x Britons have been evacuated from a passenger ship in Antartica which is sinking It is thought to have hit ice" Are the Britons cross, or are there ten of them? They're all SAS members preparing to invade Argentina, so they have to be anonymous. Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: Claw75 on November 23, 2007, 01:17:44 PM BBC Radio 5 Live News 12.30pm today "Everyone including x Britons have been evacuated from a passenger ship in Antartica which is sinking It is thought to have hit ice" Are the Britons cross, or are there ten of them? I think it means they used to be Britons Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: TightEnd on November 23, 2007, 01:25:16 PM x= an indeterminate number, because I didn't remember how many they qouted.
Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: Graham C on November 23, 2007, 01:31:31 PM "The firm said 23 Britons, 17 Dutch, 10 Australians, 13 Americans and 10 Canadians were among the passengers."
Always amuses me the way the press report the people in these sort of things - it's like sod everyone else Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: Claw75 on November 23, 2007, 01:32:45 PM x= an indeterminate number, because I didn't remember how many they qouted. no **** ;D Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: TightEnd on November 23, 2007, 01:36:21 PM x= an indeterminate number, because I didn't remember how many they qouted. no **** ;D nope, Sherlock! Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: kinboshi on November 23, 2007, 01:41:24 PM "The firm said 23 Britons, 17 Dutch, 10 Australians, 13 Americans and 10 Canadians were among the passengers." Always amuses me the way the press report the people in these sort of things - it's like sod everyone else Smith & Jones did a very funny sketch about exactly that. So very true. Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: The_duke on November 23, 2007, 04:39:08 PM BBC website quote
"According to a report on Lloyds List's website, the ship was found to have five "deficiencies" at an inspection in May at Greenock, Scotland, by the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Watertight doors were described as "not as required", while lifeboat maintenance problems and missing search and rescue plans were also noted." Oopps ;carlocitrone; Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: kinboshi on November 23, 2007, 05:49:49 PM BBC website quote "According to a report on Lloyds List's website, the ship was found to have five "deficiencies" at an inspection in May at Greenock, Scotland, by the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Watertight doors were described as "not as required", while lifeboat maintenance problems and missing search and rescue plans were also noted." Oopps ;carlocitrone; ;gobsmacked; That's like saying a plane's wings are falling off. Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: boldie on November 23, 2007, 06:55:52 PM ah good ol UK engineering is the cause of it then ;)
Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: TightEnd on November 23, 2007, 06:58:51 PM ah good ol UK engineering is the cause of it then ;) either that or overpriced German stuff. Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: kinboshi on November 23, 2007, 07:10:36 PM ah good ol UK engineering is the cause of it then ;) either that or overpriced German stuff. :goodpost: ;iagree; Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: RioRodent on November 24, 2007, 08:07:06 AM "The firm said 23 Britons, 17 Dutch, 10 Australians, 13 Americans and 10 Canadians were among the passengers." Always amuses me the way the press report the people in these sort of things - it's like sod everyone else This is quite odd... I mean, why mention the Dutch?? ;scarymoment; Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: boldie on November 24, 2007, 10:57:48 PM "The firm said 23 Britons, 17 Dutch, 10 Australians, 13 Americans and 10 Canadians were among the passengers." Always amuses me the way the press report the people in these sort of things - it's like sod everyone else This is quite odd... I mean, why mention the Dutch?? ;scarymoment; to get people in a happy mood? Title: Re: No **** Sherlock Post by: kinboshi on November 24, 2007, 10:58:35 PM Good point well made.
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