Viking ship made of posicle sticks sets sail, avast ye
By Ryan Block 
posted August 17th 2005 10:50AM
posted August 17th 2005 10:50AM
We're not sure how many tongue splinters went into the making of this fine seafaring vessel, but a crew of twenty souls were present to make the maiden voyage of a Viking longboat replica called the Sea Heart Ship—made from fifteen million popsicle sticks. Among the things we're wondering: will wonder if their plank will hold up, or merely bend and droop, as though saliva-infused? And do they have an Otter Pop dinghy?
OH MY GOD, THE LAST THING WE NEED TO DO IS TEACH CUBANS, AND MEXICANS HOW TO BUILD SEA FARING VESSELS FROM INEXPENSIVE FOOD PACKAGING !
The guy in the black suit is celebrating because he finally got un-stuck from his popsicle stick seat.
I heard Cuba just placed an order for half a billion pop sicles from the European Union.
Check your spelling.
Vikings? Avast ye!? I think youve mixed your viking and pirate lingo :p
posicle? poooosicle? =)
what kind of racist comments?
TYPO! OOooooo, do we get a special prize?
I think Texas was majority non white for quite awhile before it was ever majority white - but I could be mistaken.
Way the go, racists!
Nice way to open the eyes of the global readers about your country. Two things:
1) The Mexicans do not cross by sea. In case you don't know, Mexico and USA share a very big border (That's the right word, American Patriot) and if the millions of addicts in the USA want drugs, they'll just move it by car (an american car, by the way).
2) The Caps Lock key is to the left, #1 POSTER. Use it, please, if you want to say something.
Ignorant Racists.
Oh great ... does this mean even more boat people coming over? Those first bunches (Vikings and Pilgrims) have done nothing but leech off of and squandered this continent's vast natural resources. I say its time we begin a popsicle embargo against the world to keep those undesirables out of here. We should also drill holes in the domestic ones lest our discards be used against us. We must take every imagineable measure to insure our safety, not just tarps and duct tape. Are ya with me?
/IDIOTIC RANT
Everyone discriminates (to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences); not everyone is so tribal about it though.
But most importantly: "huh-huh ... they said 'dinghy'..."
Ah ... the Vikings.
I'm predicting 13-3 and an NFC crown.
avast ye? thats piratespeak.
try "by odin!" or something :P
Cullen, so you believe was chavez says? That man is a nut and hates America. He will say whatever he can to blame anything on this country.
About texas being handed back to Mexico. Forget that crap, you forgot Texas was an independent country before it join this Union.
Just to add fuel to the fire, during that Mexican-American war. Union troops marched onto the capital of Mexico and left only taking those land we already know of taking. They should have taken it all, straight down to central america!!! We would have all been better off with that move. Smaller boarder to protect.
That ice cream was so old I gave it a Viking funeral.
To the people listed above me (#13 excluded): If any of you would have checked into this story you would have found out the man in the black suit is an AMERICAN, from Jacksonville, Florida. He now lives in Holland. Made the longboat from new, clean and uneated popsicle sticks. He is also in the stuntman hall of fame. Between John Wayne and Jackie Chan. I"m proud of Robert McDonald. Watch Dave Letterman and/or Jay Leno he will be on both shows. He does alot of charity work for kids. I know this for fact. He is my cousin. You idiots miss the point of the story you just wanted to vent about things unrelated. Please, get a life.