Sort-of memes that are cracking you up at the moment

And my fav site this week:
https://istheshipstillstuck.com/

Bit of a queue.

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No fucks ever given.

Great opportunity for a long line of gps dicks.

Find the green Volkswagen.

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What happens when the Ever Given gets refloated and moves out of the way. Is there just one massive scrum to be first through the gap?

yeah, it will be 3,2,1,GO elbows out

What happens when the Ever Given gets refloated and moves out of the way. Is there just one massive scrum to be first through the gap?

There's a ticketing system apparently. Ships are issued a number based on when they arrive. Apparently it's almost unheard of to have any more than 25 ships in front of you and they're now well into the hundreds. Probably even four figures by now.

You can't take your own ship through the Suez. A harbour master has to pilot it for you. One of the reasons why a queueing system is so important.

Like a huge nautical Argos.

Like a huge nautical Argos.

I'm almost certain that is how the system is described to mariners upon their arrival. I wonder if there is a paper ticket machine on a pole in the sea?

Crewed by argonauts 🙂

Even now you've told me I can't see it.

Do me a MS Paint explainer?

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So the guy that arrived way after you gets served first.

Ever Given fanfic is now a thing.

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Not a ringing endorsement of the pilots:

Capt Ranjan Chowdhury, who sailed the Suez canal frequently during his 35-year maritime career, said the canal pilots, mandated by the SCA to steer transiting ships and aid tricky navigation on the waterway, contributed to problems.

“The canal pilots play music inside the bridge, and there’s a lack of AIS-supported backup,” he said, in reference to the tracking system used on ships. “They connect to it with a computer, but the canal pilots are very over-confident when it comes to navigating by sight. Every time they’re eating food, smoking, talking a lot and asking for bribes which keeps them very busy. Navigation is an art, and if you lose concentration for a second while navigating a narrow channel, it should be investigated.”

“We call the Suez canal Marlboro country,” he added. “If we provide them with a big carton of Marlboro cigarettes they’re happy. Not every captain has done their homework before transiting through the Suez canal.”

Chowdhury was equally sceptical about efforts to examine the incident. “The investigation will not be transparent, and it will take a long time due to bureaucracy,” he said. “More importantly, the Suez Canal Authority doesn’t take responsibility, the ship’s captain is the primary individual responsible, which is a loophole compared to the Panama canal.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/26/muddy-the-waters-egyptian-authorities-struggle-with-suez-canal-blockage

I read somewhere else its a $500k fee to take a ship that size through, seems rough that you also have to listen to someone else's music and get shaken down for a bung whilst they take no liability

That is incredible.

I know about how Panama transits work...had no idea Suez is different. How is that allowed?!

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That’s how the Isle of Wight ferry deals with Yuppie Yachties during Cowes Week.
And quite right too.

A Scanner Darkly?

The new OK Go video is looking promising

https://mobile.twitter.com/Colinoscopy/status/1255890780641689601?s=20