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For future reference, the current title on HN is: > 'Floating ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker https://archive.is/JcBUY https://archive.is/JcBUY

For future reference, the current title on HN is: > 'Floating ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker https://archive.is/JcBUY https://archive.is/JcBUY And the current title on BBC is: > 'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker https://archive.is/AyAK4 https://archive.is/AyAK4 Interestingly though, because of the quotation marks I understood “floating” to mean, as intended, that it looked like the ship was in the air and didn’t even think about the possible ambiguity until I read your comment about it.

jmkd 6y ago
BBC article at the time of posting was indeed 'Floating ship'
- judge2020 6y ago
  For reference: https://twitter.com/KeirGiles/status/1367742771017224196 https://twitter.com/KeirGiles/status/1367742771017224196
  - dvtrn 6y ago
    I might even go so far as to say that that is their desirable default state. As long as the front doesn’t fall off.
    - lostlogin 6y ago
      If anyone doesn’t get the reference, this is required viewing. It’s gold. https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM
      - btilly 6y ago
        See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirki_(tanker) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirki_(tanker) for the real life ship that inspired that piece of comedy.
        Cullinet 6y ago
        under the related articles is the 1990 spill of the tanker "Mega Borg". After reading the first time about "the front fell off", I am given to think that the earlier comedic opportunity has gone sadly missed. [Ed. but I don't know if Scorpio Tankers Inc took the ticker STNG for related reasons...]
      - mrec 6y ago
        Marvellous; I'd never seen this. The format and humour remind me very strongly of the Bird & Fortune (aka The Long Johns) skits here in the UK: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bird+%26+fortune https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bird+%26+fortun...
        dvtrn 6y ago
        You should watch more of these two, Clark and Dawe on YouTube. Behind the humor is biting commentary but a lot of education, I learned a lot through their humorous and pretend political interviews as an American about the Australian government and even the European debt crisis. John Clark (the one who kept insisting the front fell off) passed away a few years ago.
    - mindcrime 6y ago
      I can honestly say I laughed until I cried the first time I saw that. Possibly the most hilarious thing I've ever seen in my life.
    - dennis_jeeves 6y ago
      > their desirable default state. Who would have guessed...
ALittleLight 6y ago
When I read the title I assumed it meant something like a hovercraft.

jmkd 6y ago

BBC article at the time of posting was indeed 'Floating ship'

judge2020 6y ago
For reference: https://twitter.com/KeirGiles/status/1367742771017224196 https://twitter.com/KeirGiles/status/1367742771017224196
- dvtrn 6y ago
  I might even go so far as to say that that is their desirable default state. As long as the front doesn’t fall off.
  - lostlogin 6y ago
    If anyone doesn’t get the reference, this is required viewing. It’s gold. https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM
    - btilly 6y ago
      See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirki_(tanker) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirki_(tanker) for the real life ship that inspired that piece of comedy.
      - Cullinet 6y ago
        under the related articles is the 1990 spill of the tanker "Mega Borg". After reading the first time about "the front fell off", I am given to think that the earlier comedic opportunity has gone sadly missed. [Ed. but I don't know if Scorpio Tankers Inc took the ticker STNG for related reasons...]
    - mrec 6y ago
      Marvellous; I'd never seen this. The format and humour remind me very strongly of the Bird & Fortune (aka The Long Johns) skits here in the UK: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bird+%26+fortune https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bird+%26+fortun...
      - dvtrn 6y ago
        You should watch more of these two, Clark and Dawe on YouTube. Behind the humor is biting commentary but a lot of education, I learned a lot through their humorous and pretend political interviews as an American about the Australian government and even the European debt crisis. John Clark (the one who kept insisting the front fell off) passed away a few years ago.
  - mindcrime 6y ago
    I can honestly say I laughed until I cried the first time I saw that. Possibly the most hilarious thing I've ever seen in my life.
  - dennis_jeeves 6y ago
    > their desirable default state. Who would have guessed...

ALittleLight 6y ago

When I read the title I assumed it meant something like a hovercraft.