Try reaming that pun through your head one more time, subby.

Did they sneak in from behind?

yarr, she blows!

The headline, I do not get it.

They oughta go in there with F-22s and like blow up all of the pirates so there will no longer be piracy just like that one time on the A-Team when BA built that cabbage cannon and the bad guys went back to their hideout all dejected and shiat and decided to stop shaking down an orphanage after the A-Team left.

Sounds about right.

A double play on words. Subby, ou hold those birds still, while I find a rock.

Nice one, sparta and arr.

Amused

/should have stayed in Greece

Arrrgh subby. Just arrrgh.

Oh, and Jaytkay? You are dumb and should feel sad about that.

Oh Shakazirameth, please give back the sweet sweet grapes.

Rapmaster2000: They oughta go in there with F-22s and like blow up all of the pirates so there will no longer be piracy just like that one time on the A-Team when BA built that cabbage cannon and the bad guys went back to their hideout all dejected and shiat and decided to stop shaking down an orphanage after the A-Team left.

Sounds about right.

yea but a F-22 aint no Cabbae Cannon.... so maybe next week?

Hot, like you.

It's time to allow anyone passing that area permission from the boat captain to shoot at any boats approaching that have an obvious intention of threat. Also allow Snipers to just target the gunners.. I'm sure the pirates would either turn around, or all end up with Davy Jones.

/cost of snipper Vs. Paying ransom.. hummmm. It's a rather cheap option.

ChicagoFarker: It's time to allow anyone passing that area permission from the boat captain to shoot at any boats approaching that have an obvious intention of threat. Also allow Snipers to just target the gunners.. I'm sure the pirates would either turn around, or all end up with Davy Jones.

/cost of snipper Vs. Paying ransom.. hummmm. It's a rather cheap option.

They don't even have to kill the pirates just shoot off a RPG in their direction

Has a plan for dealing for pirates who take hostages.

/hot
//okay, so he is Roman...

Double bladed pun is sharp.

/salute

ChicagoFarker: /cost of snipper Vs. Paying ransom.. hummmm. It's a rather cheap option.

you sure about that?

I get that if you look at it in terms of the ships hijacked, yea it would be a lot cheaper, but that gets in to the next issue....

Would it be cheaper to pay a $4 million random that your insurance covers... or pay a sniper on EVERY ship in the area, then insure those snipers, and develop a service that keeps the sniper on a friendly ship while the ship is in port(most ports frown on high powered rifles in ports.)

Not that I am not on board with shooting these guys(the Pirates), just that I think if you ran the numbers paying a multi million Dollar ransom is pretty easy for the boat owners, since they are insured for this kind of stuff.

CapitolG: ChicagoFarker: /cost of snipper Vs. Paying ransom.. hummmm. It's a rather cheap option.

you sure about that?

I get that if you look at it in terms of the ships hijacked, yea it would be a lot cheaper, but that gets in to the next issue....

Would it be cheaper to pay a $4 million random that your insurance covers... or pay a sniper on EVERY ship in the area, then insure those snipers, and develop a service that keeps the sniper on a friendly ship while the ship is in port(most ports frown on high powered rifles in ports.)

Not that I am not on board with shooting these guys(the Pirates), just that I think if you ran the numbers paying a multi million Dollar ransom is pretty easy for the boat owners, since they are insured for this kind of stuff.

And of course, since the owners don't really give a flying fark about their crews, it is an easy choice for them.

I still can't believe that the international community has done nothing to stem the tide of these continued and blatant acts of piracy. Have we even gotten to the "saber rattling" part yet? Or are we still not caring so much? And what happened to the british old couple? Did they saw their heads off yet?

/haven't heard anything about them.

sonofslacker: Nice one, sparta and arr.

it has layers



like a parfait.

Negotiations are in progress...

Is it supposed to be "spARRGHtan?"

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing the same way over and over and expecting different results.

So obviously all these shipping companies and the ship captains are insane to keep sending free money to the Somali coast.

I bet the prices on the goods being shipped through that area are kept artificially high due to the added cost of ransoming crew and ships.

Our government should tell the shipping companies that they navigate those waters at their own peril, tell them that we don't send the armed services to bail out morons.

Stop sending free money to Africans that are unable to establish a government that will not collapse from corruption in a few short years.

Or we could just ship an armed nuclear warhead with a remote detonator to them, as soon as they get the ship near the coast we detonate then celebrate.

Sometimes I would like to write a letter to all of us ten years ago to tell us all about the things that will happen. I believe it would go something like this:

Hey 1999, it's me, 2009, how's it going? I know it's been ages since we talked but the last ten years have been so busy that I just haven't had time to write. Anyway, I hope you're sitting down because you probably won't believe the shiat that's going to happen to you in the next few years!

First of all, that Y2K thing? Big disappointment. Nothing happens and the millenium ticks over without anything blowing up, at least until nearly two years later, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

First, a good news / bad news thing. In 2008, America's first black president took office and most people loved him. The bad news is that for eight years before this happens, you get to suffer under the George Bush junior and his administration.

Speaking of Bush, you may remember in 1991 with the first President Bush went after Saddam Hussein when he invaded Kuwait? Well, the second President Bush finally got rid of that Saddam guy and brought a whole steaming pile of freedom to Iraq. In fact, the US has been there since 2002 and it looks like we may never leave. Word to the wise, don't let anyone you love enlist in the armed forces, I'm just saying...

You're probably thinking that military service is the farthest thing from the minds of you and your friends and family -- after all, that dotcom thing is going REALLY well with the Dow getting up around 14,000 and that stock you have gaining mad points every day. Yeah, about that, you've got about a year left before it all goes south and you will start hearing something about what economists call "deflation." It sounds cool, but trust me, it isn't. That web development job you have right now that's paying six figures? It's going to be outsourced to some guy in India or the Philippines who will do the same work for about a dollar an hour. Oh yeah, the US dollar will drop to about seventy percent of what it's worth and with that, filling up your Saab 9-3 convertible is going to go from a buck-thirty to about four bucks a gallon. I know, it sounds crazy but I can't make this shiat up. Speaking of gas, that whole global warming thing that some crazy people were talking about back where you are? Well, it's sort of real, but maybe it isn't, and while Al Gore is going to get behind it in a big way, nobody will take him seriously since he wussed out big-time after "losing" the Presidential election to George Bush in November of 2000. I mean if you can't call a cheat a cheat, then how can anyone take you seriously when you tell people that the polar ice caps are melting? Anyway, it's all up in the air because no one wants to talk about it when they can go all wharrgarrbl on each other -- this is something you'll also learn about in a few years, don't worry about it for now.

So do you remember when you were a kid and went to Disneyland and got on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride? Well you'll be glad to hear that we've got not just one movie about it, but three and they all include Johnny Depp in his first role as a bad Keith Richards impersonator. A lot of people really get into the Pirates movies, but none more so than the East African nation of Somalia, but like most translated versions of American films, they get most of it wrong.

So in the good news column, the Internet is going to get MUCH faster. Soon you'll have 10 Megabits per second to your house which makes downloading porn so much easier. Apple Computer is going to release this thing called an iPod which is going to lead a lot of people to get run over while crossing the street and a guy named Dean Kamen is going to roll out the most amazing thing ever - the Segway, which will revolutionize how tools in khaki pants get around their gated compounds.

I hate to bring it up as I would hate to ruin the surprise, try and go visit the Word Trade Center in Manhattan before the fall of 2001, you'll be glad you did.

Anyway 1999, I've gone on long enough and should probably let you get back to whatever you were doing. Hang in there and try to keep your sense of humor for the next decade 'cause you're going to need it.

Hugs and kisses!

2009.

I'm surprised the Greeks would put up with shiat like this.

NEDM: CapitolG: ChicagoFarker: /cost of snipper Vs. Paying ransom.. hummmm. It's a rather cheap option.

you sure about that?

I get that if you look at it in terms of the ships hijacked, yea it would be a lot cheaper, but that gets in to the next issue....

Would it be cheaper to pay a $4 million random that your insurance covers... or pay a sniper on EVERY ship in the area, then insure those snipers, and develop a service that keeps the sniper on a friendly ship while the ship is in port(most ports frown on high powered rifles in ports.)

Not that I am not on board with shooting these guys(the Pirates), just that I think if you ran the numbers paying a multi million Dollar ransom is pretty easy for the boat owners, since they are insured for this kind of stuff.

And of course, since the owners don't really give a flying fark about their crews, it is an easy choice for them.
----
C.G.,
I'm for saving the crew.. Frack the boat being insured etc.. Insurance can't save the crews life! Rather save them from death, or bring them back to life, or buy a happy new husband or father for the family.

//Time to send in the un-dead pirates!!!

This is not a flame-war.. it's a flaming undead pirate...

que.guero: Sometimes I would like to write a letter to all of us ten years ago to tell us all about the things that will happen. I believe it would go something like this:

Hey 1999, it's me, 2009, how's it going? I know it's been ages since we talked but the last ten years have been so busy that I just haven't had time to write. Anyway, I hope you're sitting down because you probably won't believe the shiat that's going to happen to you in the next few years!

First of all, that Y2K thing? Big disappointment. Nothing happens and the millenium ticks over without anything blowing up, at least until nearly two years later, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

First, a good news / bad news thing. In 2008, America's first black president took office and most people loved him. The bad news is that for eight years before this happens, you get to suffer under the George Bush junior and his administration.

Speaking of Bush, you may remember in 1991 with the first President Bush went after Saddam Hussein when he invaded Kuwait? Well, the second President Bush finally got rid of that Saddam guy and brought a whole steaming pile of freedom to Iraq. In fact, the US has been there since 2002 and it looks like we may never leave. Word to the wise, don't let anyone you love enlist in the armed forces, I'm just saying...

You're probably thinking that military service is the farthest thing from the minds of you and your friends and family -- after all, that dotcom thing is going REALLY well with the Dow getting up around 14,000 and that stock you have gaining mad points every day. Yeah, about that, you've got about a year left before it all goes south and you will start hearing something about what economists call "deflation." It sounds cool, but trust me, it isn't. That web development job you have right now that's paying six figures? It's going to be outsourced to some guy in India or the Philippines who will do the same work for about a dollar an hour. Oh yeah, the US dollar will drop to about seventy percent of what it's worth and with that, filling up your Saab 9-3 convertible is going to go from a buck-thirty to about four bucks a gallon. I know, it sounds crazy but I can't make this shiat up. Speaking of gas, that whole global warming thing that some crazy people were talking about back where you are? Well, it's sort of real, but maybe it isn't, and while Al Gore is going to get behind it in a big way, nobody will take him seriously since he wussed out big-time after "losing" the Presidential election to George Bush in November of 2000. I mean if you can't call a cheat a cheat, then how can anyone take you seriously when you tell people that the polar ice caps are melting? Anyway, it's all up in the air because no one wants to talk about it when they can go all wharrgarrbl on each other -- this is something you'll also learn about in a few years, don't worry about it for now.

So do you remember when you were a kid and went to Disneyland and got on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride? Well you'll be glad to hear that we've got not just one movie about it, but three and they all include Johnny Depp in his first role as a bad Keith Richards impersonator. A lot of people really get into the Pirates movies, but none more so than the East African nation of Somalia, but like most translated versions of American films, they get most of it wrong.

So in the good news column, the Internet is going to get MUCH faster. Soon you'll have 10 Megabits per second to your house which makes downloading porn so much easier. Apple Computer is going to release this thing called an iPod which is going to lead a lot of people to get run over while crossing the street and a guy named Dean Kamen is going to roll out the most amazing thing ever - the Segway, which will revolutionize how tools in khaki pants get around their gated compounds.

I hate to bring it up as I would hate to ruin the surprise, try and go visit the Word Trade Center in Manhattan before the fall of 2001, you'll be glad you did.

Anyway 1999, I've gone on long enough and should probably let you get ...

Dude, you forgot about the hockey strike.

/don't worry, everyone else did, too.

By now everybody knows what goes on in those waters off the Somalia coast. I don't know why any ship would risk going through there without any sort of defense.

.50 caliber machine gun, you can take out the pirates in spectacular fashion from a half-mile away. And don't feel bad about killing them, nobody is going to miss a bunch of scumbag, thieving, Somali pirates. If we kill enough of them maybe they'll start getting the message that this shiat is not acceptable.

Nice double pun, subby.

I lol'd. Best headline of the week.

+4

CWIS is the answer. Don't even need to used deplted uranium rounds.

Big Bad Gun - Video
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OOOOPS.

Noob apologies.

For typo and bad link.

Epsilon: And don't feel bad about killing them, nobody is going to miss a bunch of scumbag, thieving, Somali pirates.

Nobody except Rush Limbaugh.

I'm drinking out of an ancient Greek wine glass so I'm really getting a kick...

This...is...SOMALIA!!!

IXI Jim IXI: This...is...SOMALIA!!!

Eh. Was done upthread.

Well we now know these pirates are idiots ... I mean honestly they've never heard how they separate the men from the boys in Greece?

que.guero: Sometimes I would like to write a letter to all of us ten years ago to tell us all about the things that will happen. I believe it would go something like this:

...


Anyway 1999, I've gone on long enough and should probably let you get ...

Fantastic. Well done!