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| Submarine found 2,250 meters above sea level | |
| 2005-12-22 | |
| Police in Colombia say they have found a half-built submarine in a warehouse in a suburb of the capital Bogota 2,250 metres above sea level. Police chief General Luis Ernesto Gilibert said Russian documents were found alongside the partially-completed vessel. He said the 30 metre (100ft) vessel would have been capable of carrying huge quantities of cocaine or heroin. He speculated that, once completed, the submarine would have been disassembled and taken by lorry to to Colombiaâs Pacific or Caribbean coast.
Instead there was the startling sight of a sophisticated submarine under construction. âIt was between 30% and 40% complete and had its engine room ready,â General Gilibert said. âThe technology is advanced and the workmanship of high quality.â | |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #31 Sorry, but old news two days in a row looked like you were messing with us. Anonymoose posted the 40-dead-Taliban story on 2005-08-22 10:22. THAT was fresh enough for me. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-22 21:26 |
| #30 Look at the date on the article. The article is dated Dec 2005. So, after you yelled I did the google search. Photos the same so it looks like I was fooled along with several other sites. The four month old one was because nobody ever mentioned that they had finished those Taliban guys off. It deserved notice. If it really upsets you Darrell I am sorry but that posting an older story causes you trauma. It should not cause you trauma. For future reference... how new must a story be before it is too stale for you? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-12-22 21:06 |
| #29 Okay, 3dc, yesterday you posted a four month old article ("Taliban who killed Seals hunted down and Killed!"). Today it's a five year old article. What's the deal??? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-22 19:53 |
| #28 |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-12-22 19:40 |
| #27 And more. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-22 19:39 |
| #26 There's a joke here for sure. This sub story is at least five years old: |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-22 19:22 |
| #25 BH - I think you are correct. Thats why the warehouse is half built in an empty warehouse. You start building sub all fired up on your nose blow.... Man everything is just going so fast and so fine.... Then the boss man who doesn't do blow cause he's not stupid comes by and says: "how are you planning on getting this sub into the sea? MORON!" Whoops - end of story. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-12-22 17:58 |
| #24 Darrell, I think CN meant that the folks building the sub need a new translator. As in, the Russian manual specified a 2250-meter max depth and the druglords interpreted it to mean "build it at an elevation of 2250 meters". Like he said, it was a joke. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-12-22 17:09 |
| #23 www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20051221054030899 Actually, THAT joke is on you, but you're too thick to understand why. |
| Posted by: Canadian Navy 2005-12-22 16:53 |
| #22 No, THIS is a Canadian joke: http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20051221054030899 |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-22 16:01 |
| #21 ...that was a joke, btw. |
| Posted by: Canadian Navy 2005-12-22 15:51 |
| #20 You're a fucking genius Darrell, eh. |
| Posted by: Canadian Navy 2005-12-22 15:49 |
| #19 2,250 meters is the elevation of Bogota, eh. Next time get a better geographer, eh. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-22 15:36 |
| #18 Russian documents were found alongside the partially-completed vessel. Next time get a better translator. The 2250 meters refered to the maximum attainable depth. Oh and Seafarious...don't be jealous! :-) |
| Posted by: Canadian Navy 2005-12-22 15:28 |
| #17 You can always tell a supermarine by it's compound curve oglave hydroplanes. |
| Posted by: Leon Clavin 2005-12-22 14:03 |
| #16 The Flying Dutchman undercover |
| Posted by: Javiter Ulavick3397 2005-12-22 11:46 |
| #15 A submarine 2250 meters above sea level is called a supermarine. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-12-22 11:34 |
| #14 It is the story from the BBC, dated Sep 7, 2000. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2005-12-22 11:26 |
| #13 In other news ... Columbian authorities also discovered a nearly-finished 250-mile-long waterpark-style flume that wound its way from the capital Bogota to Buenaventura on the Pacific coast. There is no indication the unfinished submarine and the unfinished water flume are related. On the scene to comment was former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, who said, "I like to call that the Buena-Ventura Highway!!" ... and then went about adding another braid to his beard. |
| Posted by: ExtremeModerate 2005-12-22 10:11 |
| #12 um, wouldn't that make it a supermarine? This probably played out like the Trojan Rabbit skit. el jefe: So what happens now? henchman: Right. Now we get into the sub, go underwater, and deliver our drugs under the noses of the DEA. el jefe: We do what? henchman: We get into the sub, go underwater... okay, say we build an airplane... |
| Posted by: BH 2005-12-22 09:54 |
| #11 That was GREAT, besoeker! One more reason I try to visit the 'burg every day....learn something new AND get a lot of dry humor to boot! |
| Posted by: BA 2005-12-22 09:38 |
| #10 Besoeker, LOL! Had the same thought, but did not know how to put it succintly. You've nailed it down! ;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2005-12-22 09:34 |
| #9 Everyone laughed at Noah too! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-22 09:09 |
| #8 The Canadian Navy has expressed some interest in this dicovery... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-12-22 09:08 |
| #7 Submarine found 2,250 meters above sea level oh NO!!! They're going to teach the submarine to fly and rain drugs all over the land!! In other news, a hippie cleric who is said to have the gift of prophesy claimed that he foresaw heaven on earth. |
| Posted by: Miss Gunn 2005-12-22 08:54 |
| #6 Submarine found 2,250 meters above sea level *ahem* *ahem* |
| Posted by: Admiral Hyman G Spemble 2005-12-22 08:28 |
| #5 Submarine found 2,250 meters above sea level *ahem* |
| Posted by: Admiral Hyman G Spemble 2005-12-22 08:27 |
| #4 IHave you tried the honey-mustard (or whatever it is) stuff they put on the Quizno's Angus Beef sub? Wow! It'll change everything, lol. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-12-22 07:23 |
| #3 3dc, My favorite sub is with roastbeef, I like them with horse radish sauce. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2005-12-22 06:19 |
| #2 This isn't the first sub they have built or have tried to build. Money is no object. |
| Posted by: Mahou Sensei Negi-bozu 2005-12-22 02:31 |
| #1 So they're going to assemble it in Bogota, and then disassemble it and take it to the coast ... o-o-o-kay. It's entirely possible 3dc, I've built a few subs myself. to wit: |
| Posted by: Omomogum spemble3571 2005-12-22 00:31 |