coastie99
Enlightened Member
I've saved some amusing newspaper snippets over the years, and this one, from probably 20 or so years ago, still makes me laugh.
But, I do confess, I am a bit twisted, and this is a bit Python-esque and may not appeal to the North American sense of humour.
It reads....
An American yachtsman is recovering in Fiji this week after a bizarre escape from hurricane Oscar.
Mr. Steven Newman and his 12 metre sloop Athena were carried by the huge seas and dropped safely on the floor of the Plantation Hotel on Malololailai Island.
Not knowing where he was, Mr. Newman fired an emergency flare into the hotel ceiling.
Mangere (NZ) radio ham Mr. Howard Martin monitored the crisis.
"Steve said he had been battling the storm for 24 hours and was sheltering at Malololailai", Mr. Martin said.
"We could tell he was completely disorientated and close to exhaustion. He didn't know where he was and went on deck to fire a flare - it only went about three feet in the air before it hit the ceiling."
But, I do confess, I am a bit twisted, and this is a bit Python-esque and may not appeal to the North American sense of humour.
It reads....
An American yachtsman is recovering in Fiji this week after a bizarre escape from hurricane Oscar.
Mr. Steven Newman and his 12 metre sloop Athena were carried by the huge seas and dropped safely on the floor of the Plantation Hotel on Malololailai Island.
Not knowing where he was, Mr. Newman fired an emergency flare into the hotel ceiling.
Mangere (NZ) radio ham Mr. Howard Martin monitored the crisis.
"Steve said he had been battling the storm for 24 hours and was sheltering at Malololailai", Mr. Martin said.
"We could tell he was completely disorientated and close to exhaustion. He didn't know where he was and went on deck to fire a flare - it only went about three feet in the air before it hit the ceiling."