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Karmic Irony

By lex, on May 6th, 2009

I know this shouldn’t amuse me so much:

An expedition team which set sail from Plymouth on a 5,000-mile carbon emission-free trip to Greenland have been rescued by an oil tanker.

But it does.

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May 6th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Small Stuff

15 comments to Karmic Irony

  • Liz
    May 6, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    (cruel smile)

  • PeterGunn
    May 6, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    It seems that off shore oil is good for some.

  • MissBirdlegs in AL
    May 6, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    Oh, the irony. LOL!!

  • SJBill
    May 6, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    I’d loved to seen them rammed by a Greenpeace thugboat. You can’t make this stuff up!

  • Steve
    May 6, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Commitment only goes so far.

  • Aw1 Tim
    May 6, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    Having watched massive group-4′s taking black water OVER their bows, I have no sympathy for these idiot dirt-worshipers.

    The fast that the voyage was being monitored by dozens of schools makes this a wonderful “teaching moment” in my view :)

  • Marianne Matthews
    May 6, 2009 at 6:49 pm

    Downs and I are both giggling about this. That nasty black stuff which floats our entire economy and makes the greenies so mad is good for even those who hate it.

    Reminds me of last year, when a bunch of earnest environmentalists, believing that everything in the frozen North was melting, set off to the Arctic and had to give up and call for help. Because it was waay too cold up there, and they were frozen to the ice. “The Lord moves in His mysterious ways, etc. etc.” And He’s infinitely kind, even to the least of us.

    Marianne

  • Mark
    May 6, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    Yes MM, He is infinitly kind, I believe He is trying to get the HighPriests attention. Like Al his followers seem a bit unteachable don’t they? Lex, I to find it amusing. Regards

  • unkawill
    May 6, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    Too bad they didn’t really go carbon free and hold their breath the whole way.

  • Kris, in New England
    May 7, 2009 at 4:48 am

    Irony – it’s what’s for breakfast. Delicious.

  • Idaho Joe
    May 7, 2009 at 6:29 am

    Rescued by an oil tanker? Dude, that’s got to seriously expand your carbon footprint. I wonder if it’s to late to purchase carbon credits so that the trip is still a success?

  • Danger
    May 7, 2009 at 6:45 am

    Again, Lex, you have forced me to snarch coffee on the keyboard. WAY TOO FUNNY!

  • Quartermaster
    May 7, 2009 at 9:36 am

    Being a Sailor, I don’t have any schadenfreude here, although I don’t feel sorry for them either. It was the wrong time of year for what they were trying to do. I would not want to be caught in a spring gale in the north Atlantic, and turning turtle is terrifying, to say the least.

    The irony of being rescued by an oil tanker, however, is precious.
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