I thought the King needed boats.

/Wait... that was Elvis.

Good God, man! You can't be serious!

alexanderplatz: Good God, man! You can't be serious!

I am serious. And don't call me God.

BKITU: I am serious. And don't call me God.

Has this officially become an Airplane! thread? Because if so, I picked the wrong weekend to quit sniffing glue.

I wasn't aware there was a "lookout" position available on RN helos...they must have more personnel and money than I thought.

Blimey! So thats the sticky wicket?

William, plant those charges on the side of the ship!

William, plant those charges on the side of the ship!

Drugrunners on the second floor, behind those crates!

William, plant those charges on the side of the ship!

Harry, find some bloody cover!

The rain in spain falls mainly on the plane/\.

In bizzaro Caribbean, smugglers throw their goods overboard when they've been pegged.... that and people don't have to shoot the engines out of non-drug boats in order to get them to stop when being chased by destroyers and helicopters.

If they didn't want the boat to sink, why did they put it on water?

So that whole war on drugs thing IS working out...

No drugs were found on board, but the boat was sunk by authority of the US coast guard anyway.

Coast Guard: "Well, nobody goes through life completely innocent. You must be guilty of SOMETHING, so we're sinking your boat."

Well they'd have to smuggle drugs in order to afford the tuition. Am I right?

If they didn't want their boat sunk, they shoulda stopped when directed to. Seven or eight times. If you don't understand the concept of "warning shots" being fired at you:

loabn: Well they'd have to smuggle drugs in order to afford the tuition. Am I right?

Win

/My parents live in central Ohio, and I'm friends with a number of the little uptown brats here in NYC, so I'm getting a kick out of the headline.

OlafTheBent: I thought the King needed boats.

/Wait... that was Elvis.

Anti-Elvis got no Elvis in 'em,
lemme tell ya.

Isn't 100+ miles at sea international waters?

The "iron duke"?

jjorsett: Isn't 100+ miles at sea international waters?

When's the last time a drug law enforcement agency followed any laws whatsoever? They play the "but it's for YOUR safety!" card twice as much as the anti-terror nutballs.

/There's two ways to sate your coke habit: be a dealer, or be a DEAler.

jjorsett: Isn't 100+ miles at sea international waters?

200+ is

also lookup Hostis humani generis for a reason to shoot unarmed people in international waters.

They sunk the boat anyway.

They found traces of drugs on the men. I'm sure that they dumped the drugs before they could be caught.

He did not take part in the firing, but played "a sort of lookout role," the spokesman said on condition of anonymously in line with military policy.

"On condition of anonymously"?

Bit'O'Gristle: They sunk the boat anyway.

They found traces of drugs on the men. I'm sure that they dumped the drugs before they could be caught.

This could be verified with sonar, or one of those "fish finders". If the fish in the area are practically hydroplaning, I'd say somebody Boston Tea Partied the cocaine.

Still, good on him (I guess).

someone enlighten me why this gets the 'dumbass' tag? is it possibly because submitter is one of those "legalize drugs, they never hurt anyone" types?

What are Prince William and the British navy doing in South Carolina?

I can't say that I'm the greatest fan of the British monarchy. These stories setting up this overprivileged dumbfark as some kind of warrior prince make we want to vomit.

If he goes John Rambo on Croydon... then let's talk.

hamachan: What are Prince William and the British navy doing in South Carolina?

Invading.

Danger Avoid Death: hamachan: What are Prince William and the British navy doing in South Carolina?

Invading.

A drug raid is invading? Well, I guess it is. But according to subby, they're going after people from Columbia. Why do they hate that city so much?

/never been to Columbia, SC

hamachan: Danger Avoid Death: hamachan: What are Prince William and the British navy doing in South Carolina?

Invading.

A drug raid is invading?

Sorry. I thought Prince William and The British Navy was a band. Kind of like Paul Revere and The Raiders. Damned British musicians are always invading America.

Colombians.

¡Gringo estupido!

What about the nurses?

gatetree: What about the nurses?

They're smokin'. A fine job in that other thread, old chap.

From the old news department...The English were and still are oppressive effeminate douchbags and traditionally Americans killed them with the help of the French in the name of liberty.

hamachan: What are Prince William and the British navy doing in South Carolina?

The same thing the US military is doing in Japan, Germany, Italy, Belgium, The UK, Spain, and a host of other countries that we're currently not in a war with.

Danger Avoid Death:Sorry. I thought Prince William and The British Navy was a band. Kind of like Paul Revere and The Raiders. Damned British musicians are always invading America.

Win.

COLOMBIANS, NOT COLUMBIANS

Bit'O'Gristle: They sunk the boat anyway.

They found traces of drugs on the men. I'm sure that they dumped the drugs before they could be caught.

Or the boat was either on the way to pick up drugs, or returning having dropped them off.

Prince William? That name sounds like royalty. Are you royalty Prince William?

wait, is he the cute one, or the funny looking one?
curious in florida...

Prince William? Sounds like a good name for a pipe tobacco.

Submitter - You are Dick van Dyke and I claim my five pounds.

Kyoowashugi: I wasn't aware there was a "lookout" position available on RN helos...they must have more personnel and money than I thought.

Rear seat observer.

xen0blue: someone enlighten me why this gets the 'dumbass' tag? is it possibly because submitter is one of those "legalize drugs, they never hurt anyone" types?

Dumbass tag is for a submitter that still hasn't figured out the difference between Colombians and Columbians, despite the fact that we go through this every single freakin' time there's a story involving Colombia/Colombians. Moran.

Bloody hell, ese?

If the USA legalized marijuana and taxed the hell out of it, you would have better dope and no national debt.

jjorsett: Isn't 100+ miles at sea international waters?

Theoretically. . . yes.

However, the US Coast Guard can stop any vessel with US registry anywhere in the world, and in the interests of stopping "piracy", "smugglers" and "drugs" the US government has arranged for permission from the governments of most countries in the world for the USCG to stop their ships anywhere in the world.

Even if you're in international waters you can be legally stopped if the ship that's stopping you has the permission of the government that your ship is registered out of, and the US has gone to great lengths to get permission for their patrol and warships to do just that for a pretty long list of countries.

Columbia, SC?
CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System)?
Columbia University?

Which Columbia, oh subby who knows his geography?

Look out, Wales. Do try to stay out of everyones way.

PartTimeBuddha: I can't say that I'm the greatest fan of the British monarchy. These stories setting up this overprivileged dumbfark as some kind of warrior prince make we want to vomit.

If he goes John Rambo on Croydon... then let's talk.

These days you have to do everything yourself. I'll meet you down in Croydon, then, onto Oldham.

I take it some of this thread would have read better if I had previously been aware that there is a place in the US called Columbia?

hamachan: What are Prince William and the British navy doing in South Carolina?


I say, keeping the bloody colonials in line, that's what!