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Not_Enginerd		2006-11-09 11:54:29 AM

The mariners will be fine as long as none of them are arrested by Hawaiian cops.

WalkingCarpet		2006-11-09 11:56:27 AM

MrBeefy		2006-11-09 11:56:59 AM

Not_Enginerd: The mariners will be fine as long as none of them are arrested by Hawaiian cops.

Nice.

UberDave		2006-11-09 12:02:21 PM

What is an entire baseball team doing in the South Pacific?

NikolaiFarkoff		2006-11-09 12:02:57 PM

It is an ancient Mariner,
And he Tivoed episode three.
Now what the fark is going on,
This island lost at sea ?
The plot holes are all opened wide,
And I am watching Jin ;
The Others spy, and Ana dies
When Sawyer got up in

Aurric		2006-11-09 12:06:37 PM

The nightmare corpse-city of R'lyeh ... was built in measureless aeons behind history by the vast, loathsome shapes that seeped down from the dark stars. There lay great Cthulhu and his hordes, hidden in green slimy vaults . . .

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

Aurric		2006-11-09 12:08:28 PM

NikolaiFarkoff:

They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose,
Nor spake, nor moved their eyes ;
It had been strange, even in a dream,
To have seen those dead men rise.

My favorite passage from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Zoinks!		2006-11-09 12:14:47 PM

Subby could have tried a little harder by describing it as being an ugly-ass new island.

Zoinks!		2006-11-09 12:19:03 PM

Hey UberDave, how you doing?

orrinbloquy		2006-11-09 12:36:55 PM

Aurric: wgah'nagl fhtagn

What a wonderful phrase!
wgah'nagl fhtagn
Ain't no passin' craze

kiddoc		2006-11-09 01:10:39 PM

Where's the guy with the "O R'lyeh?" pic when you need him?

dittybopper		2006-11-09 01:12:15 PM

Aurric

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

Care for some Robitussin?

HenryFnord		2006-11-09 01:21:56 PM

And people say there's never any new land...

Finnley Wren		2006-11-09 01:28:29 PM

Musta smelled like the earth farted scrambled eggs.

SoupGuru		2006-11-09 01:30:41 PM

Uh, pics?

amoricanCrowe		2006-11-09 01:30:54 PM

Is he a lefty?

We need some help in our rotation.

Bob Ondeeznuts		2006-11-09 01:31:02 PM

Ichiro needs to get a new car.

Omnivorous		2006-11-09 01:31:09 PM

A place to put Farkistan. Though it sounds like we might have to fight off the Tongans for control.

czarangelus		2006-11-09 01:31:28 PM

That is not dead which can eternal lie,
and with strange æons even death may die.

1000Monkeys		2006-11-09 01:32:29 PM

Someone should claim it and start a new country there.

stingrza		2006-11-09 01:33:05 PM

In three years, everything that happens on this mystery island will be hackneyed and uninteresting anyway.

Primitive Screwhead		2006-11-09 01:33:45 PM

The moral of this story is: What not to do if a bird shiats on ya..

The Rime Of The Ancient MMMMAAAARRRIIINNNEEERRRR!!!!!!

Hear the rime of the ancient mariner
See his eye as he stops one of three
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests
Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea.

And the music plays on, as the bride passes by
Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale.

Driven south to the land of the snow and ice
To a place where nobodys been
Through the snow fog flies on the albatross
Hailed in gods name, hoping good luck it brings.

And the ship sails on, back to the north
Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on.

The mariner kills the bird of good omen
His shipmates cry against what hes done
But when the fog clears, they justify him
And make themselves a part of the crime.

Sailing on and on and north across the sea
Sailing on and on and north til all is calm.

The albatross begins with its vengeance
A terrible curse a thirst has begun
His shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner
About his neck, the dead bird is hung.

And the curse goes on and on at sea
And the curse goes on and on for them and me.

day after day, day after day,
We stuck nor breath nor motion
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
Water, water everywhere and
All the boards did shrink
Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink.

There calls the mariner
There comes a ship over the line
But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide.

See...onward she comes
Onward she nears out of the sun
See, she has no crew
She has no life, wait but heres two.

Death and she life in death,
They throw their dice for the crew
She wins the mariner and he belongs to her now.
Then...crew one by one
They drop down dead, two hundred men
She...she, life in death.
She lets him live, her chosen one.

one after one by the star dogged moon,
Too quick for groan or sigh
Each turned his facce with a ghastly pang
And cursed me with his eye
Four times fifty living men
(and I heard nor sigh nor groan)
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down one by one.

The curse it lives on in their eyes
The mariner wished hed die
Along with the sea creatures
But they lived on, so did he.

And by the light of the moon
He prays for their beauty not doom
With heart he blesses them
Gods creatures all of them too.

Then the spell starts to break
The albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the sea
Then down in falls comes the rain.

Hear the groans of the long dead seamen
See them stir and they start to rise
Bodies lifted by good spirits
None of them speak and theyre lifelesss in their eyes

And revenge is still sought, penance starts again
Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on.

Now the curse is finally lifted
And the mariner sights his home
Spirits go fromhe long dead bodies
Form their own light and the mariners left alone.

And then a boat came sailing towards him
It was a joy he could not believe
The pilots boat, his son and the hermit,
Penance of life will fall onto him.

And the ship sinks like lead into the sea
And the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins.

The mariners bound to tell of his story
To tell this tale wherever he goes
To teach gods word by his own example
That we must love all things thaat God made.

And the wedding guests a sad and wiser man
And the tale goes on and on and on.

SSSSSCCCREEEAAAAMMMM FOR ME LONG BEACH!!!!!!

oldfarthenry		2006-11-09 01:33:49 PM

Who hasn't had pumice floaters after a good eruption?

serutan		2006-11-09 01:34:15 PM

Ichiro claims entire island, declares self emperor, biatches about high property tax.

Captain Faceplant		2006-11-09 01:34:27 PM

I came expecting cthulhu references.

I left satisfied!

BassPlayinManiac		2006-11-09 01:35:30 PM

oldfarthenry
Who hasn't had pumice floaters after a good eruption?

FTW well done my good man. well done.

SoupGuru		2006-11-09 01:35:40 PM

Ah, pics here

Xerxes99		2006-11-09 01:36:25 PM

A hole, lava, black smoke.... what's going on... Hell coughing up the remains of Ed Bradley already?

dougfm		2006-11-09 01:36:48 PM

I don't think I've ever read a news story with the word "pumice" in it so many times.

/going to look it up

muck4doo		2006-11-09 01:37:59 PM

Natives have been rounded up for questioning...

wmoonfox		2006-11-09 01:39:27 PM

Dibs!

spleef420		2006-11-09 01:41:25 PM

Witnessing the birth of an island would be awesome.

moriarty23		2006-11-09 01:41:27 PM

"XXXV QVVX"
Translated, it meant: "Have found Lost Continent of Atlantis. High Priest has just won quotis contest."
/obscure?

ToxicMunkee		2006-11-09 01:42:44 PM

Damn you, wmoonfox! I was going to call dibs!

HKW		2006-11-09 01:42:54 PM

Birth of an Island?

Thats one BIG v@gina.

/rim shot

wraithmare		2006-11-09 01:43:35 PM

Pardon me boys, have you seen the Great Cthulhu...

czecho		2006-11-09 01:43:36 PM

studebaker hoch		2006-11-09 01:44:33 PM

Um...volcanoes can't happen underwater. It would never ignite, and if it did, the water would immediately put it out.

Kouvre		2006-11-09 01:44:36 PM

Yes, but can they please report signing a friggin' decent starting pitcher?

wraithmare		2006-11-09 01:44:43 PM

moriarty23

Illuminatus Trilogy?

czarangelus		2006-11-09 01:45:31 PM

studebaker hoch: Um...volcanoes can't happen underwater. It would never ignite, and if it did, the water would immediately put it out.

You work for volcanoes right?

BassPlayinManiac		2006-11-09 01:45:46 PM

spleef420
Witnessing the birth of an island would be awesome.

And very very slow, you would need lots of this

MothraStewart		2006-11-09 01:47:56 PM

stingrza:
In three years, everything that happens on this mystery island will be hackneyed and uninteresting anyway.

In three years, it will be underwater again, due to global warming.

Whatthefark		2006-11-09 01:48:03 PM

Primitive Screwhead

Ah yes, the Live After Death version. An awesome song made even more awesome performed live. It's what got me to read the original story/poem.

moriarty23		2006-11-09 01:48:04 PM

Wraithmare,think Terry Prachett/Neil Gaiman.

studebaker hoch		2006-11-09 01:48:46 PM

Pic of new island:

www.matangitonga.to

Pic of pumice raft:

www.matangitonga.to

Weblog of Maiken yacht

StBC		2006-11-09 01:49:41 PM

BEDEVERE
Wait. Wait ... tell me, what also floats on water?

ALL
Bread? No, no, no. Apples .... gravy ... very small rocks ...

NakedApe		2006-11-09 01:50:41 PM

Beachfront property on sale soon!

studebaker hoch		2006-11-09 01:51:14 PM

Oops, my bad.

Actual weblog of Maiken yacht. Many more p hotos!

Earlier linkie was to the story, this is the real blog.

And yeah, undersea eruptions are teh c00l.