News Article: Mondern day pirates (with pictures)[views:4438][posts:17]_____________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 9:09am - the_reverend ""] http://www.cruiselineforums.com/forum/gene...s-attack-cruise-ship-with-pics.html |
| __________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 9:11am - dftg nli ""] I want to be a pirate. did you know that? |
| _________________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 9:13am - largefreakatzero ""] These pirates would be cooler if: 1. They had better boats. 2. They had parrots and/or monkeys. 3. They weren't Somalians. |
| _________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 9:59am - litacore ""] [img] I heard about this. I can see that 'pirate' on the left has an RPG but what the fuck is that other guy holding? a spear??? ARRRRRRRRRRRRR! yo-ho-ho and a vial of crack *PC head implodes* |
| ______________________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 10:00am - Chris_From_Shit_Fuck ""] largefreakatzero said:These pirates would be cooler if: 1. They had better boats. 2. They had parrots and/or monkeys. 3. They weren't Somalians. I'd also like to see a peg leg, eye patch, or sword in there somewhere too to be official pirates. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 10:05am - the_reverend ""] looks like they used sonic the hedgehog against them http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/07...somalia.pirates.sonic.ap/index.html |
| __________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 10:34am - succubus ""] couple things looking at the pics..i want to gun down the one grinning first other thing...aaron...did you see how someone on the boat took a couple of blurry pics and AP bought 'em since in the cnn article 2 pics are used and have the ap copyright and even state taken by ___ who was aboard ship |
| ________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 10:48am - Beakey ""] I can't believe this cruise does not employ armed mercenaries to protect the guests from situations like this. Or do they? I'm ill-informed. |
| __________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 11:29am - litacore ""] there are modern-day pirates all over the earth, Somalian coast and Indonesia are the bigggest danger spots, which is a pissah because they're heavily used commercial routes The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime by William Langewiesche has essays about this pirate stuff if anyone wants to check it out at the library-- |
| ________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 11:33am - Beakey ""] Whoa... I think this board was ready for all that knowledge to be dropped on us. Next time, give it to us in small portions so that our metal head brains can take the time needed to absorb it. |
| __________________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 11:38am - davefromthegrave ""] litacore said:[IMG]I heard about this. I can see that 'pirate' on the left has an RPG but what the fuck is that other guy holding? a spear??? ARRRRRRRRRRRRR! yo-ho-ho and a vial of crack *PC head implodes* hahaha nigga stole my boat |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 11:39am - the_reverend ""] ahahahahaha |
| __________________________________ [Nov 8,2005 12:52pm - litacore ""] Beakey said:Whoa... I think this board was ready for all that knowledge to be dropped on us. Next time, give it to us in small portions so that our metal head brains can take the time needed to absorb it. if you don't behave, damnose and I will be posting footnotes and appendices |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 9,2005 4:07pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Dwight: We're still missing the teenage love puppy and Steve the Pirate. Owen: Who's Steve the Pirate? Dwight: The only guy on our team that dresses like a pirate! Owen: There's a guy on our team dressed like a pirate? |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 10,2005 11:51am - litacore ""] ok, I was challenged last night I have to verily EXORCISE this racist quip from my psyche *ahem* *sprays breath freshener* Why didn't the pirates attack at night? |
| ________________________________ [Nov 10,2005 11:54am - timma ""] largefreakatzero said:These pirates would be cooler if: 1. They had better boats. 2. They had parrots and/or monkeys. 3. They weren't Somalians. don't forget wenches, pirate boat wenches are key. |
| __________________________________ [Nov 10,2005 4:52pm - litacore ""] sometimes other pirates are the wenches ya know, those long spells at sea can lower your standards sometimes |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 10,2005 5:00pm - MyDeadDoll ""] yeah, but let's stick to the fantasy of real wenches |