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Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

Well sort of, no one has yet claimed it - its in international waters, but the environment is cold - its sector 90 to 150 degrees West longitude

Under section 224 of international law, we could claim it, and make lads visit it.

Because its in international waters, it means we can make the laws of the island, and the punishments for the lads - but not torture, Amnesty would come along and campaign.

This is the kind of crazy idea we get at 2am nearly lol.

small edit its 224, not 245

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:54 am

Link, please?

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

umm a link to what exactly?

international law thats the international law

and the land hasnt been claimed because its in the north pole, no one could live there...

We can claim a small section of it 90 - 150 west - might be just the ticket for lads - longjohns and thermal underwear essential.

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:03 am

I think what ChainYanker was wondering was, is this a new island that has risen from the ocean? And if so, do you have a link to a news story on it?

EDIT: sorry, didn't read your last post carefully enough.

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

oh oops soz nah, i was up late just looking at unclaimed stuff, there is a section that could be claimed - its not a news story or such.

And under international law technically we could (if we were rich, and it was actually possible not to be turned to frsoty the snowman lol) build a prison for lads there - no escape possible, nothing to do all day except build snowmen.

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 8:06 am

I remember when that volcanic island came up off of Iceland many years ago. It's name escapes me. The best thing to come out of Iceland since Bjork , cod and freezer centers. Laughing

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

I must point out before every one thinks ive gone nuts, this is one of those 2am thoughts, ones that are not taken seriously a random musing over what if -

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:18 pm

Oh, but what an amusing "what if" it was Cool

Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:03 am

Tommo Shanter wrote:

I remember when that volcanic island came up off of Iceland many years ago. It's name escapes me. The best thing to come out of Iceland since Bjork , cod and freezer centers. Laughing

That'd be Surtsey, first appeared in 1963 I think - I can remember seeing the Pathe International pictures of the column of smoke in the middle of the ocean at the movie theatre.

It erodes away a bit each year. When it was produced it was one of two or three islands created in the area over the next few years, but it is the only one remaining as it was the only one with a hard volcanic core which rose above sea level. Birds now live on the island, as do seals, and with the arrival of birds the soil quality improved and now a number of plants are established on the island.

Now, if you want some exotic location that the lads haven't heard of, maybe someone could bait from the independant Icelandic province of Surtsey.

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Tommo Shanter wrote:

The best thing to come out of Iceland since Bjork ...

If that's the best that's come out of Iceland then I'm afraid to see the worst.

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:02 pm

I was going to say that acer. but I thought I would be nice

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:52 pm

^^^^
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Sorry, what I meant to say was the 'only' things Laughing

I've got a Bjork CD. Shocked

It makes a good bird scarer. Especially the morning after the night before when you want to get rid of them.

Trophy Videos · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 2:53 pm

^^Tommo, maybe it will scare away the birds, but doesn't she keep you awake, or damage your brain, or something? Smile

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:54 am

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and the land hasnt been claimed because its in the north pole, no one could live there...

We can claim a small section of it 90 - 150 west - might be just the ticket for lads - longjohns and thermal underwear essential.

Where did you get the idea that no one could live there? Wink

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

@Jelly, in my 5 minutes of research it said it was an ice block, so my alcatraz thought - well alcatraz without the view kinda thought means building on ice cant be done, it melts.

But then i thought hmmz - why build at all, let the lads live in igloo's - escape would probably be highly dangerous and improbable, I say probably because someone always manages to get away if we say its definately impossible lol.

Then i thought why save it just for lads? We could ask every government in the world for some cash and transport and ship all the criminals there, instead of police dogs we could use polar bears, use wind power - we could be green, and save endagered species.

Then all the criminals could be forced to work, to repay there victims.

but i think we need to leave it there, just an idle thought.

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:24 pm

digital-one wrote:

but i think we need to leave it there, just an idle thought.

Quite right. It's probably melted by now anyway.

But first.....I have a personal relationship with some ancestors of the current population of polar bears. They are endangered now, possibly in small part due to excessive ice-breaking in the past.

A fresh supply of edible mammals who slightly resemble seals would do them a world of good.

I propose this: a prison just outside Churchill, Manitoba. That's where the polar bears gather waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze over. These days, it is freezing later in the year than normal, and the town is overrun with polar bears waiting their turn to get at the seals. Sometimes they go into town to raid KFCs and get drunk.

Perhaps a polar bear sanctuary with a ready supply of seal-like comestibles? By the time the bay froze over, even the yearlings would be expert seal hunters.

And don't let anybody tell you they (polar bears) only eat seals. They do appreciate the odd biscuit tossed their way.

Unintended consequence alert: what if the polar bears develop a taste for mugus and abandon seals for food? When the mugu populations declined. the polar bears would range southward looking for other seal-like mammals, and not just Canadians, either.

And we'd be overrun with seals.

You're right; best to forget the whole thing.