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2026-08-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

An €8 million yacht sank off the coast of Sardinia four days after it was purchased

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Posted by badanov 2026-08-16 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [246 views ] Top

1 Forgot to put in the drain plug?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-08-16 06:44|| 2026-08-16 06:44|| Front Page Top

2 "errors in metacentric height calculations"

Basic naval architecture hasn't progress much since the Vasa incident?

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-08-16 07:55|| 2026-08-16 07:55|| Front Page Top

3 Sounds like somebody didn’t understand that you have empty the tanks in the correct order.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-08-16 09:35|| 2026-08-16 09:35|| Front Page Top

4 Either way it would seem to be 'Operator Error'.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-08-16 17:58|| 2026-08-16 17:58|| Front Page Top

5 "All fat chicks: please distribute yourself equally about the ship"
"Oh look, there's a dolphin on this side!"

Posted by Frank G 2026-08-16 18:06|| 2026-08-16 18:06|| Front Page Top

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