Comments on: Bumbling Explorers We Love. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/26/bumbling-explorers-we-love/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:28:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rich http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/26/bumbling-explorers-we-love/#comment-156934 Rich Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:44:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/26/bumbling-explorers-we-love/#comment-156934 There's some old explorer guy who was sailing around the Great Lakes, heard the roar of Niagara Falls, and for some reason never bothered to investigate. How could any explorer worth a damn ignore that? There’s some old explorer guy who was sailing around the Great Lakes, heard the roar of Niagara Falls, and for some reason never bothered to investigate. How could any explorer worth a damn ignore that?

]]> By: Bob http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/26/bumbling-explorers-we-love/#comment-58752 Bob Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:49:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/26/bumbling-explorers-we-love/#comment-58752 y hello person. my name is bob y hello person. my name is bob

]]> By: Cori http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/26/bumbling-explorers-we-love/#comment-56353 Cori Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:31:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/26/bumbling-explorers-we-love/#comment-56353 Don't forget Marco Polo, who alledgedly wrote of dragons in his travel reports :) Don’t forget Marco Polo, who alledgedly wrote of dragons in his travel reports :)

]]> By: Linz http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/26/bumbling-explorers-we-love/#comment-38470 Linz Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:35:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/26/bumbling-explorers-we-love/#comment-38470 This is an interesting and mildly educational article, but it reveals our modern arrogance. Those crazy bumblers of centuries past! How could they be so silly? Not completing the voyage? What a bumbler to die enroute and lose 4 of 5 ships on an incredibly difficult journey like that! At least the title implies that we love them inspite of their bumbling ignorance. P.S. I love Neatorama inspite of these occasional bumbling pieces... This is an interesting and mildly educational article, but it reveals our modern arrogance. Those crazy bumblers of centuries past! How could they be so silly? Not completing the voyage? What a bumbler to die enroute and lose 4 of 5 ships on an incredibly difficult journey like that!

At least the title implies that we love them inspite of their bumbling ignorance.

P.S. I love Neatorama inspite of these occasional bumbling pieces…

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