So a dozen scally Man City fans didn't have the cash to fly to the microscopic archipelago that is the Faroe Islands to see their blues play in this week's UEFA Cup qualifier. So they did what any devoted supporter with cell phone and sea legs would do: the started making calls about hiring a boat.
For those of you who are less familiar with European geography, Faroe Islands is a quaint, beautiful little place smack in the middle of nowhere…which happens to be located in the North Sea between Scotland, Norway and Iceland. Now from Manchester this will be a 26 hour sea journey on a 72-foot fishing trawler which will undoubtedly be laden with Carling, Carlsberg, Boddingtons and the like. I don't know about you but the thought of being drunk on the high seas does is not a pretty one; somebody will definitely be swabbing vomit from the poop deck on this trip. That is if they don't sink, drown, mutiny or strike a World War II era sea-mine first.
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I've heard that some many years ago, Ireland forced all the folks that were living in small offshore islands back to the 'mainland'. They got tired of them coming on shore to hit the village pub, then falling overboard as they were trying to 'drive' home.
Seems like someone ought to take a lesson from the Irish...
This sounds like something I would be totally down for.
but then again, who the hell wouldn't want to see Fina yelling at waves crashing in to a boat that he was on?
The best part is that the boat remained docked in the Shetlands due to bad weather, and they couldn't make the trip after all!
Luckily for them, a Faroe-based airline is chartering a free flight for all of them round-trip so they can see the match.
Brilliant stuff.
- Lingering Bursitis
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