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Rowing the Pond Again

Posted by michael on from the you're-doing-what? dept.

Gudlyf writes "Anne Quéméré, a French woman who had previously rowed across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain to the West Indian island of Guadeloupe, is currently on her way to doing it again, only this time in the opposite direction. This season's challenge will take Anne 2700 nautical miles, from Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) to Brittany (France), her native land. She hopes to make it in less than 90 days. Is it just me, or does the giant fish on her boat scream 'shark bait' to you?"

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  1. Going back to her homeland... by hiro_takahama · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't it have just been easier to buy an airline ticket?

    I'm all for exercise and all but geeze!

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    1. Re:Going back to her homeland... by gnu-generation-one · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Wouldn't it have just been easier to buy an airline ticket?"

      It probably takes less time to row back than going through airline security...

  2. Of course she is doing it again... by Karpe · · Score: 5, Funny

    She has to get back, doesn't she?

    If she had the money to get a plane ticket, she wouldn't have made it the first time.

  3. Bah! by The-Bus · · Score: 4, Funny

    In my day we had to kayak through the Pacific just to buy some foie gras... upstream BOTH WAYS.

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  4. ok, let's get it all out of trhe way at once by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A. i dont even have a boat you insensitive clod
    B. all your oars are belong to us
    C. in soviet russia the boat rows you
    D.
    1. row row row your boat
    2. do it again
    3. ???
    4. profit!!
    E. D'OH!

    There, I think that about covers it :)

  5. Sharks are not stupid... by Lobsang · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would you have the balls to attack a woman with the arms to row across the Atlantic? I wouldn't...

  6. Re:Just like mountain climbing.... by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Similarly, the rest of the planet cannot understand the mind-numbing singlemindedness needed to slog through the hell that is a Gentoo installation.

    Different strokes...

  7. In Other News... by k4_pacific · · Score: 5, Funny

    The US Coast Gaurd announced today that they picked up a determined French refugee in a rowboat off the coast of Massachusetts. She has been taken to an undisclosed location for indefinite detention.

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  8. Just imagine... by LightningBolt! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just imagine a Bay-o-watch cluster of these...

    I'm here all week, folks.

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  9. yea? well she'll take the skin off your snake, son by waspleg · · Score: 4, Funny

    it'd be like getting a handjob from popeye

    think about it

  10. Re:Uh, no... by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shark can make good friendship and companion for any man, woman, or youung child who swim in water's ocean.

    Yes, just last month I took my eight year old niece to the aquarium and dropped her into the great white shark tank. You should have seen the wonderful fun playing around they both did. You'd think my niece would have been tired swimming after the shark for half an hour, but you shouldn't underestimate the determination of a child who wants her right leg back.

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