The thickest bloke in the world - a contender

[bigandclever]

If it's a repost, I don't care.

A man who thought he was sailing round the UK turned out to be circling a small island off the coast of Kent and didn't realise until he ran out of fuel.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1269257/Ma...

[Malx]

Complete waste of the RNLI time and money.

[eldar]

Darwin in action next, this is just a practice.

[Dr Jekyll]

The irritating thing is that if he had been slightly less stupid and followed the coast instead of going round the Isle of Sheppey, he would probably have been swept out to the North sea and drowned when the engine stopped. Almost an inverted Darwin.

[tribbles]

First thing I thought:

Blackadder said:

So you don't know the way to France either

[maser_spyder]

Crikey.

Sometimes I think we set out un-prepared when we only have two bottles of beer and a single bottle of wine on board.

A 20L tank will actually get you quite a long way, but you should always carry spare fuel on a passage.

I wonder where he'll end up?

[killsta]

maser_spyder said:

I wonder where he'll end up?

Probably somewhere nearer the Thames rather than Southampton, given that:

Daily Fail said:

However, he said he would get some fuel and get under way but asked us if he went left or right when he came out of the Swale.'

[va1o]

Wow.

[mybrainhurts]

He'd make a crap pigeon....

[Saddle bum]

Wasn't there some tt who circled the M25 for no-one knows how long because he did not know that it was circular?

Edited by Saddle bum on Wednesday 28th April 00:02

[Kiltie]

jeepers!

[groucho]

Saddle bum said:

Wasn't there some tt who circled the M25 for no-one knows how long because he did not know that it was circular?

Edited by Saddle bum on Wednesday 28th April 00:02

It's circular?

[Jonny671]

Article said:

'It took him a day and a half to get from Gillingham to where he ran out of fuel.'

Coastguards, who met the man at Queenborough, advised him that engine sizes and therefore fuel consumption differs and the coast route was longer than the road distance in any case.

Coastguard Ian Goodwin said: 'We passed on relevant safety advice and advised him that the best way to Southampton would be by train. However, he said he would get some fuel and get under way but asked us if he went left or right when he came out of the Swale.'

It is not known whether the man made it to Southampton.

You can imagine the RNLIs face whilst saying this.. Really trying not to laugh

[sleep envy]

weight his feet and flip him overboard

[Silverbullet767]

Karl Pilkington must also be a contender...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Pilkington

[Custard Test]

Silverbullet767 said:

Karl Pilkington must also be a contender...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Pilkington

you just reminded me of this
http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=M...

[soad]

Epic fail - what an idiot.

[LukeBird]

eldar said:

Darwin in action next, this is just a practice.

Definitely!

What a complete fool; surely he can't get dressed by himself?!