June 18, 2010: Eurofloods

xoxoxoBruce • Jun 18, 2010 12:00 am
Many parts of Europe a experiencing severe flooding this summer, especially Poland and Spain.
Boston.com has pictures of these floods and the efforts to rescue people and animals.

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Getting a horse into an amphibious vehicle ain't easy.:headshake
HungLikeJesus • Jun 18, 2010 12:09 am
Doesn't that have a door in the back that they can put down?
gvidas • Jun 18, 2010 1:02 am
You can lead a horse to the amphibious vehicle, but you can't make him climb in.
xoxoxoBruce • Jun 18, 2010 1:06 am
HungLikeJesus;664048 wrote:
Doesn't that have a door in the back that they can put down?
It's not a landing craft.
Antimatter • Jun 18, 2010 1:28 am
Ouch! Must be no fun at all with that kind of damage. Seems this guy got lucky, though - he almost looks like he's going to marry his catch :p:

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xoxoxoBruce • Jun 18, 2010 1:35 am
Her constant Carping will drive him crazy.
Pearcie (AUS) • Jun 18, 2010 2:17 am
That guy really does look wayyyyy too into that fish.

"Why couldn't she be the other kind of mermaid, with the fish part on top and the lady part on the bottom" - Fry (Futurama)
crazybuoy • Jun 18, 2010 2:28 am
hey

a slop should be provide to hourse to sit in boat.
Adak • Jun 18, 2010 4:23 am
I'd think twice about putting a very upset 1,200 lb. horse, into a small open boat with me. :headshake
SPUCK • Jun 18, 2010 6:39 am
There is NO way they are going to get that horse into that boat.. The guy on the right is just standing in knee deep water. I think they are just getting it out of that cave.
glatt • Jun 18, 2010 8:37 am
looks like they made a ramp out of some boards leaned up against the boat over on the left, and the horse slipped off.
Shawnee123 • Jun 18, 2010 9:36 am
Pearcie (AUS);664081 wrote:
That guy really does look wayyyyy too into that fish.



I think he's considering fashioning his own real live Billy Bass.
newtimer • Jun 18, 2010 9:56 am
crazybuoy;664082 wrote:
hey
a slop should be provide to hourse to sit in boat.


Google's translation into English: I had to sit in the cafeteria for about two hours to finish that slop they served us in elementary school.
classicman • Jun 18, 2010 10:14 am
glatt;664106 wrote:
looks like they made a ramp out of some boards leaned up against the boat over on the left, and the horse slipped off.


Good observation. Very plausible. Looks like the distance between the ramp and the "cave" wasn't enough for the horse to fit through.
Pete Zicato • Jun 18, 2010 10:20 am
Actually, they're trying to take the boat away from the horse. The horse is saying, "Hey, that's my boat."
morethanpretty • Jun 18, 2010 10:45 am
Its a dolphin.
Shawnee123 • Jun 18, 2010 10:46 am
crazybuoy;664082 wrote:
hey

a slop should be provide to hourse to sit in boat.


A hourse is a hourse, of coarse, of coarse. :p:
HungLikeJesus • Jun 18, 2010 10:52 am
Those sloppy hourses.
Shawnee123 • Jun 18, 2010 10:55 am
Really, you can't take them ANYWHERE!
classicman • Jun 18, 2010 11:05 am
Horse boat repo man
snort!
Shawnee123 • Jun 18, 2010 11:10 am
I was gonna rent a horseboat at Lake Cumberland a few years ago, but it fell through.

:lol2:
Flint • Jun 18, 2010 12:23 pm
crazybuoy;664082 wrote:
hey

a slop should be provide to hourse to sit in boat.

I know, whe the ƒuck won't somebody get that hourse a damn slop to provide the boat? For the love of Gawd.
Shawnee123 • Jun 18, 2010 12:29 pm
Please to not make the cuss.
Flint • Jun 18, 2010 12:31 pm
lol
Gravdigr • Jun 18, 2010 2:32 pm
Antimatter;664072 wrote:
Ouch! Must be no fun at all with that kind of damage. Seems this guy got lucky, though - he almost looks like he's going to marry his catch :p:

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No, he's going to marrynate his catch. Carp, :headshake.
monster • Jun 18, 2010 9:11 pm
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SPUCK • Jun 19, 2010 6:27 am
:D:D:D

The horse.. They can swim you know. Why don't they just pull it in the water and if it isn't knee deep, guide it where they want it?
xoxoxoBruce • Jun 19, 2010 10:23 am
If you look at the first picture at the link, you'll see it's not knee deep and it's a long way.:p:
spudcon • Jun 19, 2010 11:06 am
The pictures in the link are from all over Europe. In the locale of the horse, there are 2 guys standing on somethin knee deep, one in the barn, and Squiggy outside the barn. Not to downplay the disaster, but sometimes Reuters [FONT=&quot]exaggerates things.

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spudcon • Jun 19, 2010 11:14 am
BTW, be proud of the Cellar. Some of the comments on Boston.com seem to be written by chimpanzees.
wolf • Jun 19, 2010 2:22 pm
So, when the horse gets to heaven, he asks God why He didn't answer any of his prayers, and so then God says, "I sent you an army truck, a boat, and a helicopter, what were you waiting for?"
Griff • Jun 19, 2010 6:42 pm
...and then the bar tender asks, "Hey buddy, what's with the long face?"
SPUCK • Jun 20, 2010 5:52 am
xoxoxoBruce;664444 wrote:
If you look at the first picture at the link, you'll see it's not knee deep and it's a long way.:p:


???? First pic shows nada?

As for distance.. My Great Grandfather rode a horse across the Columbia River, near Portland! He rode a horse because he couldn't swim.

[SIZE="1"]Why did he do this? It was more desirable than the bullets the sheriff was sending his way. Something about bedding the sheriffs wife. :p:[/SIZE]
Shawnee123 • Jun 20, 2010 7:23 am
wolf;664533 wrote:
So, when the horse gets to heaven, he asks God why He didn't answer any of his prayers, and so then God says, "I sent you an army truck, a boat, and a helicopter, what were you waiting for?"


Griff;664581 wrote:
...and then the bar tender asks, "Hey buddy, what's with the long face?"


I guffawed out loud!
Gravdigr • Jun 20, 2010 1:09 pm
SPUCK;664694 wrote:
...Something about bedding the sheriffs wife. :p:[/SIZE]


That'll do it...
stevecrm • Jun 21, 2010 10:53 am
its a one horsepower boat engine :)
Spexxvet • Jun 21, 2010 2:45 pm
It's a boat battering ram. The horse did its job - it kicked a hole in that wall.
spudcon • Jun 21, 2010 6:42 pm
Damn horse vandals!