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Missing The Boat

2006 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Two young men from Dublin discovered that they had missed the ferry from Holyhead in Wales back to their homeland. Disinclined to wait for the next one, they instead commandeered a fishing boat and set off bravely into the Irish Sea, blithely onconcerned with the fact that they had only the vaguest idea of where they were aiming for and even less idea of how to handle the boat. Their subsequent distress call must have considerably enlivened the night shift for the port control facility's radio operator. The two intrepid mariners were found a few miles off the Welsh coastline, having apparently been going round in circles for some time, and were eventually retrieved by RAF search-and-rescue helicopter. The fishing boat was towed home by the Holyhead lifeboat.

Contrary to the article on the BBC website [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/5184652.stm], the news bulletin in which this story featured reports that they have since been charged with criminal damage, though they were initially let off with an official caution. Possibly on a charge of Being A Complete Bloody Idiot.

There is no indication of whether alcohol was involved, but it seems rather likely.

Submitted on 07/18/2006

Submitted by: James
Reference: BBC Radio News Bulletin

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James said:
Neutral: Other
Not quite an HM, but mildy amusing enough for me to want to keep. I could easily write and animate a seven-minute cartoon short about all this! :-) Thanks, James. Even if this gets zapped by my fellow mods, I am partial to "sea stories", particularly where idiots are involved!


Fitzroy said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
I appreciate the detail as well as the incident itself. I can't even really put my finger on it, but I just smell Honorable Mention potential here. It may not feature perfect stupidity or perfect humor, but I feel it offers a measure of both.


Jorge said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention


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