https://xkcd.com/2944

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The ten-way tie was judged a ten-way tie, so no one won the grand prize, a rare fishing monopole.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m not getting the ‘better’ part. You’re much more stationary and whatever you pull up will be coated with muck and slime and, as what I pasted said, it might also seriously hurt or even kill you.

    I’d say finding a bomb on a beach that no one has discovered yet is less likely than finding one in a river.

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        1 year ago

        At worst, you’re blown into a bunch of little bloody pieces.

        But removing trash from the waterways I can get behind.

          • Liz@midwest.social
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            1 year ago

            I remember watching a video where some people pulled a landmine out of a river and the cops were so annoyed to have to deal with it. Apparently this wasn’t the first explosive that’s come up out of that river and the cops basically blamed the people for pulling out another one.