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Ice cream stick (5 million of them) ship set to sail

upi.com — LELYSTAD, Netherlands, July 17 (UPI) -- A Viking sailing ship, made in the Netherlands from 5 million recycled ice cream sticks with the help of 5,000 school children, is ready for the high seas.

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  • cactus476, on 10/11/2007, -0/+82When will writers learn that in a case like this, without a picture their article is worthless.
  • CaptainSponge, on 10/11/2007, -2/+75PIC
    http://bp0.blogger.com/_GzXYfK-lDG4/RpmN1AOZKiI/AAAAAAAABso/rbz5Dvahlxo/s1600-h/Viking+ship.jpg

    Doesn't look "home made" like I expected.
  • SmackMyMac, on 10/11/2007, -0/+37What class is that?

    Diabetes 101?
  • HeatherH88, on 10/11/2007, -5/+41And the ice cream gods did proclaim unto the man

    "Build it 300 cubits by 150cubits by 80 cubits"
  • novaneil, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24Popsicle stick.
  • hassanchop13, on 10/11/2007, -2/+22with all those jokes, you'd never get bored if you were lost at sea
  • ohnnyj, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18Did anyone else catch this:

    "McDonald has overcome a lot himself. When he was nine, his parents and six siblings died in a gas explosion and he spent five years recovering from his injuries."

    Glad to see such a positive attitude after such a terrible tragedy.
  • Conwaysb0718, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18yea... cuz everyone is tired of all these goddamn viking ships all over the place.
  • bmc31190, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16*movie announcer voice*
    5000 people
    on an island
    with nothing but popsicles....
    no way out
    except to eat your way out
    THIS SUMMER
  • DeskFlyer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16BRUSH YOUR TEETH!
  • brucerchapman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12Negative, I am a meat popsicle
  • mal1964, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7940 lbs later, and you have a ship.
  • AprilEthereal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I think that's one of the coolest parts about it - they made a regular old viking ship...out of popsicle sticks
  • n00854180t, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Bah, I still feel slightly let down that it isn't just a giant raft with walls, made from popsicle sticks (unpainted, still with stains of the food coloring).
  • DiggChainey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Should have built a pirate ship.. :)
    http://xoinks.com/mov/view_video.php?viewkey=bbcdbd6a664c8fda2015
  • theworldisround, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3BEFORE YOU GO TO SCHOOL.
    http://www.kompressormusic.com/mp3/BRUSH_YOUR_TEETH.mp3
  • indorock, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3article somewhat inaccurate....dutch articles all report 15 million sticks, not 5 million. So that's 15 thousand sticks per child. Really impressive.

    http://www.destentor.nl/flevoland/article1642546.ece
    http://img145.echo.cx/img145/2411/boot0qo.png
  • RyeBrye, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3The Shipbuilder is named Robert McDonald, and "When he was nine, his parents and six siblings died in a gas explosion and he spent five years recovering from his injuries"

    So we have a story with a main character that has the same backstory as Derrick Zoolander, and is (almost) named after a hamburger clown - yet not a single picture of the ship :(
  • Kugo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Wow. Took all of fifteen seconds to find on Google. What hard work. Idiots need no longer apply as posters to digg.

    http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,22093958-27977,00.html
  • DJMajickman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Buried for not looking through the comments to find links to multiple pictures.
  • CircleFusion, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Hey simplejoe79
    Do you think this story is great?
  • groverblue, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2or kill yourself because of them..
  • Kugo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2This isn't lame but the link is stupid. The following is better. You DID want to see the boat, right? ;)
    http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4129583a4560.html

    PS. Oh and it's 15 million not 5 million ice cream sticks. You wanna post a story to digg? Do five minutes research first, you lamer.
  • sselbor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+25 million sticks... 5000 kids... 1000 per kid? That's a lot of ice cream.
  • stklaw, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Because the title said so?
  • Hydroxyl, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Did you have a childhood?!
  • edchen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2It looks pretty good for a ship made of ice cream sticks. You can't even see the ice cream sticks or you can't tell from that crappy picture.
  • HeatherH88, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"McDonald has overcome a lot himself. When he was nine, his parents and six siblings died in a gas explosion and he spent five years recovering from his injuries."

    Guess he decided to drown his sorrows in ice cream 0_o
  • pwndrew, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1So part of this boat is made out of wood? That's crazy.
  • LonesomeFighter, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3comment system strikes again?
  • a1532b, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Q*bert's brother, duh.
  • Criffer, on 09/27/2008, -0/+1That's a useful thing to do with ice cream sticks! Recycle all the way. Plus get kids involved on the water.

    Chris from http://www.boatpride.com
  • simplejoe79, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It's great, if you ask me
  • GeezerD, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2No picture, no digg. Thumb down.
  • bitemedigg, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"what's a cubit?" ;o)
  • Chicken2nite, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1but it has a picture
  • HsoKinees, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yarrrrrrrrrrr!
  • m00k0w, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0I don't know what rock you're all under but you can BUY popsicle sticks in bulk for making things (including your own popsicles).
  • Nebulosus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Buried for lack of picture. :P
  • m4ngo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2HURRY, EAT ALL THESE POPSICLES WERE BUILDING A SHIP
  • amatlis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0So this a truly exciting and inspiring accomplishment. And from a man who lost so much. But, how about the information I'd really like to know: Like how did they do it?! No website?! No blog?! Nothing? What a tease!
  • groverblue, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Burying you for not realizing that I shouldn't have to comb the comments.
  • theholycow, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Thank you. I was thinking the same thing and I can't believe I had to scroll so far before somebody said it.

    And with a kickass name like that, I must say you're pretty cool.
  • ZephyrNinety, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2...or it didn't happen.
  • ChewMyFootOff, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2They are called Dutch, dumbass.
  • IntellEJent, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3What the hell is an ice cream stick?
  • smartmlp, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1What makes you guys think it was all ice icecream? If some of it was from POPSICLES, last I checked that was a brand that sold frozen fruit juice that is like 10 calories or something. Also, dont most of them have 2 sticks per Popsicle? There is a possibility it wasn't all icecream. right? I hope.
  • jmreedy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1damn right!
  • corduroyblack, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Water-based Elmer's glue used? Here's hoping....
  • pascalosti, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1better not be any popsticle sticks in there!!!
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