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#61 RodeoRanch

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Posted 18 April 2010 - 10:34 PM

I've been thinking about what I would have done if my trip had been ending just around the time the volcano blew. Keep bumming around Britain in hostels, maybe abusing the hospitality of my fellow Malazanites until the planes started flying again.

Or scrambling south to France or somewhere else to get a flight.

Hmm, I think more drinking with forum members would have been the solution.

#62 Thelomen Toblerone

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Posted 18 April 2010 - 10:38 PM

Mezla PigDog, on 18 April 2010 - 10:32 PM, said:

All the boats are full. I was at the Eurostar terminal in London on Friday, I've never seen so many people! Apparently Dan Snow (tv historian/celebrity) organised a Dunkirk style flotilla but the French said "Non".

That's exactly the sort of thing I've come to expect from the French. Just because we fled their shores and left them to die in 1940, then went and blew up all their boats, leaving them to talk to Germans for a few years til we came back and casually saved them, they automatically think bad things will happen again. Nazi ash could steal their garlic, perhap, who knows?

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#63 Aptorian

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 05:58 AM

The Finnish Airforce did a couple test runs, don't look good.

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 07:54 AM

Wow, that's nasty.

So when's the air force gonna nuke the Cloud? Come on, people, we know it's what they always to do. Ever since the kraken expired five minutes after it began it's attack on a backwards town, the air force is itching to mount another giant head next to godzilla's. Too bad the Cloud doesn't have a head.

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 08:13 AM

Not sure if it's been said, but...
Don't fuck with Iceland, they'll close your airports.

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#66 Garak

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 08:28 AM

Shit, you're right. All the air forces are down in Europe but Iceland can still launch an air armada at us (flying above the Cloud and dropping bombs). This is it. Iceland is finally ready to launch it's assault and take over the world. Vikings with poor direction sense they may be but apparently they are still vikings.

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 10:04 AM

Jusentantaka, on 18 April 2010 - 10:00 PM, said:

Veilside, on 18 April 2010 - 12:18 PM, said:

I'm stuck in France, was supposed to fly back to London yesterday. Sister's stuck in Spain, hah.

Now, I get it if people are stuck in east europe trying to get to the UK... but france? can't you just cancel the flight and take a boat?

I'm on the wrong side of France, the SNCF are on strike until tomorrow, so there aren't any trains.

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 10:08 AM

My mates are stuck in Warsaw, Ireland and Brussels with little hope of escape apparently, that'll teach them to do research on foreign countires. I had to laugh.

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#69 Tsundoku

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 10:56 AM

Veilside, on 19 April 2010 - 10:04 AM, said:

Jusentantaka, on 18 April 2010 - 10:00 PM, said:

Veilside, on 18 April 2010 - 12:18 PM, said:

I'm stuck in France, was supposed to fly back to London yesterday. Sister's stuck in Spain, hah.

Now, I get it if people are stuck in east europe trying to get to the UK... but france? can't you just cancel the flight and take a boat?

I'm on the wrong side of France, the SNCF are on strike until tomorrow, so there aren't any trains.

Why would the trains be on strike during one of the biggest transport crises in recent European history?

Or is it because they're all just a bunch of greedy opportunistic cheese-eating surrender monkey scum? My suggestion is send in the Army and shoot a few hundred until the rest get the idea. Fuckers.

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 01:21 PM

ohfuckohfuckohfuck... i knew i shouldn't have gone public...

it's coming for me now...
http://www.theglobea...article1539013/

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#71 Veilside

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 02:25 PM

Sombra, on 19 April 2010 - 10:56 AM, said:

Veilside, on 19 April 2010 - 10:04 AM, said:

Jusentantaka, on 18 April 2010 - 10:00 PM, said:

Veilside, on 18 April 2010 - 12:18 PM, said:

I'm stuck in France, was supposed to fly back to London yesterday. Sister's stuck in Spain, hah.

Now, I get it if people are stuck in east europe trying to get to the UK... but france? can't you just cancel the flight and take a boat?

I'm on the wrong side of France, the SNCF are on strike until tomorrow, so there aren't any trains.

Because going on strike is a French national passtime.

They're running tommorow, but Eurostar is fully booked out, so I can't leave then.

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 04:53 PM

Veilside, on 19 April 2010 - 10:04 AM, said:

Jusentantaka, on 18 April 2010 - 10:00 PM, said:

Veilside, on 18 April 2010 - 12:18 PM, said:

I'm stuck in France, was supposed to fly back to London yesterday. Sister's stuck in Spain, hah.

Now, I get it if people are stuck in east europe trying to get to the UK... but france? can't you just cancel the flight and take a boat?

I'm on the wrong side of France, the SNCF are on strike until tomorrow, so there aren't any trains.

BWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA

tooooo fucking funny.

French Union Boss: Airline pilots don't have to work cause of the volcano, know what that means?"
Toadying Douchebag: No sir, what does that mean?
Interrupting Annie: We have to work harder?
Everyone else: *murderous glare*
Union Boss: STRIKE!STRIKE!STRIKE!STRIKE!
Workers: *cheer*

edit: And I so don't care if everyone else got here first.

This post has been edited by Jusentantaka: 19 April 2010 - 04:57 PM

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 04:57 PM

Travel agents are now only allowing new flights to be booked to depart on the 1st May at the earliest.

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#74 Cobbles

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 06:06 PM

Remember a few weeks ago, when Iceland was in the news for not paying back the British and Dutch for their bank bailout? The British wanted cash. All they got is ash. It's pretty clear: don't mess with the vikings. Their debt is about 5 or 6 billion? Last week, the airline industries alone lost about 1 billion. And that was due to a small volcano. I think at this time, it's not worth it any more. The Brits should just cut their losses and hope Iceland starts behaving again.

#75 Dag

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 06:41 PM

"The last wish of the Icelandic economy was to have its ashes scattered over Europe."

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 06:57 PM

Quite the impressive sight all told.

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 08:01 PM

Morgoth, on 19 April 2010 - 06:57 PM, said:

Quite the impressive sight all told.

not shown on right of pic:

Morgoth's giant hands fanning the ashes towards mainland Europe......

meh. Link was dead :(

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 08:05 PM

No wonder ancient civilization believed in Gods. If I didn't know what a volcano was and what kind of pyrotechnics it was capable of I would be shitting my pants watching something like that.