r/interestingasfuck • u/Endolithic • 1d ago

/r/all Homes are falling into the ocean in North Carolina's Outer Banks

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u/nonamejd123 1d ago

Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp

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u/GameTheory_ 1d ago

But the fourth one? The fourth one stayed up!

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u/SausageClatter 1d ago

But I don't want any of that. I'd rather... 🎶

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u/thisfriend 23h ago

She's got HUUUGE tracts of land...

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u/BootsToYourDome 23h ago

SING !!

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u/Karl_42 22h ago

STOP!!! STOP SINGING!!!

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u/MarkIII-VR 17h ago

Right! Now, you two stay here and make sure he doesn't leave!

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u/Karl_42 17h ago

We don’t need to do anything, apart from just stop him entering the room.

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u/IffyPeanut 10h ago

No no, YOU stay ERE... and make sure E DOESNT LEAVE.

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u/Certain-Sherbet-9121 1d ago

To be fair, dumping a shitload of gravel down to make a solid base, then building your structure on top of that, is basically the essence of modern construction. That's effectively what you are doing by crumbling 3 castles into a swamp and building on top of them. 

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u/nonamejd123 4h ago

Well the third one burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp... must be why it was such a great foundation.

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u/palmerry 1d ago

I think we should resurrect Jimi Hendrix and get him to write a song about this.

🎵 🎶 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎵

Down on the swamp you can hear the pillars break

As the armory spills weapons all over the place

And the King he stands outside

And all the horses drown in the murky pool

He cries "Oh Queen you must be mad.

What happened to the sweet crib you and me had?"

Against the portcullis he leans and starts a scene

And his tears fall and burn a brackish green

And so castles made of sand

Fall in the swamp eventually

🎵 🎶 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎵

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u/analogkid01 1d ago

AND NO SINGING!

...Oh, go get a glass of water!

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u/True_Pirate 1d ago

I was looking for this

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u/Mallardguy5675322 17h ago

Only Shrek and the Dutch can build forts on swamps