Drunk Students Adrift on Raft at Sea

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A band of drunk Dutch students taking a break from exams had to be rescued at sea after a raft they built from empty jerrycans went adrift on the North Sea, the Hague police said Friday.

"The students had made a kind of floating island and ventured out to sea under the influence of alcohol. They were carried into the open sea by the current and had to be rescued," a police statement said.

The group of 15 to 20 students was let off with little more than a stern warning from police who accused them of "irresponsible behavior."

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=5311574

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1. Now THERE's a metaphor for the current state of affairs...

Drunk students adrift on a raft out at sea....without a paddle.

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2. It's Back to Cow-Tipping

Well, now that we know that rafting on the North Sea doesn't work, let's go back to cow-tipping. Good clean fun, even if the cows get a little annoyed about it.