Nothing has quite captured Milwaukee’s attention and encapsulated the city’s quirkiness like Deep Thought, the abandoned boat stranded along Lake Michigan for nearly seven months before it was removed May 6.
Deep Thought provided countless memes, led to a bobblehead design and even inspired original song lyrics à la Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
Whether you’ll miss the bizarre, temporary landmark or feel relieved to see a graffitied eyesore gone, there’s no denying Deep Thought brought the city together.
Here’s a roundup of the best social media reactions to the boat’s removal:
It’s in boat heaven now
Perfect way to go, over the Hoan, into the sky pic.twitter.com/snqzR5tP6R
pic.twitter.com/wNEH7uwlkt
don’t be sad because it’s over; be happy because it happened pic.twitter.com/S0tT4ZBtoF
The Sea of Ice, by Caspar David Friedrich, 1823-24
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If we all still believed in omens I think this would be the last sign that the boat should stay in Milwaukee lol pic.twitter.com/9cY8ptHZFe
Just spent 20 minutes trying to explain the Milwaukee Boat to my dad over the phone
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Deep Thought’s last day in Milwaukee brings tributes about the abandoned boat
Reporting by Hope Karnopp, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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