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Life Preserver Fail

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  1. MRN ♂ says:

    Can’t lose it, at least.

  2. thetallone says:

    Oh dear…

  3. MRN ♂ says:

    No doubt someone lost the instructions anyway.

  4. Abignoob says:

    instructions “THROW” “Do not hit the person you are trying to save in the head with it” :-D

  5. jam says:

    Well what do you expect? Safety is third after all.

  6. Emotoast says:

    Oh noes, This can’t end well

  7. InfiniteMonkey says:

    Perfectly safe. Nobody can drown, because noboy can get in the water. Or how would they be able to get past the red bar?

  8. granny says:

    reminds me of my honeymoon

  9. granny says:

    *runs past Baywatch style*
    This is going to be great since I lost my job as the lifesaver in the shallow diving toilet. Granny’s always watching. :shock:

  10. Suyalus says:

    safe against robbery :D

  11. Basara549 says:

    OF course, this is actually something for the epic kludge page (as well as it looking like a fail).

    Someone took a rescue ring and stuck it over the post deliberately, to be a “bumper” on the dock, to prevent a moored boat from damaging the dock (or vice versa – all depends on the side of the boat), from wave action (especially that created by the wake of other boats). Plus, the rope can be used to tie the boat to the dock.

    It’s decorative, and good for a “WTF” from passing boaters, but anyone who’s ever had a boat larger than a bass boat (which are typically too low-profile for the bumpers to have an effect) knows that having such bumpers are important, if you intend to keep your boat (as opposed to having it become a fishing reef just off the dock).

    • 5 eagles C.C.C. says:

      Nice analysis.

    • Admiral Apparent says:

      It just doesn’t look like a fail. This is a fail…a HUGE fail. Someone might waste time in an emergency spotting this life preserver first. This has to be a safety violation as well as one of common sense.

    • Nacoran says:

      Bumper was my first thought too, although this could cause confusion in an emergency, and used tires are cheap.

    • PeaceyP says:

      Later, they mounted an axe near the preserver in case it was needed in an emergency, but the axe kept getting stolen so they attached a chain. However, the length of the chain was misjudged and while it was long enough to reach the pole it didn’t have the slack to take an adequate swing. It was decided to put a padlock on the chain and hide a key under a carved wooden seagull at the other end of the pier. Then some hooligans found the key and the chain and the axe disappeared, so they mounted a new axe, chain, and padlock in a metal box with a glass cover and…well, you see where I’m going with this…

  12. o-stara says:

    I have this very sudden sinking feeling.

  13. Demut says:

    Maybe it’s one of those magic rings.

  14. Fake says:

    This fail is a fail of a fail.
    Look at the freshly bright painted wood trapping said preserver, and the rope around the water with yellow ties on it. This is to prevent anyone from entering said water.
    When people can enter the water again, it is assumed they will remove said wood entrapping the preserver.

  15. docking says:

    this is to protect your boat when docking. the rope is for tying said boat, to said dock.

  16. G. James says:

    In Case of Drowning
    Break Wood

  17. Jimmylou says:

    Hey, at least the bridge won’t drown! :D

  18. Nigel says:

    Now the dock will be safe :]

  19. STACY BARET says:

    I WILL DECK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YO HO

  20. darieniscool says:

    took me a minute to figure it out..

  21. Johnny says:

    Wait a second, is the fail the life preserver?

    Cuz what I thought was funnier is the fact that there are wet spots on the bar and the end of the dock…

    Presumably from kids trying to dive off with wet foreheads and wet feet


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