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Nine women can't make a baby in a month. Some things just take time, regardless of how much resources you throw at it.

by Denvercoder9 6y ago

Black101 6y ago
Somebody just have to come up with a good idea.... IE: blow up a boat load of C4 on the side of it...
- munk-a 6y ago
  I'm pretty certain if you nuked the container ship you'd solve the first problem - it'd be messy and expensive but if you could explosively throw chunks out of the canal you could probably resume service. And just imagine how badass the canal would look if we glassed the banks and lined them with some LEDs! (please don't do this)
  - azornathogron 6y ago
    I think you might inadvertently create a few new problems if you did this.
    - munk-a 6y ago
      I was thinking the same thing - that glassed canal would probably be so scenic that you'd cause several future traffic jams from private vessels and romantic cruises charting a path through the already near-capacity canal.
- krisoft 6y ago
  Just in case you are not joking, what do you think blowing up C4 at the side of the ship would achieve?
  - Black101 6y ago
    Yeah joking, but if the ship could survive the blast, maybe it could move the boat or move the dirt that is keeping it still
- WJW 6y ago
  The canal is just 10 metres deeper than the ship and it's more than 10 metres high, so just blowing up the ship is not enough to clear the canal. You also need to take away the 200 million kg of steel afterwards. At that point it's easier to just wait for the Really Big Tugboats to come over.
  - nomy99 6y ago
    not if you blow up so hard that there is a massive crater. Then let nature fill it up. Isn't the canal connected to large waterways on both ends
    - jacquesm 6y ago
      Worst case you end up with a nice replacement for Arecibo.
    - laurent92 6y ago
      Something like this? Is this why they’ve asked all other ships to back up? https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1699656-world-war-iii https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1699656-world-war-iii
xbar 6y ago
That's not exactly the problem here.
- johnchristopher 6y ago
  You can dance on your head as hard as you can but nine women won't make a baby in one month.
reilly3000 6y ago
> Nine women can't make a baby in a month. This is my new favorite phrase.

Nine women can't make a baby in a month. Some things just take time, regardless of how much resources you throw at it.

Black101 6y ago

Somebody just have to come up with a good idea.... IE: blow up a boat load of C4 on the side of it...

munk-a 6y ago
I'm pretty certain if you nuked the container ship you'd solve the first problem - it'd be messy and expensive but if you could explosively throw chunks out of the canal you could probably resume service. And just imagine how badass the canal would look if we glassed the banks and lined them with some LEDs! (please don't do this)
- azornathogron 6y ago
  I think you might inadvertently create a few new problems if you did this.
  - munk-a 6y ago
    I was thinking the same thing - that glassed canal would probably be so scenic that you'd cause several future traffic jams from private vessels and romantic cruises charting a path through the already near-capacity canal.
krisoft 6y ago
Just in case you are not joking, what do you think blowing up C4 at the side of the ship would achieve?
- Black101 6y ago
  Yeah joking, but if the ship could survive the blast, maybe it could move the boat or move the dirt that is keeping it still
WJW 6y ago
The canal is just 10 metres deeper than the ship and it's more than 10 metres high, so just blowing up the ship is not enough to clear the canal. You also need to take away the 200 million kg of steel afterwards. At that point it's easier to just wait for the Really Big Tugboats to come over.
- nomy99 6y ago
  not if you blow up so hard that there is a massive crater. Then let nature fill it up. Isn't the canal connected to large waterways on both ends
  - jacquesm 6y ago
    Worst case you end up with a nice replacement for Arecibo.
  - laurent92 6y ago
    Something like this? Is this why they’ve asked all other ships to back up? https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1699656-world-war-iii https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1699656-world-war-iii

xbar 6y ago

That's not exactly the problem here.

johnchristopher 6y ago
You can dance on your head as hard as you can but nine women won't make a baby in one month.

reilly3000 6y ago

> Nine women can't make a baby in a month. This is my new favorite phrase.