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Okay give me your most Trump-like solutions for the stuck ship. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 OP
Nuke it EYESORE 9001 Mar 2021 #1
Nuke it was the first thought that came to me left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 #7
me too! chowder66 Mar 2021 #52
Build a wall around it LW1977 Mar 2021 #2
And Mexico will pay for it nt Shermann Mar 2021 #6
That's easy. "It'll go away . . . like magic." Vinca Mar 2021 #3
An overhead aircraft with a yuuuuuge magnet; just place the magnet on top of the ship and voila! nt SheilaAnn Mar 2021 #4
Give the company owners keithsw Mar 2021 #5
Nuke it. Problem solved Lochloosa Mar 2021 #8
Put Jared Kushner in charge of solving it left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 #9
Beat me to it! 2naSalit Mar 2021 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 #15
his uncle was a professor at mit. the smartest professor ever rampartc Mar 2021 #10
Winner! 2naSalit Mar 2021 #12
Hahaha. "Sharpie" Mike 03 Mar 2021 #16
Add more containers ornotna Mar 2021 #53
"Fire and fury the likes of which no one has ever seen before!" Mike 03 Mar 2021 #13
Storage Wars auction of container contents. AnnaLee Mar 2021 #14
Tariffs. Mike 03 Mar 2021 #17
Let the air out of the tires no_hypocrisy Mar 2021 #18
Pour more water into the canal to raise it up, OR elias7 Mar 2021 #19
I was going to say add more water Tree Lady Mar 2021 #42
Inject some disinfectant or bleach inside the hull... ClusterFreak Mar 2021 #20
Deny there is a stuck ship, berate anybody that says otherwise, krispos42 Mar 2021 #21
Refurbish it into a hotel nuxvomica Mar 2021 #22
Empty the fuel and ballast tanks so it floats higher Amishman Mar 2021 #23
Thoughts and Prayers. n/t SkylineChili Mar 2021 #24
Blame all the other countries superpatriotman Mar 2021 #25
It's a hoax that will go away by Easter Sunday when all churches and canals will malaise Mar 2021 #26
That's it, right there. Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #50
there isn't really a stuck ship it's fake news! Alpeduez21 Mar 2021 #27
Grab it by the galley. Music Man Mar 2021 #28
Their doing it all wrong... Maxheader Mar 2021 #29
It's China's fault Klaralven Mar 2021 #30
You mean JY-na. CurtEastPoint Mar 2021 #32
Like he said about Notre Dame: helicopters fly over and dump water on it. That'll do it! CurtEastPoint Mar 2021 #31
People are amazed...... MyOwnPeace Mar 2021 #33
He has a solution. It's a fabulous solution... JHB Mar 2021 #34
Hit the vessel with a tremendous, beautiful light Blue Owl Mar 2021 #35
Blame it on Hunter soothsayer Mar 2021 #36
Sharpie! Draw a new one or widen the canal. nt woodsprite Mar 2021 #37
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Mar 2021 #40
Distraction. Hugin Mar 2021 #38
Sue it! nt Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #39
Don't do anything. It'll free itself by April, like a miracle. nt Buns_of_Fire Mar 2021 #41
It is China's fault twodogsbarking Mar 2021 #43
I wish I could find the video of the 3 yr olds solving a problem......... secondwind Mar 2021 #44
BIDEN and the Democrats did it so that Fox would have something to report other than.... usaf-vet Mar 2021 #45
"So supposing we get all the crew to go to the same side of the ship tanyev Mar 2021 #46
unload the content containers RicROC Mar 2021 #47
Suez Canal Sea Shanty YDogg Mar 2021 #48
Air drop black pepper over the ship until the canal sneezes it out. WheelWalker Mar 2021 #49
Whose boat is this boat? twodogsbarking Mar 2021 #51
Blaming it on Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama usually works jmowreader Mar 2021 #54
It's fake news! madinmaryland Mar 2021 #55
Declare the ship bankrupt muriel_volestrangler Mar 2021 #56
I Know BeerBarrelPolka Mar 2021 #57
"we've got amazing things to fix it" BradAllison Mar 2021 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2021 #59

Response to left-of-center2012 (Reply #9)

rampartc

(5,433 posts)
10. his uncle was a professor at mit. the smartest professor ever
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 07:45 AM
Mar 2021

a) nuke
b) sharpie
c) it will go away

but the real answer is : put kushner in charge of a public relations offensive to blame this on everyone else.

ornotna

(10,805 posts)
53. Add more containers
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 01:57 PM
Mar 2021

Full of helium. That's a smart sciencey answer.

If that doesn't work, nuke it.


Argh! Posted in the wrong spot. Oh well.

elias7

(4,026 posts)
19. Pour more water into the canal to raise it up, OR
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 07:52 AM
Mar 2021

Failing that, cut the end off the bow, stern, or a little of both the make the ship smaller
OR
Get digging crews in the make the canal wider
OR
Drop a whole lot of alka seltzer in the water so the fizzy bubbles jostle the ship loose

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
21. Deny there is a stuck ship, berate anybody that says otherwise,
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 07:55 AM
Mar 2021

Support primary challengers to any Republican that says there's a stuck ship, support these positions with a flurry of tweets, hold a rally during a golf vacation, and have Bill Barr drop the charges against the captain. Then give him a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and that photo up to send out a fundraising request.

nuxvomica

(12,438 posts)
22. Refurbish it into a hotel
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 08:00 AM
Mar 2021

It would be the biggest, most beautiful hotel in history, right on the water! Great views!

Amishman

(5,559 posts)
23. Empty the fuel and ballast tanks so it floats higher
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 08:01 AM
Mar 2021

Sounds good on the surface and like common sense. Someone will no analytical skills will love it and call all the experts stupid, praising their own common sense.

The rub is that fully loaded container ships have a very high center of gravity, and without fuel or ballast would roll immediately when floating again. Blocking the canal and turning a big problem into an international crisis. Now THAT sounds like Trump.

On a side note, they need to be really careful when removing the sand from under it, do it wrong and it could roll.

Alpeduez21

(1,755 posts)
27. there isn't really a stuck ship it's fake news!
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 08:16 AM
Mar 2021

Even if there is a ship stuck it's not that bad.

Even if it is bad it's Obama's fault for having trade with China.

I would have built the biggest most beautiful canal the world has ever known. It would've been impossible for a ship to get stuck in such a wonderful canal.

Fore!!

MyOwnPeace

(16,937 posts)
33. People are amazed......
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 08:26 AM
Mar 2021

they say, with tears running down their faces, "Sir, how do you know so much about this?"

Blue Owl

(50,489 posts)
35. Hit the vessel with a tremendous, beautiful light
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 08:39 AM
Mar 2021

Then wrap the vessel beautifully, and use steam powered aircraft carriers to remove the ship. Nobody knows more about this than Fat Donny.

Hugin

(33,189 posts)
38. Distraction.
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 08:52 AM
Mar 2021

CARAVANS! BENGAZI! CARAVANS FROM BENGAZI!

A trip to North Korea.
Blame Antifa.
Call a Democrat some nasty name.
Release porny pictures of the Third Lady.
Leave my kids alone!
Pull the troops out of some critical place.
Back out of NATO.
Kick a puppy.
Threaten a third party run.
Make a perfect call to Ukraine.
Talk incoherently in front of a helicopter.
Promise a vaccine.
Get Putin on the horn.

etc...

usaf-vet

(6,196 posts)
45. BIDEN and the Democrats did it so that Fox would have something to report other than....
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 09:07 AM
Mar 2021

... new voter suppressions laws. It's part of their plan to steal the next election.

tanyev

(42,601 posts)
46. "So supposing we get all the crew to go to the same side of the ship
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 09:08 AM
Mar 2021

and jump up and down at the same time--and I'm sure that hasn't been tried yet so they should definitely test that. As you see, the ship is very, very heavy and it's tremendously stuck, so it would be interesting to check that."

RicROC

(1,204 posts)
47. unload the content containers
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 09:09 AM
Mar 2021

and then blame the Muslims for stealing them, while selling them to the Republican Governors.

BradAllison

(1,879 posts)
58. "we've got amazing things to fix it"
Mon Mar 29, 2021, 08:30 AM
Mar 2021

"I told them so many ways to fix this the experts couldn't believe how much I knew!!!"

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