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(Metro)   When your houseboat sinks because you had it weighted down with so many alcoholic beverages maybe it's time to throw a life preserver ring to the nearest alcoholic recovery center   (metro.co.uk) divider line
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3474 clicks; posted to Main » on 29 Jan 2023 at 3:05 AM (9 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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bearded clamorer [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-28 6:54:49 PM  
Dumbass.
Should have bought light beer.
 
johnny_vegas [TotalFark]
2023-01-28 8:36:47 PM  
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vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-01-28 10:37:48 PM  
farking black label
 
Incident on 57th Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 12:18:38 AM  
This may well be my all-time favorite caption...

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Pints were well and truly sunk (Picture: MEN Media)
 
Dodo David [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 12:22:02 AM  
I didn't know that Drew had a houseboat.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-01-29 12:52:20 AM  
I was at Lake Havasu and this houseboat had so many people on it they sank it...in about five feet of water, still upright.   So they kept on partying and drinking and I'm thinking "damn there's like three feet of water in your boat and your engines are submerged, but hey, titties and beer!

/Sand Bar, ca. early 1990's.   Don't know if that still goes off today like it once did.
 
fragMasterFlash [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 1:23:14 AM  
You look at that boat and tell me you would go out on it if not well and truly buzzed.
 
Brawndo [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 2:10:26 AM  
I mean sure, it was partially submerged and I'm sure people wanted to abandon ship, but they didn't because of the implication
 
drjekel_mrhyde
2023-01-29 3:09:13 AM  
I didn't see shiat
 
wildcardjack
2023-01-29 3:11:24 AM  
This is one of those load balance problems. If it had remained even, the boat would have remained above water. But once the load shifted at little, more followed until it rolled. It's how ferries and roll-on-roll-off ships capsize.
 
sex_and_drugs_for_ian [BareFark]
2023-01-29 3:24:38 AM  
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Thanks, Solar.
 
Aussie_As
2023-01-29 3:29:48 AM  
Can't believe I'm the first to ask if the beer is okay?
 
knbwhite
2023-01-29 4:07:51 AM  
I don't know about that, but I know 30 cases (old school 24 packs) fit in a Ford Pinto. Plus an orange traffic barrel, with flashing light, wedged between the seats and the windshield. Unfortunately, they will not let you drive on an Air Force base in that configuration.
 
Spice Must Flow
2023-01-29 4:29:41 AM  

knbwhite: I don't know about that, but I know 30 cases (old school 24 packs) fit in a Ford Pinto. Plus an orange traffic barrel, with flashing light, wedged between the seats and the windshield. Unfortunately, they will not let you drive on an Air Force base in that configuration.


Ford Pintos are dangerous.
I think they made the right call.
 
iodized attic salt
2023-01-29 4:40:59 AM  
But, if I'm the one in trouble...
Why would I throw one to...
Eh, whatever.  Cheers.
 
bughunter [BareFark]
2023-01-29 4:58:14 AM  
It was White Claw, wasn't it?
 
uttertosh [OhFark]
2023-01-29 5:25:56 AM  

vudukungfu: farking black label


"Bet that man drinks Carling Black Label" was the first thing that sprung to mind for me, too

I Bet He Drinks Carling Black Label
Youtube tGOo6pzAdcs
 
McGrits [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 6:08:58 AM  
If the dude was truly an alcoholic, there would not have been any booze on the boat.
 
untoldforce
2023-01-29 6:19:53 AM  
If the boat didn't have enough reserve buoyancy for a case of beer then that boat is not seaworthy.
 
sinko swimo
2023-01-29 6:59:30 AM  
my guess theft is somehow involved. i don't know if the beer and the boat were stolen separately. it would have to been a really well stocked liquor store.
 
wildcardjack
2023-01-29 7:38:59 AM  

uttertosh: vudukungfu: farking black label

"Bet that man drinks Carling Black Label" was the first thing that sprung to mind for me, too

[YouTube video: I Bet He Drinks Carling Black Label]


Argh, that second ad, with the pull handles on a push door. That's something that drives me crazy. The language of doors is pull handles and push bars.
 
The_Philosopher_King
2023-01-29 8:03:26 AM  
Headline - Its the holidays. He was following good advice

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Galileo's Daughter
2023-01-29 8:11:27 AM  
What's his Fark handle?
 
uttertosh [OhFark]
2023-01-29 8:25:19 AM  

wildcardjack: uttertosh: vudukungfu: farking black label

"Bet that man drinks Carling Black Label" was the first thing that sprung to mind for me, too

[YouTube video: I Bet He Drinks Carling Black Label]

Argh, that second ad, with the pull handles on a push door. That's something that drives me crazy. The language of doors is pull handles and push bars.


Even just a metal plate that says "PUSH".

There is a distinct level of sadism behind the conscious decision to allow pull-handles on both sides of a one-way-opening door.

/grindsmygears.GIF
 
cryptozoophiliac
2023-01-29 8:37:21 AM  
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's the acid.
 
The Smails Kid
2023-01-29 9:13:32 AM  
FTFA: "Police reportedly smashed one of the windows to ensure nobody was inside."

So they were unable to find the little man in the boat?
 
The Smails Kid
2023-01-29 9:15:19 AM  
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"Sink it in the cut!"
 
Exhume me for National Pop Goes the Weasel Day
2023-01-29 10:03:49 AM  

wildcardjack: This is one of those load balance problems. If it had remained even, the boat would have remained above water. But once the load shifted at little, more followed until it rolled. It's how ferries and roll-on-roll-off ships capsize.


A little early on a Sunday morning for the physics lesson Einstein
 
browneye [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 10:14:33 AM  

bearded clamorer: Dumbass.
Should have bought light beer.


Thread over.
 
Creepy Lurker Guy [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 10:42:21 AM  
Alcohol is lighter than water, so this is impossible.
 
Ian Corrigible
2023-01-29 10:51:34 AM  
My god, the article's headline says "cans" of beer?  How many pallets of the stuff are we walking about?

FRFA:  "A box of Carling lager...and bottles of beer."

Uh-huh.
 
BonoboJeezus
2023-01-29 2:49:17 PM  
Reading the headline, I expected this to be on 'Lake' Powell, Mead, or Havasu. But it probably wouldn't make the newswires there.
 
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