# Tip a canoe (and Sauron, too!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-a-canoe-and-sauron-too/446558 "2008-04-23T16:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-a-canoe-and-sauron-too/446558/21 "2008-04-24T20:07:30Z")
[QUOTE=Sauron] **ivylass** : Yep, \*\*lieu \*\* told that story … it’s here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252042&highlight=canoe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252042&highlight=canoe) [/QUOTE] How sad is it that I remember a tale from **2004**! I hang out here waaaaay too much… ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-a-canoe-and-sauron-too/446558/22 "2008-04-24T21:27:05Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] How sad is it that I remember a tale from **2004**! I hang out here waaaaay too much… [/QUOTE] Well, I knew exactly what you were talking about, so put me in the same category. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-a-canoe-and-sauron-too/446558/23 "2008-04-25T01:01:02Z")
In a canoe, there _is_ no shortest distance between two points. Thanks for the story. Almost makes me want to rent a canoe and take a trip down the St. Croix River. Almost. That freaking water is _cold_ this time of year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-a-canoe-and-sauron-too/446558.md?page=1)