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Mineral Water Trip

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Sorry, this qualifies only as an "honorable mention", but it is a real case of military intervention preventing gene pool cleansing. This happened on November 15, about 30 kilometers from Israel's mediterranean coast. Israel's Navy (IN) ship on a border control mission discovered a human being on a floating device in a middle of the sea. Being alert after some terrorist attempts to infiltrate to Israel via the sea, they fired some rounds near the device and then carefully approached. To there astoundment they discovered not a terrorist, but a 35-year old moron. The guy (an israely) floating in the middle of the Meditteranian had build himself a "raft" from about 200 mineral water bottles!!! The equipment of this bold but stupid "seaman" consisted of nothing but some clothes, a little food, some water, a homemade sail and a small motorcycle(!). Of course, no navigation gear (GPS, compass or even map). When asked what on earth does he do in the middle of the sea on top of 200 water bottles, the fool answered that he missed his parents very much, but they live in Moldova (a country with no access to a sea!) and he could not afford himself a plane ticket. So this genius desided to build himself a raft from bottles he had found in dumpsters around his house, to sail to Moldova (only he knows how), to have a drink of Vodka with his parents and to return home. When asked why did he need a motorcycle in the middle of the sea, he had no explanation. He also had no idea about the way he was supposed to cross Greece's, and Turkey's territorial waters and some Ukraine's territory with no passport. IN crew had picked him aboard and brought him to a Police station, saving this moron from himself (for now). BTW, the winds these days were supposed to bring him to "friendly" coasts of Lybia or Egypt. The story was widely published all around Israel. An example is this site (with a picture): http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART/821/525.html. Sorry, could not find a ny sites in English. In addition I urge all of you to have a look at a map and to picture yourself this guy's trip.

Submitted on 12/16/2004

Submitted by: Zvika
Reference: 15/11/04

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Daniel said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
This is better than the rednecks with the recliner chairs! The Med is one of the most treacherous bodies of water on earth, there are words in nearly every language for killer winds that blow there, and this guy's going to cross it on empty water bottles?

Jack said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
How does the song go? "There's no place like home for the holidays..." I've known people who suffered from homesickness, but this takes the cake.

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