# Headon Collision in the Great Lakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269 "2020-07-14T01:52:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269/21 "2020-07-14T23:27:26Z")
This could have been avoided if only it were at night. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269/22 "2020-07-15T00:37:12Z")
I keep reading this as “Hadron Collision in the Great Lakes” and wondering where they got the money to build one there. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269/23 "2020-07-15T02:44:13Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > “The pilots of both vessels were reportedly in contact with each other prior to the collision.” They were also in contact during the collision and after the collision for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269/24 "2020-07-15T04:07:21Z")
“I bet he’s gonna swerve first.” ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269/25 "2020-07-15T11:36:01Z")
_The legend lives on…_ ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269/26 "2020-07-15T13:01:59Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I keep reading this as “Hadron Collision in the Great Lakes” and wondering where they got the money to build one there. I briefly read what you wrote there as “Hardon Collision in the Great Lakes.” Maybe not such a bad description: afterall, both of those ships were long, hard, and full of seamen. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269/27 "2020-07-15T22:12:09Z")
Lakemen. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269/28 "2020-07-16T01:15:06Z")
> **[Risk](https://despair.com/collections/retired/products/risk)** > > Anyone can steer the ship when the seas are calm, but WRECKING a ship when the seas are calm?  For that, you need a dumbass. [Despair.com](https://despair.com/) Demotivators Highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269/29 "2020-07-17T02:43:24Z")
Reminds me of my favorite Maakies cartoon. (I’ll never be able to find it) The punchline: “Oh, I get it! This means you can resume the Drinking! Hench the Joy! Ha ha!” I use that last line a lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headon-collision-in-the-great-lakes/915269.md?page=1)