# What are these lines in sea off Normandy coast?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lines-in-sea-off-normandy-coast/988033 "2023-08-04T02:01:10Z")\
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**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:** [August 5, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lines-in-sea-off-normandy-coast/988033/21 "2023-08-05T13:11:49Z")

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Why would the oysters need a convenience store?

ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵃᶜᵗᵘᵃˡˡʸ ⁿᵉᵉᵈ ᵃⁿˢʷᵉʳ ⁻ ᶠᵃˢᵗ

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lines-in-sea-off-normandy-coast/988033/22 "2023-08-05T15:42:28Z")

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Maybe the only convenience at the store are fresh oysters…

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**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lines-in-sea-off-normandy-coast/988033/23 "2023-08-05T16:42:59Z")

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The oyster and battery vendors formed a joint venture. He sells C-cells, she sells sea-shells.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lines-in-sea-off-normandy-coast/988033/24 "2023-08-05T19:24:20Z")

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> **[Are The Seashells She's Selling, Even Legal?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmspMXkEhSM%2F)**
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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lines-in-sea-off-normandy-coast/988033/25 "2023-08-07T19:10:29Z")

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> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#):
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> [here’s the location of the remains of the temporary Mulberry B harbor](https://www.google.com/maps/place/49%C2%B020'43.0%22N+0%C2%B034'18.0%22W/@49.3502752,-0.6239564,3056m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d49.345278!4d-0.571667?hl=en&entry=ttu)

Wow. There’s a lot more left than I expected there would be.

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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lines-in-sea-off-normandy-coast/988033/26 "2023-08-07T19:14:05Z")

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I think you just found Atlantis. 😳

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lines-in-sea-off-normandy-coast/988033/27 "2023-08-07T19:32:39Z")

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> [@hibernicus](#):
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> The oyster and battery vendors formed a joint venture. He sells C-cells, she sells sea-shells.

It’s not battery vendors, but Unix programers. Those are C shells.

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