But once you’ve stolen it, what would you do with it? It’d be hard to sell – no fence is gonna touch a whole ocean. Then there’s the possibility that the animals IN the ocean might notice and feet grumpy; not to mention one or two navies noticing the extra-low tide…
“You can’t have everything in world. Where would you put it?” — Steven Wright.
You can actually steal an ocean. You do it the same way you steal land. It’s like the magic trick were the magician makes a giant landmark disappear … he moves the audience, not the landmark.
Ownership is defined by the ability to make decisions about the use of the owned object. When you own land, you have the recognized right to make decisions about the use of that land. Same goes for ocean. The Dutch and the English established the basis for modern international maritime law starting back circa 1600.
As a practical matter, you own land/ocean if you exert unquestioned military control over the area and can physically blow up anyone who tries enter it without permission. If you’re better at blowing stuff up on that area of the earth, you own it. That’s what “sovereignty” means.
So, to steal an ocean, you just leave it right were it is and, instead, you move the people off it with threats of or actual violence. Now you get to make all the decisions about the use of that ocean, including fencing it another party.
As a benefit, you get to keep the handy pre-made storage container the ocean came in.
“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t saddle a duck.”
Did you hear about he millionaire that left his fortune to a trust so that hookers could go to agriculture colleges? They kept flunking out. Just goes to show you that “You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think.”
This is so clever and awesome.
Steal the dead sea no one will miss it and it won’t fill up with water.
Until it start to rot. You don’t want a rotten sea on your backyard.
…but you cannot make him sink?
I tried to steal an ocean once. Ended up bumping my head, causing a BP pipe to leak instead. Oops.
What to expect when your Partner in Crime is Carmen Sandiego…
While you busy stealing the sea Carmen is busy bumping ugly with Wally
and she stole a mountain as she left.
I hope they use protection. If those two have a kid, no one would ever find the poor tyke to take care of it.
This is among the weirdest concepts you’ve come up with.
I like it.
When I was a kid, we neatly solved this problem by relying on the Seven Chinese Brothers to simultaneously swallow one ocean apiece.
Unfortunately, two oceans have since gone walkies. Maybe you can find one stored in some dusty cupboard next to Pluto.
But once you’ve stolen it, what would you do with it? It’d be hard to sell – no fence is gonna touch a whole ocean. Then there’s the possibility that the animals IN the ocean might notice and feet grumpy; not to mention one or two navies noticing the extra-low tide…
Panel 3 where he’s kicking the “other” ocean away…so much win!
Once you steal an ocean, who do you sell it to? Until you fence the stolen goods, they’re a problem.
.im comfused. why would you want to steal a ocean? but whatever. this is ADAM WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
Damn bugs in bathing suits.
Now I can’t help but notice that they’re naked the rest of the time!
“You can’t have everything in world. Where would you put it?” — Steven Wright.
You can actually steal an ocean. You do it the same way you steal land. It’s like the magic trick were the magician makes a giant landmark disappear … he moves the audience, not the landmark.
Ownership is defined by the ability to make decisions about the use of the owned object. When you own land, you have the recognized right to make decisions about the use of that land. Same goes for ocean. The Dutch and the English established the basis for modern international maritime law starting back circa 1600.
As a practical matter, you own land/ocean if you exert unquestioned military control over the area and can physically blow up anyone who tries enter it without permission. If you’re better at blowing stuff up on that area of the earth, you own it. That’s what “sovereignty” means.
So, to steal an ocean, you just leave it right were it is and, instead, you move the people off it with threats of or actual violence. Now you get to make all the decisions about the use of that ocean, including fencing it another party.
As a benefit, you get to keep the handy pre-made storage container the ocean came in.
Not only that, but the sun keeps stealing the ocean back from you!
But is it wrong to steal the ocean to feed his family?
“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t saddle a duck.”
Did you hear about he millionaire that left his fortune to a trust so that hookers could go to agriculture colleges? They kept flunking out. Just goes to show you that “You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think.”
Ha!
Honestly, getting those damn beaches away from my house is an end in and of itself.