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Old Jan 15th 2009, 8:28 pm
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Default Plane crash-lands in Hudson river

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7832191.stm



Everyone survived, thank God.
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Default Re: Plane crash-lands in Hudson river

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why thank God. he made it crash in the first place
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why thank God. he made it crash in the first place
And he also ensured that everyone survived............

What a weirdo.............
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Default Re: Plane crash-lands in Hudson river

Nooo, the devil made it crash, and God was on hand to save them . . . So life is all balanced out again.

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Default Re: Plane crash-lands in Hudson river

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Nooo, the devil made it crash, and God was on hand to save them . . . So life is all balanced out again.

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but he is supposed to be omnipotent
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He is but, those wicked girls ate apples and opened boxes and so the world was messed up . . . .

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Default Re: Plane crash-lands in Hudson river

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He is but, those wicked girls ate apples and opened boxes and so the world was messed up . . . .

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Was it apples? I thought she offered sex...
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no, she ate the apple and the snake was cast out and they had to put clothes on and they learnt about sin. My ultra-religious upbringing is coming out here . . .

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no, she ate the apple and the snake was cast out and they had to put clothes on and they learnt about sin. My ultra-religious upbringing is coming out here . . .

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And everyone just committed incest after that...
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But mainly in Suffolk . . . .
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Default Re: Plane crash-lands in Hudson river

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but what about all the birds that got sucked into the engines......what about animal rights !!!!.......Sue the airline, sue the pilot !!!
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Great because there aren't many bird in the sky so it's unlikely that...

O, wait...

But they static test the engines?

Maybe they should just add a grate with razor edges to chop up whatever gets sucked in?

Engineers work in mysterious ways .
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Default Re: Plane crash-lands in Hudson river

Maybe the pilot was speeding...
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Default Re: Plane crash-lands in Hudson river

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Maybe the pilot was speeding...
He thought the speeds were wrong!
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Default Re: Plane crash-lands in Hudson river

Now NASA is finding a way to redirect birds from the sky...
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