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English Channel crossed in 2 hours

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Reuters article

CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Entrepreneur Richard Branson set a new world record on Monday by driving across the English Channel in a James-Bond style amphibious sports car in under two hours.

The flamboyant Virgin Group chairman, who has set world records crossing the Atlantic by hot air balloon and speed boat, slashed four and a half hours off the previous amphibious channel crossing record set by two Frenchmen in the 1960s.


Heh.

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I'm going to set a landspeed record by having my ex call me up and tell me she's pregnant.

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Julian said:

Won't make for soccer :P


football goddamit

Anyway I wish Branson would invest his money in cool technology like the ekranoplan or the X Prize, not shit like ballons etc.

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Szymanski said:

football goddamit

I know. But I'm a frenchman lost on a US site.

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Szymanski said:

Anyway I wish Branson would invest his money in cool technology like the ekranoplan or the X Prize, not shit like ballons etc.

Yes, then he might manage to get himself properly killed outright, rather than all these crappy narrow escapes, ocean rescues, etc.

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