Posted on 06/25/2009 6:16:45 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
BREAKING NEWS - STILL DEVELOPING...
St. Tropez, France (MediaFetcher June 25, 2009) - The French Maritime Gendarmerie, a division of the French Navy responded to distress calls from 10 persons aboard a 120' luxury yacht cruising off of the coast of St. Tropez. Actor Sidebar Moderator was reportedly vacationing aboard the privately chartered vessel.
Search and rescue teams have been dispatched to the location of vessel with the aide of GPS emergency tracking devices and confirmed that it is completely submerged. Due to severe weather conditions and rough seas, rescue teams were forced to retreat.
There have been no confirmed details regarding survivors, and teams are on-standby to resume searches as weather permits. It is believed that a fire erupted on board as a result of turbulent waters and high winds.
This article is still developing and additional details will be reported as information becomes available.
Saint-Tropez is a commune of the Var département in southern France, located on the French Riviera. It has grown in popularity in recent years and is known today for its famous and wealthy guests.
Very funny!
Ummm..., maybe we should consider a memorial service ... out of respect...
I hear the Open-bar Moderator is comforting those coming to grips with this tragic turn of events.
Too bad about the sidebar mod, but you can get more. ;)
/johnny
OMG!!!! I GOTTA START A THREAD ABOUT THIS!!!!
I guess flying around the world in an aromatherapy room/spa helps make trolls more tolerable . . . maybe.
So did Jean Harlow die or not? Are you saying Ish Kabibble is alive too?
Is that like Bar Kochba? Are they Jewish?
Bravo!
S.N.I.F.F.
LOL
That’s really cool. The URL format is http://firstname.lastname.mediafetcher.com/news/top_stories/actor_st_tropez.php ...I think I’ll have some fun with this.
You’re killin’ me here.
He has assumed room temperature.
Wasn’t it sidebar’s sister that got bitten by a moose?
I seem to remember that when I came out of the shower one night....
Very sad about Sidebar.
I hope the Mod family will accept my condolences.
May he rest in pieces.
Oh man, I think we need a thread asking “Where were you when you heard the news sidebar was missing.”
Myself, I was in the tub twittering when the battery laptop went dead and I was about to plug in... bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
A good laugh is worth a thousand words.... or something to that effect... :-)
You've got Admin moderator in there, too. Admin sounds either TransSlavic or CBPO to me. I don't think they are a race, as much as a mindset. Fellow travelers, if you get my drift....
/johnny
Some here may be confused, and lured into believing that Admin Moderator has grown a sense of humor.
Anyone that is having such delusions is advised to turn themselves in for deprogramming, so that Freerepublic can remain clear and focused on our main objective.
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