Who wants to go to Venice? Heck ,we all do. It seems so romantic. If you've ever wondered why a Venetian gondola doesn't just go around in circles ,wonder no more. Have you ever rowed a boat standing up with one oar while singing some fake opera real loud ? People with you either make out or throw bread to carp or both.
The construction of the gondola is fascinating from a boat building standpoint. Most boats are painstakingly built symetrically with equal amounts of boat on either side of a centerline . Not so the gondola. Viewed from above it resembles, somewhat , a banana lying on it's side. The single oar rowing on one side is conteracted by the boats natural tendency to steer itself towards where the banana points. Who knew?
This is more funny peculiar than funny ha ha.
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