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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 29 points 1 week ago

The thumbnail image really makes it better

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

You can't park there, mate!

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Apparently the person steering the ship confessed that he was asleep.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e6jp6z6lgo

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

so he had this in common with the house owner, who was woken up not by a massive ship near missing his house, but by the neighbors checking on him.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago

Damn ships always trampling over my rhubarb

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 1 week ago

Law of the sea, innit?

[–] CubitOom 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

The article keeps mentioning this neighbor, but it looks like that’s the only house out on this little peninsula. Wondering how far away this neighbor was coming from.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

perhaps a top hat will follow. then an iron, a wee scottie dog, and a racecar.

and they'll all be chuff with $200s and get out of jail free cards.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Careful: this is a typical Israeli tactic to steal land.

Edit: oh, its a container ship, not a container.