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2021-03-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Cargo ship draws giant penis in Red Sea then becomes wedged in Suez Canal

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Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [20 views ] Top

#1

Question:

Was the captain/person steering the boat questioned to make sure it was not deliberate?

Because now ships will have to add 2,000 plus miles to their voyage and chance the roaring 40's.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-03-26 07:11|| 2021-03-26 07:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Remote control of the NAV computer, maybe caused the ship to go sideways on the Canal? Iran, China. or 'Lone Wolf' (known to authorities)?

Posted by Bobby 2021-03-26 08:46|| 2021-03-26 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 down $1

Posted by Jumbo Pholuter9858 2021-03-26 10:44|| 2021-03-26 10:44|| Front Page Top

#4 It's an extremely narrow canal for the type of giant cargo ships that traverse it these days. The wonder is that this sort of thing doesn't happen more often.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-03-26 10:45|| 2021-03-26 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ True. The U.S. Navy just announced they are heading that way.

Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-03-26 18:30|| 2021-03-26 18:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Some Countries do play games with GPS. If I find out Iran did this...

Posted by newc 2021-03-26 18:36|| 2021-03-26 18:36|| Front Page Top

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