Thank you Falco, for that tribute to Taco.

I lost a ton of money on that Sugar Bowl disaster of his. What a bloody shambles that was. You could smell the stink all the way back in bloody Wales.

It was nice of the article to explain "cazzo". A direct translation would've been awkward.

Junge Roemer!

Some have even played on the Jesus Christ-Judas Iscariot comparison, one a savior, the other a traitor.

It's nice to hear Italy has stupid people too.

I was always more partial to "Vienna Calling"...

Do you what other Australian was popular in Italy??

/"Jeanie"

Ive been listening to the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R R Martin, and everytime it says "on the dais" i think of that damn song... And i am forced to sing "On the dais, on the dais! On the dais!".... Shoot me.now...

cgraves67: It was nice of the article to explain "cazzo". A direct translation would've been awkward.


I was amused by that too, though I think a literal translation like, "Go on board, cock!" would have worked in English pretty well also.

I was reading the transcripts of their radio exchanges last night... and... wow... Yeah, that ship's captain is proper farked, and it looks like rightly so. But the Falco guy ripping him a new one was kinda awesome.

Sounds like a disco I used to frequent in Berlin. I did lines with Falco in the mens room. Greedy, greedy Falco.

Subby, you dick, get the [HERO] tag back on that headline! You my have saved yourself from the intertubes, but I will make you look bad!

Captain Oates: I lost a ton of money on that Sugar Bowl disaster of his. What a bloody shambles that was. You could smell the stink all the way back in bloody Wales.

He read blitz.

cgraves67: It was nice of the article to explain "cazzo". A direct translation would've been awkward.

For a heavy metal band rap's a different way
but we like to be different, not cliche'
Well they say rap and metal can never mix
All of them can suck our
sexual organ located in the lower abdominal area
You man, it's cazzo!

BurnShrike: Some have even played on the Jesus Christ-Judas Iscariot comparison, one a savior, the other a traitor.

It's nice to hear Italy has stupid people too.

Think of it more like the Italian people having the same affection for Biblical characters as Americans have for sitcom characters. One must admit Schettino handled that whole situation in a very George Costanza-ish way, and also demonstrates why no one ever put George in charge of anything important in the show.

BOO BOO BOO BUEAAAH-BUH

I can't understand why the Italians are so upset at Captain Coward. Running away has been a proud part of their heritage for centuries.

Rapmaster2000: Thank you Falco, for that tribute to Taco.

You're welcome.

earthworm2.0: Ive been listening to the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R R Martin, and everytime it says "on the dais" i think of that damn song... And i am forced to sing "On the dais, on the dais! On the dais!".... Shoot me.now...

ROCK ME ON THE DIAS!

F42: Subby, you dick, get the [HERO] tag back on that headline! You my have saved yourself from the intertubes, but I will make you look bad!

And an internet meme is born.....

Thought it might be Albert Falco-----the chief diver on Cousteau's calypso.
Remember how he and Philippe would always check things out first?

musicmanboston: earthworm2.0: Ive been listening to the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R R Martin, and everytime it says "on the dais" i think of that damn song... And i am forced to sing "On the dais, on the dais! On the dais!".... Shoot me.now...

ROCK ME ON THE DIAS!

Lol i hate you a little inside...

potatoes and tomatoes
and potatoes and tomatoes and potatoes
and tomatoes and potatoes and tomatoes
and potatoes and tomatoes

YA COMON ROCK MEYOMMA DAYUS

mongbiohazard: I was reading the transcripts of their radio exchanges last night... and... wow... Yeah, that ship's captain is proper farked, and it looks like rightly so. But the Falco guy ripping him a new one was kinda awesome.

As an example of an epic verbal slap down, I'm thinking this exchange will be around a long time. If they make a disaster movie about this accident, they can pretty much take use the transcript verbatim.

DeFalco be gettin' fantail, you bet. Me hopes e'll be riggin' up a good cutter with a tight ketch! Arrrrr

Bondith: I can't understand why the Italians are so upset at Captain Coward. Running away has been a proud part of their heritage for centuries.

I thought beating people up and taking their stuff was a proud part of Italian Heritage (You know, what with Ancient Rome and the Mafia and all that.)

yourmomlovestetris
I thought beating people up and taking their stuff was a proud part of Italian Heritage (You know, what with Ancient Rome and the Mafia and all that.)

Ancient Rome was a couple of millennia ago. They haven't been all that good at taking peoples' stuff since then, and the Mafia tend to prey on people who aren't that good at shooting back.

Q: How do you repel an Italian attack?
A: Return fire.

What's the difference between toast and Italians?
You can make soldiers out of toast.

What do you do when the Italian infantry is throwing grenades at you?

Pull the pins out and throw them back.

"I would have liked to have seen Montana."

Sin_City_Superhero: [www.mtv.com image 600x500]

I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style...Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.

Thank you, this took too long.

Magorn: I'm also told that at the USMMA during a summer function he tried to organize the cadets to rescue pleasure boaters on the Long Island sound who'd gotten caught in a "micro-squall" that capsized dozens of small sailing boats. The Commandant of the academy fobade it as he felt the conditions might be too dangerous for the cadets. So without hesitation, he grabbed one of the academies' launches and ordered his 12-year old daughter and 10-year old son (my dad) into the boat (both could sail and swim before they could walk) and started to cast off. When the commandant demanded to know exactly what he thought was doing granddad reportedly replied "exercising captain's privilege and going pleasure boating with my family, sir" and proceeded to head out on the rescue mission.

This apparently shamed the senior officer into letting the cadets help too (though the grudge he carried from the incident would cost granddad dearly years later)


I mean this in the literal, non-sarcastic sense: That was a cool story. Bro.
Too bad it sounds like it came back to haunt him. Grudges from bruising someone's pride are a pet peeve of mine.

/flattered

Why was the Italian artillery so ineffective in WWII? They kept ordering ziti instead of shells.

But what about Dr. Zaius?

Schettino might as well buy himself a gun and blow his brains out right now--forever more he will be known throughout the world as the coward who ran away from his ship. The Greek captain who deserted his ship off South Africa in the early 90's has never lived that down, and this is way worse--Schettino just altogether bailed, at least the Greek captain came back in a helicopter and oversaw the rescue operation--and nobody died.

I could easily see this scenario playing itself out in the waters around the USA. Falco was a coast guard guy, an active duty military sailor to whom this was just another crisis. Schettino was a cruise line captain, whose main worries are not nautical, they are public relations based. A lot of the American based cruise line captains are crackerjack sailors with military naval backgrounds or decades of ocean going experience---but there are more than a few of them who are complete dickheads, who choose their crew by how well they can kiss his ass and whose main concern is getting celebrities or hot chicks to sit at his table at supper every evening. Which brings me to another point, which will not come out until the inquiry: just what were the rest of the crew doing? Because the main function of a captain is to ready his crew for emergencies, and since this guy was so slack in a crisis, one would have to figure his crew was slack as well.

That indeed was a fine tale about your granddaddy, Maghorn. You should be right proud of him. But reading that after reading your outraged writings on corruption, especially judicial corruption, over the years makes me think that you didn't fall too far from that particular family tree.

Interesting to see that the modern problems with the bureaucrats versus the mariners has been going on for a while. We have a lot of it locally with our illustrious Florida marine patrol, whose corruption and cowardice is well known to anyone who has ever worked sea-tow or for the Coast Guard. Those bastards are a disaster in waiting. They'll let some people die and not cover their ass well enough and will be found out one day soon, mark my words.

John Malkovich could play him in the movie.

Magorn, not Maghorn. My apologies.

It actually makes me feel good to read about someone who screwed up even worse than I did.

varmitydog: The Greek captain who deserted his ship off South Africa in the early 90's has never lived that down

The Greek captain who deserted the Oceanos off of South Africa in 1991 is currently employed as a ferry captain in Greece. Look it up...

varmitydog: Schettino might as well buy himself a gun and blow his brains out right now--forever more he will be known throughout the world as the coward who ran away from his ship. The Greek captain who deserted his ship off South Africa in the early 90's has never lived that down, and this is way worse--Schettino just altogether bailed, at least the Greek captain came back in a helicopter and oversaw the rescue operation--and nobody died.

Can relate: