From the mouths of babes

[minoanmiss]

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/cargo-ship-stuck-in-the-suez-canal-children-have-ideas-for-how-to-move-it.html

Good News: Our Children Have Some Terrific Ideas for How to Get the Big Ol’ Boat Unstuck From the Suez Canal
BY DAN KOIS
MARCH 25, 2021

Comments

[sabotabby]

That is beautiful.

[brooksmoses]

I can't think of any possible way a 15-year-old could be being sarcastic.

(And I applaud her answer and the editorial choice to include it.)

[bikergeek]

Let the air out of the tires?

[acelightning]

Exactly. Kids are smarter than most adults give them credit for - and they're likely to "think outside the box".

[lunabee34]

Heeeee.

[quodthey]

hah, i love lyra's suggestion.

[annonynous.livejournal.com]

Actually, Nina, 8 had it right. Moving the sand it's stuck in is basically what they're doing.

Ann O.

[marcelo]

The psychic powers one killed me.

[cmcmck]

All the more so as that is now what Uri Geller (remember him?) is suggesting........... :o)

[jadelennox]

Ha! I also loved this Defector piece, it was delightful: Big Boat is Stuck!

[minoanmiss]

rolls around laughing