Huge Pumice Rock 'Island' Seen Floating In South Pacific 104
First time accepted submitter ZombieBraintrust writes "Pumice, the lightweight stone used to smooth skin, is usually found in beauty salons, but on Thursday sailors from New Zealand's Royal Navy found nearly 10,000 square miles of the lava rock bobbing on the surface of the South Pacific Ocean."
Reportedly... (Score:5, Funny)
...the sailors who made the discovery had the clearest skin that the reporter has ever seen.
Nothing to worry about... (Score:5, Funny)
It's just Cthulhu turning over in his sleep.
Re:not exactly an island (Score:2, Funny)
More like Hawaii Vista
Re:Reportedly... (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Fixed the summary for you (Score:4, Funny)
So.. Fareed Zakaria got a new job??
Re:New Zealand has a navy??? (Score:5, Funny)
The NZ Navy is composed of two main groups: the officer corps, and the radio corps. The officer corps directs the radio corps; the radio corps calls for help when things go bad. Their two main geographical zones are west (a phone number for Australia) and east (a phone number for the US).
Re:Reportedly... (Score:5, Funny)
In related news, Joan Rivers took a swim in the Pacific yesterday and emerged without her makeup.
And an animal rescue team promptly helped the hideous creature back into the ocean, although some wanted to keep it for study, being unable to determine it's species.
Re:Nothing to worry about... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:not exactly an island (Score:5, Funny)
You tell 'em Mitt!
And who knows where this "plastic" even came from. The science is still out on that, there's no evidence that its even man made...
Tobin's Spirit Guide (Score:5, Funny)
Another entry for Tobin's Spirit Guide - the most significant event since the 1908 Tunguska cross-rip.
Faily Fail (Score:4, Funny)
For further terminology bending, the Daily Mail calls it a rock ice-shelf [dailymail.co.uk].
They then go on to blame it on illegal immigrants and ask if it is likely to affect house prices.
However, they haven't yet determined whether pumice is the latest miracle food or whether it's this week's innocuous substance that has been found to cause cancer in those gullible enough to believe scaremongering journalism.
Re:Fixed the summary for you (Score:5, Funny)