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Whale sculpture in the Netherlands stops train from going off the track ....
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Posted on 11/02/2020 7:47:02 AM PST by Red Badger
A derailed metro train in the Dutch city of Spijkenisse, near Rotterdam, almost plummetted 10 metres (30 feet) on Sunday night but was saved by a giant sculpture — coincidentally named Saved by The Whale's Tail. Photo via @volkskrant
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: accident; fluke
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To: Red Badger
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11/02/2020 7:47:53 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Red Badger
Looks like it is off. the track!
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posted on
11/02/2020 7:50:51 AM PST
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TexasGator
(Z1z)
To: TexasGator
Train must have gone by a billboard with a Hillary face on it.
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11/02/2020 7:52:02 AM PST
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1Old Pro
To: Red Badger
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11/02/2020 7:52:20 AM PST
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TexasGator
(Z1z)
To: TexasGator
There was no one aboard except the driver who now needs new underwear..................
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posted on
11/02/2020 7:54:19 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/02/2020 7:56:33 AM PST
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TexasGator
(Z1z)
To: Red Badger
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11/02/2020 8:00:05 AM PST
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Hatteras
To: Red Badger
Why does the bridge go out to the middle of the water and stop?
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posted on
11/02/2020 8:00:25 AM PST
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\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/02/2020 8:02:27 AM PST
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Jeff Chandler
(We flattened the heck out of that curve, didnÂ’t we?)
To: Red Badger
But for the lack of a whale tail.
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11/02/2020 8:03:20 AM PST
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DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: Red Badger
it was a fluke
(can’t believe I’m the first to say it :D)
To: \/\/ayne
To: DUMBGRUNT
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To: Red Badger
Wow, the title of the story does it no justice. That pictures speaks not just a 1000 words, but many lives.
To: Red Badger
There was no one aboard except the driver who now needs new underwear.................. But the engineer will have a whale of a tale to tell his grandchildren!
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11/02/2020 8:07:00 AM PST
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Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Red Badger
“It was a whale of a tale,” said the driver, nursing a beer.
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11/02/2020 8:09:01 AM PST
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NonValueAdded
("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
To: SparkyBass
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11/02/2020 8:11:09 AM PST
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Robert A Cook PE
( I can only donate monthly, but the radical ABCNNBCBS does it every hour on their news.)
To: Red Badger
With a bit more velocity, they coulda made the jump!!!!
They had the Mass!!!
They had the Momentum!!!
They had the Geometry!!!!
They were THIS CLOSE to making it!!!!!
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11/02/2020 8:12:25 AM PST
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DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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