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"That's what they thought of us": Dubliners soaked by massive wave from luxury liner

Thanks for nothing, fancy Italian boat.

LUXURY CRUISE LINER the Splendida was in Dublin the other day.

As it was the biggest ship ever to grace the city’s main port – there was quite a bit of hoopla surrounding her arrival.

And as she sailed out – of course, spectators made a point of heading down to the end of the North and South Bull Walls, to catch a glimpse of the 330 metre liner.

The southsiders – bless them – didn’t fare too well from the encounter…

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“Watch out – the wash,” someone shouted, as displaced water rushed in from the departing vessel, soaking everyone.

And when the waves subsided…

That’s what they thought of us – just f*cking wet them.

At least this woman thought it was funny:

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    Mute Missyb211
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    May 13th 2015, 7:10 PM

    lol. Just after the kid shouts “you’re all gonna drown” the wave comes in and drowns them. lol. At least they had a good laugh about it.

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    Mute ryan humpage
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    May 13th 2015, 8:37 PM

    Bye, we’re all gonna drown….

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    Mute mary carey
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    May 13th 2015, 7:06 PM

    Good enough for them for the young little twerp shouting ‘yere all gonna drown’….

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    Mute Paddy Murray
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    May 13th 2015, 7:22 PM

    They should have listened in school: Archimedes’ principle indicates that the upward buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or partially submerged, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. Archimedes’ principle is a law of physics fundamental to fluid mechanics.

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    Mute Elma Phudd
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    May 13th 2015, 7:31 PM

    Archimedes principle would mean more if the ship was being launched. This ship was already in the water.

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    Mute little jim
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    May 13th 2015, 8:06 PM

    Displacement Paddy, keeps tons of metal floating on water.
    Like magic.

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    Mute Paul Raven
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    May 14th 2015, 7:23 AM

    Reddit is so 2014

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    Mute Peter O'Reilly
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    May 13th 2015, 9:03 PM

    It’s funny because it happened to someone else, the perils of rubbernecking

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    Mute Tony Murphy
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    May 13th 2015, 8:50 PM

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

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    May 13th 2015, 7:27 PM

    Darwin awards for all of them.

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    Mute Reg
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    May 13th 2015, 7:08 PM

    Landlubbers!

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    Mute Christine Downey
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    May 13th 2015, 8:50 PM

    This is why big liners like these should be kept out of Venice!

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    Mute Jimmy Murphy
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    May 13th 2015, 10:12 PM

    Grew up beside water so always knew of backwash from large boats passing by.

    Had I been there, I might have made them aware of it.

    But I’m glad I wasn’t cos this clip is really funny!

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    Mute jenni
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    May 13th 2015, 8:14 PM

    Irony… Such a brilliant word

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    May 13th 2015, 7:22 PM

    Wow…beautiful ship, love this white colour!

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    Mute Hermes
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    May 13th 2015, 7:05 PM

    It reminds me of the old prophecies about Ireland being wiped out in one great flood -
    The southsiders you say …
    Which side of Dublin Did denis O’Brien have his house he didn’t live in while he wasn’t paying tax ?

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    Mute Tom Harpur
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    May 14th 2015, 12:29 AM

    A bottle of cheap Tesco Shampoo a big cruise liner displaced water = a annual wash for lots of Dubs.

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    Mute Anna Fierce
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    May 13th 2015, 7:43 PM

    Where’s their bill from Irish Water?

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    May 13th 2015, 8:50 PM

    Yawn….

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    Mute Brian MacCarthaigh
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    May 13th 2015, 9:10 PM

    Did you really have to say that

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    Mute Hermes
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    May 13th 2015, 11:16 PM

    Love it !

    next on Mario Draghi’s list of fuking Ireland – a Tide Tax ..
    “Of course Mario whatever you say Mario – don’t let them see the pictures of me and what I do behind closed doors in Europe – you’re an awful yoke to have cameras set up !”

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    Mute Maria Hickey-Fagan
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    May 14th 2015, 4:11 PM

    Delighted. Doddy’s Little Smort Orse got a soaking. Serves him right!

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    Mute Sharon McDaid
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    May 13th 2015, 10:09 PM

    Clearly not that many Southsiders understand boats – they’d have known the wash was that big, they’d have brought their surfboards!

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    Mute Helen O'neill-clayton
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    May 13th 2015, 8:04 PM

    Tee hee hee!

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