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LuvNewcastle

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10. Maybe we should nuke it.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2013, 05:32 PM

Nov 2013

If we're going to have country-sized rafts of garbage floating around the oceans, we might as well have a little fun before we choke on our own filth.

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Floating island of rubbish three times size of BRITAIN floating towards California [View all] cali Nov 2013 OP

I thought it was the size of Texas, can you fit three Britains in Texas snooper2 Nov 2013 #1

Texas is the size of France BeyondGeography Nov 2013 #4

Greaaaat. Anything else, world? JaneyVee Nov 2013 #2

Can't Sweden round it up? NV Whino Nov 2013 #3

When it hits the Fukushima outflow, Orrex Nov 2013 #5

Exile Rob Ford there NoOneMan Nov 2013 #6

I thought Utah was landlocked? lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #7

It's not an island muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #8

See? Unregulated free-market capitalism DOES create jobs. Now can I pee on you? n/t dogknob Nov 2013 #9

Maybe we should nuke it. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #10

Ah, I see a thriving market on eBay for souvenir auctions. MineralMan Nov 2013 #11

Why doesn't it show up in satellite photos? former9thward Nov 2013 #12

Dare I ask if there is more than rubbish in this massive island? LittleBlue Nov 2013 #13