Whale Sculpture saves train from crashing!

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Whale Sculpture saves train from crashing!

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Think the driver needs to now buy a lottery ticket! :lol:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54780430

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Wow! Looking at that photo, you'd think the train had been placed there on porpoise.

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Hmmm... looks a bit fishy to me. :lol:

OK, OK, I know whales are mammals not fish but it's the best I could think of.

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And did you see the name of the sculpture? "Saved by the Whale's Tail". Give that man a Nostradamus award.

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chrispbits wrote:
02 Nov 2020, 16:43
And did you see the name of the sculpture? "Saved by the Whale's Tail". Give that man a Nostradamus award.
Maybe Nostradamus did write a..qua..train about it.

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Wow! :-O

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Quite amazing!
I wonder if they'll try the second one tomorrow?
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Paul K wrote:
02 Nov 2020, 15:56
Wow! Looking at that photo, you'd think the train had been placed there on porpoise.
Yes he found himself in an orcaward predicament. But things turned out all Right. So I gave a Sei of relief.
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Thankfully it wasn't in Wales :hide:
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