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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:10 AM
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UK DUer's -- anyone here lose a 27-meter steel container?


Experts are trying to identify a huge metal container that has been washed up on a beach in the Western Isles.

The tank, which is 27m high, has no markings and is thought to have fallen from a ship before being washed up on the west of Benbecula.

It was discovered by a dog walker on Poll Na Crann beach - known locally as Stinky Bay - near Griminish.

Stornoway Coastguard is using two numbers on the container to try to find out where the item has come from.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7164220.stm
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:11 AM
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1. Other markings read: "Pig Crap" and "Property of Homer Simpson. No Reward." nt
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:11 AM
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2. God damn it, I thought I tied that thing down!
Oh, wait... mine's still in the back yard. Nevermind.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:11 AM
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3. Ah shit, that's my cryogenic container...
Fuck, there goes my immortality. x(
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:17 AM
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4. That's Limbaugh's Oxycontin vaporizer
Probably broke free of his Sarasota house during a hurricane
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 01:18 AM
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5. I've been looking for that.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 01:28 AM
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6. It's a grain elevator
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 01:28 AM
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7. Does it Radiate?
A few years ago fishermen found and old German beacon off the coast of Newfoundland Canada.
It was still beeping, like the Sputnik.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 04:31 AM
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8. Oh, THAT'S where my porn stash went...
It blew off this summer. Of the roof of my car, I mean, while I was moving to my new place. Just, ah, don't open it. Or watch anything in there. Or touch anything. I'll be right there ASAP to pick it up.
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 07:23 AM
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9. It's very similar. But it's not the one I lost.
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 10:44 PM
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10. OMG -- It's from Coors -- and yes, it once held BEER.
The mystery of a huge container washed up on a beach in the Western Isles has been solved.

The 27m container has been identified as a beer fermentation tank belonging to the American brewery Coors.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7165151.stm
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