A Bit of Weekend Humor From the News!
According to a report from ABC News, scientists recently checked out a island they hadn't heard of listed on maps and on Google. The phantom island, identified as "Sandy," was shown as being in the South Pacific, somewhere between Australia and French New Caledonia. Apparently it's been on maps and charts for 116 years.. However, when they sailed to the location, they found nothing. No island. Just deep blue sea---really deep. Over 4600 feet. They made note of it for future navigational map corrections and mapped the ocean floor in the region. What's really funny are the Yahoo user comments on this story! Sit back and have a snicker: * Roger that, Team Alpha, we were able to float our fake island base to another location, 50 nautical miles to the NW. * Dr. Evil's new lair. * This island is really a Martian space ship. * F red stole it. * Y ou have just entered...the twilight zone! * Tell that to Gilligan and Mary Ann. * Dang, I haven...