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The Ocean and the Sahara

  • 24-05-2011 12:01AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭


    The two worlds biggest deserts and yet very different from each other in climate.

    If given an option to live on one which would you choose or feel more able to cope in and why?


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Ocean, there would be more life in it you could try catching in order to live.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    The Sahara.
    I can't swim!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    which ocean??:confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,672 ✭✭✭ScummyMan


    Chocolate Cake

    Oh sorry, thought you said dessert.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    which ocean??:confused:

    Good Question!!! pick one.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Good Question!!! pick one.
    So i can pick any ocean but only one desert??

    OK






    Atacama
    :pac:



    thread is biased:mad:


  • Posts: 4,630 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Who are you and why have you taken my name? :eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    Who are you and why have you taken my name? :eek:
    rename yourself Tardis Self Destruct Button :pac:



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 711 ✭✭✭dammitjanet


    The Ocean has sharks, F**k that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    Who are you and why have you taken my name? :eek:

    I've only seen you recently. Turns out I've got your name also hmmm strange turn of events.

    can't we share?:o :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    The Ocean has sharks, F**k that

    But the desert has snakes and scorpions. So where to go? :confused::pac:


  • Posts: 31,828 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The Antartic ocean! p-p-p-pick up a penguin!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    In the ocean I'm going to be living on a flotilla of some sort , like on an oil rig and the climate in the ..er Pacific would suit me more than the Sahara only one day I'm sure , a tsunami wave would come along and screw it all up .


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Latchy wrote: »
    In the ocean I'm going to be living on a flotilla of some sort , like on an oil rig and the climate in the ..er Pacific would suit me more than the Sahara only one day I'm sure , a tsunami wave would come along and screw it all up .
    ...As would a sand storm.
    We'd be screwed either way. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    Biggins wrote: »
    Ocean, there would be more life in it you could try catching in order to live.

    wouldnt fancy a snake or scorpion? I think best bet would be to watch an episode of ray mears in the desert and him in the ocean. He could teach us how to survive in both and we could then narrow down our choices hmmm I feel like watching some ray mears now that I mention it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 711 ✭✭✭dammitjanet


    But the desert has snakes and scorpions. So where to go? :confused::pac:

    Nah, a shark would kick a snacks ass (so to speak). I'd rather face a creature who i'm bigger than and can stand on than Jaws.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,385 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    How is the ocean a desert? Maybe the bits near deserts on the land are but other than that... :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    Nah, a shark would kick a snacks ass (so to speak). I'd rather face a creature who i'm bigger than and can stand on than Jaws.

    Jaws? a few politicians came to mind when you said that. :pac::pac::pac: Banks/Money :pac::pac:your wallet:pac::pac: your pension


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    How is the ocean a desert? Maybe the bits near deserts on the land are but other than that... :confused:

    WARNING WARNING!!!! Philosopher alert, Philosopher alert!!!

    the Ocean is a desert of water.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,943 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh




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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Biggins wrote: »
    ...As would a sand storm.
    We'd be screwed either way. :(
    I don't like sand ,it's gets everywere ,in the engines , weapons ( if your carrying any ) and they are more regular than tsunamis ....every other week in fact . Having said that , I remember that movie about the two peeps who were left stranded floating in the ocean for days befor the sharks finished them off . Sharks toyed with them for ages before the final kill to :(

    time for re think :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭ArtyM


    WARNING WARNING!!!! Philosopher alert, Philosopher alert!!!

    the Ocean is a desert of water.

    Admit it OP. You created this entire thread just to catch someone with the 'The ocean is not a desert' reply.
    Cmon, admit it. Its good to confess.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 711 ✭✭✭dammitjanet


    Latchy wrote: »
    I don't like sand ,it's gets everywere ,in the engines , weapons ( if your carrying any ) and they are more regular than tsunamis ....every other week in fact . Having said that , I remember that movie about the two peeps who were left stranded floating in the ocean for days befor the sharks finished them off . Sharks toyed with them for ages before the final kill to :(

    time for re think :pac:

    Sharks are clever gits.
    Sand also gets into sandwiches...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    ArtyM wrote: »
    Admit it OP. You created this entire thread just to catch someone with the 'The ocean is not a desert' reply.
    Cmon, admit it. Its good to confess.

    *packs his bags and makes a quick exit* sherlock holmes has entered the building.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,791 ✭✭✭up for anything


    My grandmother was brought up in a place in the Sahara which was six months away from 'civilisation' by camel, in her younger days, so as it's in the genes I'll go for the desert. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    My grandmother was brought up in a place in the Sahara which was six months away from 'civilisation' by camel, in her younger days, so as it's in the genes I'll go for the desert. :D

    But why would you go for the desert? what makes it more appealing than the ocean?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,787 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    The Sahara is just one big beach. You can go into the ocean anytime you like.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭tommyhaas


    But why would you go for the desert? what makes it more appealing than the ocean?

    A few years at sea make fcuking anywhere more appealing


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,778 ✭✭✭Pauleta


    There is no drinking water in the ocean. You would be dead in a couple of days. In the sahara you have a better chance of finding a spring or oasis. Its a pretty easy decision.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    Pauleta wrote: »
    There is no drinking water in the ocean. You would be dead in a couple of days. In the sahara you have a better chance of finding a spring or oasis. Its a pretty easy decision.

    Not true. When it rains you can catch it or open your mouth and drink to your hearts content. and lets face it its going to rain more at the ocean and you've a better chance of getting water than finding an oasis in the desert.

    Then again if you were passing sellefield when it rains it probably would be a good idea not to go ahead have a drink.


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