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Running the Relation-Ship Aground

Most men have an opinion on the relative quality of women drivers--we're staying out of this one, as we don't own a car--but Englishwoman Hannah Gutteridge is doing very little to improve the image of the female driver. She crashed and sunk her boyfriend's brand-new, $500,000 yacht into rocks off the coast of Dorset, England yesterday while her boyfriend was giving her a sailing lesson.

The boat capsized and the happy couple clung to those same rocks while they waited to be picked up by the English equivalent of the Coast Guard. One would hope that the rescuers brought along a couples counselor with them.

According to Hannah, her boyfriend (a stockbroker/Porsche driver/empty suit type) didn't  mind all that much about the wrecked boat. "He wasn't angry with me," she said. "He's not that kind of guy." From our experience, Stockbrokers who buy yachts and drive Porsches aren't materialistic at all, so she's a lucky woman. Next time, Hannah, maybe convince him to buy a speedboat? And whatever you do, don't take any flying lessons.

[Image via michaeeel/Flickr]

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