lego_office_worker t1_ivhwjfj wrote
shackletons men: we dont think we can march across a giant ice sheet in a freezing blizzard with barely any food and shelter
shackleton: thats what the cocaine is for
ben70 t1_iviccu8 wrote
And he brought every person back. I don't have to agree with this method, but the result doesn't lie.
MaximumZer0 t1_ivjdtzg wrote
North Pole expedition team: GUH-GUH-GUH-YEEEAAAAAAH BAYBAAAAAAY [slides across polar ice on knees]
PermanentTrainDamage t1_ivjq1fy wrote
You saying you wouldn't powerslide across the north pole?
MaximumZer0 t1_ivkr9bi wrote
I absolutely would, but I have no cocaine.
Pure-KingOfSkill t1_ivld4nl wrote
Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
DrunksInSpace t1_ivi6elp wrote
Kinda gives a new meaning to HMS Endurance.
I know what we should call the fucking ship, I got this ducking shiт right here and we’re gonna call it Are you even ready for this are you fucking ready for fucking this? Endurance.
…
En-motherfucking-dur-SouthPoleHumping-durance. Cause that’d what the fuсk it’s gonna take to get there. Endurance and this shiт right here, did you try this fucking shiт yet? It’s fucking liquid endurance, We will endure on Endurance on liquid endurance, on a liquid fucking sea. FUCK I can’t even handle how well this is all coming together. This trip is gonna be my fucking legacy.
Dawnawaken92 t1_ivim54h wrote
The sea was distinctly. Not liquid.
DrunksInSpace t1_ivlpe80 wrote
Right? You’d think after 3 tries he’d know what to expect. Oh well, endurance is a hell of a drug.
Dawnawaken92 t1_ivorsz3 wrote
ENDURANCE!
drfsrich t1_ivjdsqe wrote
Flows off the tongue easier than "HMS A Shitload of Cocaine," I guess.
Specialist_Peach4294 t1_ivim639 wrote
“Cocaine Is A Hell Of A Drug”
- Ernest Shackleton
60 years later, Monsieur Rick James was to utter the very same prophetic words.
(From the PBS Documentary)
kenji-benji t1_ivikcat wrote
Wait until it's rebranded and sold as diet pills
Captain_Kuijt t1_ivjqpg9 wrote
I'm pretty sure that was meth actually.
JohnHolts_Huge_Rasta t1_ivj4c60 wrote
Now google pervitin stories of finnish winter war. For example: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/9vqc6s/til_aimo_koivunen_a_finnish_soldier_who_during/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
GlammerHammer t1_ivi6kjd wrote
Too many times this was the case during our weed harvests.
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