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Sealand Put Up For Sale

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pour-at-a-40-for-Sealand dept.

antic writes "The Principality of Sealand is up for sale. The 550 square meter steel platform boasts "uninterrupted sea views", complete privacy and has been mentioned on Slashdot in the past for its offers of hosting outside the jurisdiction of (some) traditional laws."

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  1. If only I could afford such a thing by Vengeance · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then I could hunt the most dangerous game of all...

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    1. Re:If only I could afford such a thing by theMerovingian · · Score: 3, Funny


      You're going to hunt women in a jungle?

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  2. Yeah, but... by celardore · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should know that the commute is a bitch.

  3. How to buy Sealand for free in just 5 steps by skurk · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Buy Sealand on credit, you can get a loan anywhere these days.
    2. Apply for your own TLD.
    3. Open up for a new domain rush, demand ridicilous prices for certain domains
    4. Release the loan using the income from domain sales.
    5. You own Sealand, you are king.

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    1. Re:How to buy Sealand for free in just 5 steps by drewzhrodague · · Score: 5, Funny

      5. You own Sealand, you are king.

      It is good to be the king!

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  4. Oblig. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hesh wants sex!

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  5. I'm open to the idea, as long as ... by nastro · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as the new owners don't change the current statutes on Monkey Knife-fighting, I don't see this as a problem.

    I also hope they clear up the inconsistencies in the human-bovine marriage laws.

  6. Headquarters by mulhollandj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like it would make a great superhero headquarters.

  7. Cheaper to invade. by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe It's empty right now. Sail up there with a paper knife. occupy the terriroty. Kill all zero people who resist. Declare yourself the revolutionary government.

    Of course, the declaration of what makes for statehood is a little arbitrary. So rather than go to the effort, I declare myself King of Antarctica.

    1. Re:Cheaper to invade. by ezzewezza · · Score: 5, Funny

      What the hell?

      I look away for five seconds and someone steals Antarctica from me.

      I'd watch your back if I were you, 91degrees!

    2. Re:Cheaper to invade. by haystor · · Score: 5, Funny

      You'll have a tough time taking it back since it can only be attacked from the north.

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  8. Sun? In ENGLAND? by evilandi · · Score: 5, Funny

    bladesjester: the sun do its work

    Off the coast of Essex, England, UK? In the North Sea?

    I'm guessing you've never been to the east coast of England. It is sunny for approximately half an hour in the afternoon only of the third Wednesday after Pentecost.

    A far, far faster method of obtaining fresh water in the North Sea would be to simply open your mouth and tilt your head skywards. It'll fill with fresh rainwater - no desalination required - in about six seconds.

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  9. Wow by SeePage87 · · Score: 3, Funny

    One of my teachers in high school taught us about Sealand because his son was one of the co-founders. Didn't think I'd see it come up on slashdot. Funny story about the country: after it was founded, many of the world's nations extended their borders into sea from (I think about) 5 miles to 10 miles. Sealand viewed this as an aggressive action by the UK since Sealand was now entirely within UK borders and was considered by the British to be UK soil. Sealands response was to extend their borders to 10 miles as well and claim the respective British coastal areas as Sealand soil.