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But Mom, he got to sail around the world!

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, Aug 18, 2009.

  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Abby Sunderland, the younger sister of the teenager who sailed around the world, is now planning her circumnavigation ...

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJcJ5GoF39nWH7yGuCw5SC64VYAAD9A5HD0O3
     
  2. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    I need my glasses. I thought this said circumcision which is wrong on so many levels....
     
  3. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Circumnavigation sounds dirty.
     
  4. Trey Beamon

    Trey Beamon Active Member

    Talk about sailing away forever.
     
  5. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    I might have just asked for a car.
     
  6. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    I could have gotten a ship for my birthday. I'd still have to bum rides off people.
     
  7. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    Awesome.
     
  8. Gator

    Gator Well-Known Member

    What kind of jackass is going to donate to the $350,000 needed so some little brat can go on a cruise around the world? Rich people annoy me.
     
  9. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    Potential sponsors? Can't you just hear some idiot marketing genius? "We need to have our company's name on those sails. There won't be anyone else doing this for 3,000 miles in any direction."

    Personally, I think she's pressing her luck. Hope she doesn't end up at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.
     
  10. Gator

    Gator Well-Known Member

    Call me bitter and awful, but I hope she does.
     
  11. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    That's beyond bitter and awful. Wishing death on somebody? Seriously!?!
     
  12. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    yeah, I'd never do that.
     
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