Forum - View topicStill no boats like that
|
Goto page 1, 2 Next |
| Author | Message | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10446 Location: Do not message me for support. |
|
||
|
I was watching the first Lupin DVD this weekend, and in one of the episodes they are on a Cruise ship that is huge.
Upon boarding the boat, Jigen goes to the ship map and is looking the boat over. It has a number of bars, pools and what not... and a horse racing track. Last year my wife and I went on a cruise on the largest crusie ship in the world, the "Explorer of the Seas." It had 18 decks, a rock climbing wall, an ice rink, a 2000 person capacity theatre, 18 bars, 2 dance clubs... but still no horse track. You'd figure that 25 years after the TV show was made we'd at least have a boat with a friggen horse racing track? 
|
|||
|
|||
Cassandra
 Posts: 1356 Location: Birdsboro, PA |
|
||
|
But what if the horses got seasick? I don't know that there'd be enough Dramamine to go around
|
|||
|
|||
FallenAngelFish
 Posts: 17 |
|
||
|
As a person who works with horses I'm more than happy to explain why.
Besides the obvious part, such as the fact that horses need to graze outside, there's also the fun fact that horses poop 8-12 times a day. |
|||
|
|||
|
Zac
ANN Executive Editor
 Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
|
||
|
Didn't you see The Ring? Horses jump off of boats and get ground up by the propellers. That's why they don't keep horses on boats.
Plus in 1852 they were transporting horses via sailing ship across a major Atlantic trade route, and the horses staged a mutiny. The leader of this group, one Captain Apples, ravaged the seven seas for nearly a decade before being brought down by the Royal Navy and shot for treason in 1861. They passed an international law banning horses from boats. Hope that answers your question. -Zac |
|||
|
|||
Ataru
 Posts: 2321 Location: Missouri (Strikeman) |
|
||
|
Good old Answerman answers another question.
|
|||
|
|||
|
ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
 Posts: 3904 Location: CO |
|
||
Phew, thanks Tempest! For a second there, my mind was thrown in so much turmoil I didn't know what to do. I was just about to write back a 4 page rant on how ludicrous it would be to have a race track on a boat.  REALLY, ZAC? That's amazing! I didn't know that! Thanks for the info! I'll need to put that in my history paper; you just saved me a ton of work!
|
|||
|
|||
|
LordByronius
ANN Columnist
 Posts: 861 Location: Philippe for America! He is five. |
|
||
|
For a fascinating documentary of the Captain Apples revolt, you should all see the serious film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. With narration by Matt Damon! And ear-shattering aural discord somehow called "music" by Bryan Adams!
|
|||
|
|||
|
Aaron White
Old Regular
Posts: 1365 Location: Birmingham, Alabama |
|
||
|
But as a counterpoint, haven't you all seen The Black Stallion? In the event of a shipwreck a horse may be your only chance to reach the safety of a photogenic island.
|
|||
|
|||
|
Cgoten
Posts: 390 Location: Glenview, Illinois |
|
||
|
This thread has changed my life. I now no longer trust horses when I'm on a boat.
|
|||
|
|||
|
cookie
Former ANN Editor in Chief
 Posts: 2460 Location: Do not contact me for support. |
|
||
|
You're all prejudice against horses.
I mean, what've horses ever done to you? And here you want them to race around in circles... out in the middle of the ocean? :p Down with the Horse Repression! The Stallion Shall Ride Alone Again! Come, my equine brothers! We shall be proud and free as we once were, with no Ocean-bound race tracks to ensnare us, and no propellers to dice us into little bits... Nor shall we visit Uncle Elmer's Glue Factory, although I see you yung'ins are eager to go! :p Freedom! Neigh! |
|||
|
|||
|
Cgoten
Posts: 390 Location: Glenview, Illinois |
|
||
They killed my father, mother, brother, and my dog. They also ate my arms off. Down with horses! I swear they're plotting to take over the world! I sawed it on TV.
|
|||
|
|||
Emerje
 Posts: 7386 Location: Maine |
|
||
|
Do your shrinks know all of you are here?
Emerje |
|||
|
|||
|
cookie
Former ANN Editor in Chief
Posts: 2460 Location: Do not contact me for support. |
|
||
|
I can't believe you think we need psychiatrists. I am very offended by the very thought. See what I mean?
Very offended indeed. You shall be banned forever. ... and then I can take over the world! :D |
|||
|
|||
|
Emerje
Posts: 7386 Location: Maine |
|
||
So you're saying I'm the only thing standing between you and world domination? Well, that just boosted my ego! 8) Emerje |
|||
|
|||
Vicious
 Posts: 97 |
|
||
|
They say that on the darkest, stormiest nights the ghost of Captain Apples brings terror to wandering ships even to this day...
|
|||
|
|||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group