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Where's Waldo (the Submarine)?

stoolpigeon writes "Scientists on Florida's Gulf Coast are trying to find an underwater robot that has mysteriously vanished. The robot from the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota has been missing since Monday. The robot, which cost about $100,000, was equipped with a detector to find red tide, a toxic algae bloom. The detector was valued at another $30,000. Scientists aren't sure what happened to the robot, which is nicknamed Waldo."

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  1. For Future Reference... by istartedi · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...quit naming stuff "Waldo". You won't have this problem.

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    1. Re:For Future Reference... by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 4, Funny

      They could have gone with the original idea and called it Hoffa...

    2. Re:For Future Reference... by maugle · · Score: 4, Funny

      Could've been worse. Could've named it "Carmen Sandiego".

    3. Re:For Future Reference... by Louis+Savain · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ha ha. Old timer. Played with Fortran or COBOL lately?

    4. Re:For Future Reference... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Partial list of names you should not use:
      - Waldo
      - Nemo
      - Titanic

    5. Re:For Future Reference... by BACPro · · Score: 4, Funny

      Waldo is one of a treo of subs.
      The others are named Nemo and Carmen.

    6. Re:For Future Reference... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      And then they stuck it in the middle of a red tide. You'd think they'd know better.

    7. Re:For Future Reference... by i_liek_turtles · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh, come on, it can't be that hard to find a red and white striped robot.

  2. Hrmm by Kratisto · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'd think it would be pretty easy to find a red and white striped submarine; though I guess it's currently surrounded by hundreds of other submarines, some of which are painted red and white.

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    1. Re:Hrmm by Fiddlingfrog · · Score: 3, Funny

      Only the one with a bobble hat and glasses is the real sub.

  3. Fish Story by Cassini2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Catching a submarine ... that would be the ultimate fish story!

  4. Lost by Runaway1956 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Waldo got lost, is all. I've been working all day to unclog the toilet. It was WALDO, trying to get out of the sewer!! I'm gonna sue, I tell you - they should have given him a Debian operating system! Microsoft streets, for God's sake!

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  6. Waldo the Submarine by Chris+Burke · · Score: 2, Funny

    Picture it.

    The last page of the last book. There, a surprise, instead of the usual page-filling drawing of intricate details, once intriguing and exciting but now just annoying and yawn-inducing, there's only a corner with the usual crowd next to a lake. A deep lake that you can see into; its depths cover most of the page. Where's Waldo?

    There he is. At the bottom of the lake. Still, cold, and alone.

    Aaaaahhhh. Sweet closure.

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  7. Re:Tether? by Scutter · · Score: 2, Funny

    1962 Called. They want their technology back.

    1998 called. They want their annoying memes back.

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  8. Re:Tether? by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

    2009 called. They want the time they lost reading your posts back.

  9. Re:Locate using GPS ? by dangitman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Though even if it did, being batter powered would make it useless if the batteries are drained.

    It's a robotic submarine, not a deep-fried fish. Although I can understand the confusion.

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  10. Re:stolen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They'll find it washed up on the beach with the rims and stereo missing.

  11. Re:Tether? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    well the jerkstore called, and they're running out of you!