Ellen MacArthur

Top bird.Well done.[1]

Buzby

[1] There's some in here who couldn't navigae their way out of a paper bag
[2]
[2] waves

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, CT

*Snort*

After inadvertently catching her keel on the Aurora's anchor chain?

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Shame I paid £4 to her charity to be watching a live webcast. And it's shit.
i.e. Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)
I only paid two hours ago, but it's gone downhill. Still, I've worked in IT,
and I know that when there is alcohol flowing IT people are there first.

 

Why? What the **** has she done worth a mention?

What benefits, in general, will come out of this?

WHAT'S THE FUCKING POINT?

 

I take it back. They replied to my email, when they should have been
partying! ... I feel like such a killjoy.

Anyway, they'll be showing Ellen coming in at 7.30am tomorrow.

http://www.teamellen.com/

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, DR

None. You're right. Disband the team. Disband all R&D departments all
around the world. Everywhere. We've done enough.

My god! the scales have fallen from my eyes. Cease all sports
immediately. Get rid of all technology research departments. They're a
huge waste of time. We're perfect. Nothing remains to be done.

....

....

....

I'm bored. What shall we do?

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Wicked Uncle Nigel says...

Thank **** for that I'm knackered.

Eastenders will be on in a bit...

 

Well, honestly. We don't need sail power, we've got perfectly good
engines to do that sort of thing, much faster and more conveniently. I
genuinely fail to see what all the fuss is about. It's basically just a
"look what I can do" thing. No I'm not bloody trolling either. It's
hardly going to produce any mass benefits for people at large, just her
(and her agent's) bank account.

Persuade me otherwise?

 

Bad form notwithstanding, I just noticed she's beaten a frog. Well
worth the effort, nice job Ellen, all that sort of thing.

 

Take a watch on what she's been through on previous challenges ...

http://www.teamellen.com/ellen-article-100.html

click OC-tv

It's free views on her previous challenges. She's more a man than I'll ever
be. I could not do a single handed voyage around the world.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, DR

We don't need motorcycles that can exceed 70MPH. They're basically just
a "look what I can do" thing.

Why does it have to produce any mass benefits for people at large for it
to be worth doing? Was climbing Everest worth doing? Why does anyone
bother trying to run 100 metres in less than 9.78 seconds?

I probably can't. But you're still wrong.

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I could not ever imagine the circumstances arising in which I would
consider the option, and I would question the sanity of anyone who
would.

 

I have often done a single handed night ...

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel says...

Who fucking says?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

DR. He's got a Bandit, you know.

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You know, you've got me there. I've often done things just because I
felt like it. Defeat admitted.

Can't answer that. Another Southerner (note - although not unknown,
it's very rarely locals) died at the weekend, on (or more accurately
falling off) a relatively minor bump on the landscape here in Cumbria.
And people still want to climb the big ones? They must be mad...

For the shiny, shiny gold medal of course. And to be remembered (albeit
briefly) for having done it. Then there's the lucrative talk show
circuit, personal endorsements and sponsorships...

I'll accept that. Still can't see why such a big fuss though. People
want to go swanning off round the world in a plastic bathtub, or even
three stuck together, that's their right. Just don't bother me. Nobody
holds a gun to their heads to make them do it. (Apologies to any former
Vietnamese refugees reading this, who may in fact have had that happen
to them...)

 

Don't need.

Going to fucking have anyway, because I can.

I'm talking myself completely into losing my attempted argument, aren't
I?

Hang on, recalibrating brain...

<insert screwdriver>
<1/2 a turn anti-clockwise>
<remove screwdriver>
<reboot>

That's it. Forced myself to realise I simply have no interest in
sailing and related matters. McArthur's achievement is of no perceived
relevance to me; this in no way detracts from what she's done, and I
hope all those who are interested enjoy the show. I'm off to do
something else.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Not a relative of Tony Hancock, is she?

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Dave

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It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

No point. Just the sheer doing of it. Same as riding a bike, really; or
don't you do that for fun?

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Dave

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And narrowly avoiding the famous Isle Of Wight whale.