O/T Rescue attempt on BBC News channel.

[Moose]

1 up every hour, I should go to bed... but... looks like it is about to start.
God help them.

[shrimper]

You had me worried for a moment - I thought the American special forces had been sent in to get them out!

[shrimpnsave]

You had me worried for a moment - I thought the American special forces had been sent in to get them out!

that was uncalled for

[Philja]

Great now we've got some sort of massive hole in the ceiling. That is the LAST thing we need..

http://twitter.com/chilean_miner

[Keith]

God help them.

But it was God who put them there. If he'd wanted to help them surely he'd have dug the hole himself? (But I agree with the sentiment).

Do you think when it gets to the last three they will be fighting to be the last one down? He'll be the one to be played by Bruce Willis in a couple of years time.

[RedRedWine1]

Apparently the last one out will be the foreman who has managed to maintain the morale of his men and was able to ration food supplies. Incidentally I've noticed he is also the largest gent down there. Role to be portrayed by Ricky Gervais in the style of David Brent!

[George Dawes]

and when the last man gets out the rescue tunnel starts to cave in to music in slow motion

[outsider]

The Elevator musak is excellent. We've all missed Justin Beiber a LOT

[mrpotatohead]

roy hodgson needs to speak to these miners, as he also needs digging out of a deep hole

[durhamshrimp]

You had me worried for a moment - I thought the American special forces had been sent in to get them out!

The American's are supposedly trying to rescue Liverpool FC, Gerrard and Torres best dig out some flak jackets and hit the floor.

[durhamshrimp]

I've not seen this many miners come out of the ground since the police raided Fred West's house.

[bill ding]

I've not seen this many miners come out of the ground since the police raided Fred West's house.

But all joking aside its been a fantastic feat of modern engineering, and compulsive viewing . a few years ago those miners would have perished. Well chuffed.

[Heysham_Shrimp]

Britain could have sent Arthur Scargill over to Chile.

He would have had the miners out in no time

[Curly]

Great now we've got some sort of massive hole in the ceiling. That is the LAST thing we need..

http://twitter.com/chilean_miner

I'll bet one of them wishes he was stuck back down the mine!

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/dirty-joke ... ga-3758834

However, Salinas said she is determined to keep her husband's love.

"Barrios is my husband. He loves me and I am his devoted wife. This woman has no legitimacy," she said.

Yeah love, if theres any money coming from a movie deal, she can just jump down a mine shaft.

[shrimper]

Yeah love, if theres any money coming from a movie deal, she can just jump down a mine shaft.

Was that the German version of the 1970s cop show with Richard Roundtree and the funky theme tune?