That would be a good name to give the Radio Shack cashier.

"How is that spelled?"
"Just like it sounds."

Arctik morn efte gaz raz vedka

So, raspberry vodak cures hangovers, but causes flatulence?

Wow, who knew vowels were so important as ballast ?

ZAZ: LordOfThePings: So, raspberry vodak cures hangovers, but causes flatulence?

Only at high latitudes (arctik).

Meant to add that. Thanks.

No letter "U" .

Big farkin Waves... (new window)

Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka (AMNGR), a unit of state-owned Zarubezhneft.

Of course it is!

Nem Wan: Zarubezhneft

Gesundheit!

My spellcheck can't decipher it, but my optometrist tells me it means I have 20/10 vision.

Well there's me wrong, I thought it was Arktikmornaftegazrazvedka!

Looks like the last page of my senior seminar paper.

In Russian, enterprise names are often built using a word combination, but this one takes the cake. Stands for Arctic Sea Oil and Gas Exploration

Cool! A new Scrabble word.

saturn badger: Cool! A new Scrabble word.

Alas, it's a proper noun. It'd be worth at least 65 points (new window).

Кошачьи набрав обнаружено.

Gyrfalcon: They might have been rescued, but the Morse code operator drowned before he could finish the name of the rig, and no one knew where to look.

I heard they sent a carrier pigeon with a note but it drowned

Cat like typing detected.

Gyrfalcon: They might have been rescued, but the Morse code operator drowned before he could finish the name of the rig, and no one knew where to look.

Aisle seat please. I laughed entirely too hard at that.

spittman: This?

I was thinking more,
Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka, alright!

Gyrfalcon: They might have been rescued, but the Morse code operator drowned before he could finish the name of the rig, and no one knew where to look.

Best laugh I have had today!

Bravo!

Is that Russian for Ocean Ranger (new window)?

This is the single hardest piece of news for me to take since Eyjafjallajökull erupted last year.

Not to sound too serious, but as someone who has spent time in the water in the Northern Oceans in the winter, I feel for the guys on that rig. That was a terrible way to die.

docgrog: Not to sound too serious, but as someone who has spent time in the water in the Northern Oceans in the winter, I feel for the guys on that rig. That was a terrible way to die.

I'm afraid of the ocean for some reason anyway--no particular reason, I've never even been on a big ship. A few years ago, I worked on the shore of Lake Superior for a winter. I couldn't even get near the lake during stormy weather without hearing The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in my head.

And then there's this:



/Bad ocean.

I was sure this was going to be about the President of Iran.

FTFA: The jack-up rig, which has three support legs

Wow, definitely had to read that phrase twice. :P