Pssttt.... Hay Buddy, want a boat ride???

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So much for reflections like these.

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the1wags wrote:So much for reflections like these.
Besides the reflections, what do they mean views you can not see from the shore, that lake is some 20 feet wide in most parts?
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KAREN SLOANWORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote: Image
A custom-built swan boat begins regularly scheduled daily rides Friday in the Gene Leahy Mall, where the boat debuted earlier this month during Taste of Omaha.
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Hmmm...the swan boat is definitely in Heartland of America Park in that photo, but the article is talking about the Gene Leahy Mall, and loading near the slides...Hmmmm???
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StreetsOfOmaha wrote:Hmmm...the swan boat is definitely in Heartland of America Park in that photo, but the article is talking about the Gene Leahy Mall, and loading near the slides...Hmmmm???
It will be in the GLM, however it was in Heartland of America Park during the taste of Omaha
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I'm gonna go on record and say that I think that boat looks stupid. Just thought I'd share that.
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Yep those are going to ruin quite a few pictures. I'm not fond of the actual swan look.
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I'm cool with the real swans, but a swan looking boat? Besides it being hokey, imagine you are relaxing in a pool when a 70 foot tall man comes floating by. You'd probably freak out a bit. I suspect the swans will think the same. I'd laugh hard if the swans attacked it. :lol:
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If you are on that thing while over the age of 8 and it costs more than 25 cents...

you might be a redneck
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The pictures! Won't someone please think of the pictures!
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TitosBuritoBarn wrote:The pictures! Won't someone please think of the pictures!
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Stable genius.
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maybe a regular gondola of some sort...but not the swan. For some reason, that boat reminds me of the movie "one crazy summer" with john cusack and bobcat goldthwait. I don't know why, but it does.

And i agree with wags: it looks |expletive| stupid. Omaha's new ad campaign will shift from "The big O!" to "Don't worry, it's not a real swan"
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Sure hope those chairs double as floating devices! :;):
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I totally saw this thing in GLM last night. We were walking from the OM down to meet up with some friends at gay pride. We were a little drunk and it sort of freaked some of us out. "OG MY HOD THAT SWAN IS HUUUUUGE!"
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I will go on record to say I would not be caught dead in that boat. It looks like it was meant to be a joke. Maybe something those guys from Jackas s would have built to screw with people...

No offense, DTO, but it is a pretty gay concept as a whole
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None taken. I haven't seen it yet in person.
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