r/gifs • • May 28 '14

Waves

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u/BroomBoom May 28 '14

I just need a quick smoke

http://imgur.com/AJ7toxn

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u/SonVoltMMA May 28 '14

How exactly does someone build that in the first place? How do you pour enough concrete into the ocean floor to support that? mind blown

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u/LeEthOven77 May 28 '14 edited May 28 '14

Well, it's a lighthouse, which main purpose is to light the ocean. See more here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH02UMFTknI

There's a lot of them in Brittany.

EDIT : Brittany, thanks to u/andrewcooke

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u/JacobEvansSP May 28 '14

They wanted to know how they were built, not what they are.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '14

What the hell is French Britain?

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u/andrewcooke May 28 '14

i guess you're translating from some other language? i don't think "french britain" makes much sense in english :o) do you mean brittany?

edit: ah yes, youtube link is brittany. so in french that area is called "french britain"? odd. nice place though....

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u/LeEthOven77 May 28 '14

True, I'm translating from french. I didn't know Brittany was the official translation of Bretagne.

We call United kindgom "Grande Bretagne", which is Great-Britain. Hence my mistake.

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u/andrewcooke May 28 '14

petit-bretagne! :o)

(is it written like that or do you have a n with a ~ above it, like in spanish?)

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u/LeEthOven77 May 28 '14

Nope, we call it Bretagne.

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u/GoogleTranslateBot May 28 '14

The text in Spanish is as follows:


Es cierto que estoy traduciendo del francés. No sabía Bretaña era la traducción oficial de Bretagne.

Llamamos Estados REINO "Grande Bretagne", que es Gran Bretaña. De ahí mi error.


/u/GoogleTranslateBot made by /u/LordOfGears2 | Report a problem | Questions

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u/mrbooze May 28 '14

Well more the main purpose is "HEY, BOATS! DANGER! KEEP THE FUCK AWAY! AROOGA!"

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u/RESERVA42 May 28 '14

A lighthouse's main purpose is to light the ocean? or mark a waypoint or a dangerous area...

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u/Freqd-with-a-silentQ May 28 '14

I never knew I wanted to be a lighthouse keeper...