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2019-08-05 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Franky Zapata succeeds in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard

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Posted by Fred 2019-08-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 No flying cars yet, but this and some police dirigibles puts us square in Dick Tracy country...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-08-05 08:53|| 2019-08-05 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 What would be the radar signature on that thing ?

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-05 13:39|| 2019-08-05 13:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Carry on you glorious bastard!

Posted by jpal 2019-08-05 15:10|| 2019-08-05 15:10|| Front Page Top

#4 #3 suggests a nickname for the hoverboard: Moon Unit.

Posted by Lex 2019-08-05 15:26|| 2019-08-05 15:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Zappa ... Zapata ... po-tay-to ... po-tah-to

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-08-05 15:55|| 2019-08-05 15:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Congrats. He done real good.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2019-08-05 16:29|| 2019-08-05 16:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Viva Zapata!

Posted by Fred 2019-08-05 18:46|| 2019-08-05 18:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Heh. Younger Burgers may not get that, Fred

Posted by Frank G 2019-08-05 19:02|| 2019-08-05 19:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Keeping the illegals on the continental side just got a little more challenging. No, they can't afford them. However, the bleeding heart NGOs could. If they can afford another rescue ship, they can afford some of these.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-08-05 19:14|| 2019-08-05 19:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Dude, of course we get it. It's Spanish. Means "Hooray for Shoes!"
/me makes the Face of Innocence

Posted by SteveS 2019-08-05 19:19|| 2019-08-05 19:19|| Front Page Top

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