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mohrorless Mail Order Goat Bride
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:52 am Post subject: I claim this land in the name of the Knights Who Say NI!!!!! |
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/new.island.ap/index.html
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A new volcanic island has risen from the South Pacific near Tonga, according to reports from two vessels that passed the area.
The crew of the Maiken, a yacht that left the northern Tongan islands group of Vava'u in August, reported on their Web log on August 12 that they saw streaks of light, porous pumice stone floating in the water -- then "sailed into a vast, many-miles-wide belt of densely packed pumice."
They posted photos of huge "pumice rafts" that they encountered after passing Tonga's Late island while sailing toward Fiji.
"We were so fascinated and busy taking pictures that we plowed a couple of hundred meters into this surreal floating stone field before we realized that we had to turn back," wrote a crewman identified only as Haken.
The next day they spotted an active volcanic island, Haken wrote.
He said they could see the volcanic island clearly. "One mile in diameter and with four peaks and a central crater smoking with steam and once in a while an outburst high in the sky with lava and ashes. I think we're the first ones out here," he reported.
There was no official confirmation of a new island, either from Tonga's Ministry of Lands or the Tonga Defense Service.
Separately, fishing boat captain Siaosi Fenukitau reported seeing the volcanic island, the Matangitonga news Web site reported.
Richard Wunderman, editor of the Washington-based Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, said "a large pumice raft presumably from Tonga has been sweeping across Fiji, and we are trying to learn about its origins."
A previous eruption in the area generated a small island and similar fields of floating pumice, he said.
Pumice rafts drifted to Fiji in 1979 and 1984 from eruptions around Tonga, and some were reportedly 30 kilometers (19 miles) wide, the Matangitonga reported.
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Michelle - do me a favor, you are MUCH closer to this than I am, Row out there and plant a flag. _________________ Fetch me the Holy Hand Grenade!
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larry1186 Knight
Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 54 Location: The Milky Way.
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: I claim this land in the name of the Knights Who Say NI! |
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mohrorless wrote: | Row out there and plant a flag. |
or pee... _________________ Don't get distracted by shiny objects.
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mohrorless Mail Order Goat Bride
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: I claim this land in the name of the Knights Who Say NI! |
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larry1186 wrote: | mohrorless wrote: | Row out there and plant a flag. |
or pee... |
I would rather have the flag planted.
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Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 355 Location: Aaaargh!
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:27 am Post subject: |
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convert the natives! (take some, if there aren't any) - take them beads and mirrors for gold (better take some too), set up a McDonalds franchise. But that may lead to conflict with the Sovreingty of New Zeland... _________________ tilting windmills, rescuing damsels,etc |
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Quixote Duke
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:28 am Post subject: |
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...the Kingdom of Tonga. _________________ tilting windmills, rescuing damsels,etc |
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Michelle Moistened Bint
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 10232 Location: At my desk
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:27 am Post subject: |
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JM wrote: | Michelle - do me a favor, you are MUCH closer to this than I am, Row out there and plant a flag. |
larry1186 wrote: | or pee... |
JM wrote: | I would rather have the flag planted. |
It's just a little bit too far to row. Would it be okay if I make a Ni! flag, pee in a bottle, attach the flag to it, and throw it in the river? It might get there eventually.
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mohrorless Mail Order Goat Bride
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Michelle wrote: | It's just a little bit too far to row. Would it be okay if I make a Ni! flag, pee in a bottle, attach the flag to it, and throw it in the river? It might get there eventually.
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A really bad picture came to mind as I read this. Michelle, it sounds like you will be throwing pee bombs out to sea. _________________ Fetch me the Holy Hand Grenade!
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alpha_fruit Prince
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Michelle does everything well and don't you forget it. _________________ Don't fuss about growing older, many are denied the chance. |
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KWSN imcrazynow Prince
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Just hope and pray some stranded soul doesn't find the bottle and think it's wine. Maybe you should make the sign say Pee. _________________
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mohrorless Mail Order Goat Bride
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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alpha_fruit wrote: | Michelle does everything well and don't you forget it. |
Oh, I didn't say she wouldn't do it good, I just got the bad mental image of it happening...... _________________ Fetch me the Holy Hand Grenade!
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Michelle is a woman of her word. _________________ Don't fuss about growing older, many are denied the chance. |
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Michelle Moistened Bint
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Imagine all these bottles of pee floating around in the river for the campers and fishermen to find. Yuck! The bottles would have to make a trip of over 130 kms to reach the sea from here, and then goodness knows how far to get to the volcanic island. I don't think they would make it. _________________ My brain hurts.
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mohrorless Mail Order Goat Bride
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Well, let me think.....if you threw enough bottles in eventually one of them would make it to the island. _________________ Fetch me the Holy Hand Grenade!
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mohrorless Mail Order Goat Bride
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:49 am Post subject: |
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Start drinking. _________________ Fetch me the Holy Hand Grenade!
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larry1186 Knight
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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mohrorless wrote: | Start drinking. |
I'm away head of you. *hick* _________________ Don't get distracted by shiny objects.
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