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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Thrawn on November 05, 2005, 02:03:58 PM
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Avast ye lubbers and deliver your jewels and gold, or we will give ye a broadside of RPG. Master gunner, give 'er burst of 50 cal across 'er bow!
"Pirates attack cruise ship off Somalia
Last Updated Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:58:08 EST
CBC News
Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns attacked a cruise ship off Somalia on Saturday, but the vessel managed to evade capture.
Six Canadians were on board the Seabourn Spirit, but none of them was hurt, Foreign Affairs said.
The pirates, driving two speedboats, fired their weapons as they chased the ship, said passenger Mike Rogers of Vancouver. Using a satellite phone, he called Vancouver radio station CKNW to report that he had been awakened by gun fire.
"The captain said through the intercom that we were being attacked," Rogers told later CBC Newsworld. "He said he didn't ring the alarm because he didn't want passengers going on deck and being shot."
The Spirit had 150 passengers and 160 crew members on board when pirates approached at 5:35 a.m. local time."
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/05/pirates-somalia051105.html
Pirates are evil...and this isn't totally cool...pirates are evil...and this isn't totally cool...
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Micronesia has always had a reputation for pirates, now its Africa?
Ah well, guess the farming thing was bust eh?
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I think it was the whole civilization thing that's gone bust...
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nonsense, the Somaliaians are peace loving natives that are supressed by the blue eyed devils.
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Gawd ya gotta Luv it!!! It's Huntin season.
Picture this... a Cruise ship, nothing but merc friends and babes. Hidden weapons of Pirate Destruction... Just floatin around, waitin...
Talkin about some eye brows being raised!!!
Duck Season!!!
Mac
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Originally posted by john9001
nonsense, the Somaliaians are peace loving natives that are supressed by the blue eyed devils.
Has anyone on this board ever said that?
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The captain on that ship is Norwegian. Harrr.. pirates vs viking :D
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HAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!
thar be treasure aboard cruise ships! dirty land lubbers!
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HaaaaaaaaaaaaR and roll the wheelchair bassturd off the Bow Plank....
We all remember this right?
Was it Terrorism then? What is this now?
Mac
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Technically, its not Piracy unless they are in international waters. If they were within 12 miles of the coast, it would legally be Thievery, not Piracy. Difference being, inside the 12 mile limit Somalian law would take precedence. In international waters, the laws of the country that owned the ship's registry would take precedence.
So Nilsen, what do Vikings do to Pirates?
Ooooo, bad mental picture there, never mind. ::shudders:: :eek:
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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
...So Nilsen, what do Vikings do to Pirates?
Ooooo, bad mental picture there, never mind. ::shudders:: :eek:
yeah, that dead parrot sitting up straight isnt a pretty picture
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LOL Monty Python's skit on "Dead Parrot" comes to mind.
The Pet Shoppe
A customer enters a pet shop.
Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.
(The owner does not respond.)
C: 'Ello, Miss?
Owner: What do you mean "miss"?
C: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!
O: We're closin' for lunch.
C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!
O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
C: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!
C: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up!
(shouting at the cage)
'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you show...(owner hits the cage)
O: There, he moved!
C: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!
O: I never!!
C: Yes, you did!
O: I never, never did anything...
C: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!!
Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call!
(Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)
C: Now that's what I call a dead parrot.
O: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!
C: STUNNED?!?
O: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major.
C: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.
O: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.
C: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
O: The Norwegian Blue prefers kippin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!
C: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there.
(pause)
O: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee!
C: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!
O: No no! 'E's pining!
C: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!
'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!
'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig!
'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
:aok
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Bah. Once a parrot, always a parrot. :)
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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Technically, its not Piracy unless they are in international waters. If they were within 12 miles of the coast, it would legally be Thievery, not Piracy. Difference being, inside the 12 mile limit Somalian law would take precedence. In international waters, the laws of the country that owned the ship's registry would take precedence.
So Nilsen, what do Vikings do to Pirates?
Ooooo, bad mental picture there, never mind. ::shudders:: :eek:
you wrote somalian law ???
it's dead years ago Jim ,like the somalian governement
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On my last deployment aboard USS LABOON, we patroled the "Horn of Africa" region....Piracy is rampant there..actually helped thwart an attack on a cargo ship.
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Originally posted by AWMac
Was it Terrorism then? What is this now?
Mac
hard to say.. but if you will find this article on BBC, there will be sign in the middle of article saying ... "NO TERRORIST" ..
:D
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They said on the news last night talking about this, there have been 12 pirate attacks off the coasts of Africa since March.
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They have now revealed that the cruiseship used a "Long Range Acoustic Device" or LRAD for short to defend against the pirates. The manuvering and that weapon combined was a success :)