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Arkady Renko
06-23-2011, 01:40 PM
depending on how much money he spent on the construction, he might make a nice profit with it.
Arkady Renko
06-23-2011, 01:41 PM
how the fuck does my reply appear on top of the original post?
Teh One Who Knocks
06-23-2011, 03:26 PM
Ship is 100 yards long, and seaworthy
By Greg Wilson - NBC Connecticut


http://i.imgur.com/4AvDq.jpg

A doomsday dream of massive flooding prompted a Dutch man to build a modern day Noah's Ark that is 100 yards long and four stories tall.

Johan Huibers, head of a construction company in Dordrecht, Holland, said he started work on the mega-ship three years ago. Now nearly complete, the ark has gone from an Armageddon escape vehicle to a major tourist attraction.

"I dreamed that a part of Holland was flooded," Huibers explained in a "Today" show segment. "The next day, I get the idea to build an ark."

The ark, which Huibers insists is seaworthy, sits in a shipyard. It is identical in size to the one the Bible says Noah built, 300 cubits in length, 30 cubits high, and 50 cubits wide.

Huibers has outfitted the ship with life-size replicas of animals, including one elephant that cost $11,000 alone. He hopes the ark will become a museum of sorts, inspiring people to read the Bible. He also plans to float it down the River Thames in advance of the 2012 Olympics.

Some may note that in the film "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore predicted the Netherlands would be flooded if the ice on Greenland melted. Ad while such a dream inspired the project, Huibers doesn't believe his ship would really provide much sanctuary in such a cataclysmic event.

"No I don't think so," he told NBC News.
Muddy
06-23-2011, 03:29 PM
That pictures photoshopped...
Hal-9000
06-23-2011, 04:02 PM
we've had so much rain this spring it's surreal...




*stows away just in case*
DemonGeminiX
06-23-2011, 04:21 PM
how the fuck does my reply appear on top of the original post?

That's a good one. Got me.

:dunno:
Godfather
06-23-2011, 04:24 PM
Who gave him superpowers :lol:
Teh One Who Knocks
06-23-2011, 09:35 PM
how the fuck does my reply appear on top of the original post?


That's a good one. Got me.

:dunno:

It's from the server time being corrected....happened all over the forum for 2 hours :lol:
Goofy
06-23-2011, 09:55 PM
how the fuck does my reply appear on top of the original post?

I think its down to your awesomeness rokr :tup:
deebakes
06-24-2011, 02:09 AM
:shock: