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Frank and Beans
2012-01-18 03:37:29 PM
Concordia discorse.
Ben Enya
2012-01-18 03:39:04 PM
Shopped
Loaf's Tray
2012-01-18 03:40:27 PM
So what? Major-League Baseball can read my
license plates
from space...
lakrfool
2012-01-18 03:41:12 PM
I'm reposting from an earlier thread, seems appropriate....
EMERGENCY SAFETY TIPS FROM CAPTAIN FRANCESO SCHETTINO
If-a you evah at a Furr's Cafeteria in-a Florida when they issue-a hurricane warning, and-a you automobile won't-a start, here's-a what you do.
You find-a the weakest, most-a frail old lady a-sitting in-a powered wheelchair, and-a you throw her on-a the floor, then you steal-a the wheelchair. Now-a remembre, it's-a most important to find-a the weakest, frailest one, because-a they are-a the least likely to-a maybe hurt you. You might-a want to kick-a her in the hip-a few times until it-a breaks to make-a sure she don't-a come after you.
After you steal-a the wheelchair, you drive it to-a the parking lot, and-a you use-a the battery from it to start-a you car. After you start-a the car, you take-a the battery from-a the wheelchair, and-a you put it in-a you trunk. You do this-a for two reasons: Uno- you might-a need the battery again to start-a you car, and Due- the old-a lady with-a the broken hip, she can't-a chase after you.
Buona fortuna!!!
BalugaJoe
2012-01-18 03:42:24 PM
He must have learned from Elmer Gantry.
lennavan
2012-01-18 03:43:04 PM
I LIKE WHERE THIS THREAD IS GOING
MythDragon
2012-01-18 03:43:19 PM
Big deal. The wreck of the TCS Concordia
started
in space.
/Evaluation: Total loss
//Much like Mark Hamill's acting career!
///Zing!
////Though to be fair, he does a wicked Joker voice-over. Best ever in fact.
sonofASDF
2012-01-18 03:44:25 PM
New rule: viewable from space or nothing happened!
Louisiana_Sitar_Club
2012-01-18 03:45:43 PM
There's this thing called "Google Earth" and with it, I can see my car parked in my driveway FROM SPACE!
scottydoesntknow
2012-01-18 03:46:04 PM
Does anyone else picture this:
When they think of the captain?
Captain Zapp Brannigan
: Don't blame yourself, Kif. We were doomed from the start. I guess all that remains now is for the captain to go down with the ship.
Lt. Kif Kroker
: That's surprisingly noble of you, sir.
Captain Zapp Brannigan
: No, it's noble of you, Kif. As of now, you're in command. Congratulations, Captain.
emersonbiggins
2012-01-18 03:47:20 PM
I don't really get why the captain has caught so much flack for abandoning ship. Really, what's the difference between him and Capt. Sullenberger, who ditched a farking AIRPLANE into the river. Airplanes don't belong there; they can't swim, and, yet, Sullenberger gets ticker-tape parades, movie offers and accolades, while the Concordia's captain is yet another victim of ruthless character assassination, for nothing other than clearing the way off the ship for women & the elderly.
Despicable.
-Quinn
jayphat
2012-01-18 03:50:27 PM
emersonbiggins
:
I don't really get why the captain has caught so much flack for abandoning ship. Really, what's the difference between him and Capt. Sullenberger, who ditched a farking AIRPLANE into the river. Airplanes don't belong there; they can't swim, and, yet, Sullenberger gets ticker-tape parades, movie offers and accolades, while the Concordia's captain is yet another victim of ruthless character assassination, for nothing other than clearing the way off the ship for women & the elderly.
Despicable.
-Quinn
Trololol
styckx
2012-01-18 03:50:29 PM
emersonbiggins
:
I don't really get why the captain has caught so much flack for abandoning ship. Really, what's the difference between him and Capt. Sullenberger, who ditched a farking AIRPLANE into the river. Airplanes don't belong there; they can't swim, and, yet, Sullenberger gets ticker-tape parades, movie offers and accolades, while the Concordia's captain is yet another victim of ruthless character assassination, for nothing other than clearing the way off the ship for women & the elderly.
Despicable.
-Quinn
1/10.. You tried entirely too hard
JackieRabbit
2012-01-18 03:51:35 PM
emersonbiggins
:
I don't really get why the captain has caught so much flack for abandoning ship. Really, what's the difference between him and Capt. Sullenberger, who ditched a farking AIRPLANE into the river. Airplanes don't belong there; they can't swim, and, yet, Sullenberger gets ticker-tape parades, movie offers and accolades, while the Concordia's captain is yet another victim of ruthless character assassination, for nothing other than clearing the way off the ship for women & the elderly.
Despicable.
-Quinn
Careful. Your mother's gonna stop feeding you for posting so weak a troll,
mdeesnuts
2012-01-18 03:52:28 PM
FTFA
:
New satellite photograph helps put the disaster in perspective
No. It helps put the size of the ship in perspective. You farking over-dramatic putz.
┌∩┐(◣_◢)
/had to use it
ByOwlLight
2012-01-18 03:53:13 PM
MythDragon
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Big deal. The wreck of the TCS Concordia started in space.
+eleventy internets to you.
/Loved the hell out of that game.
//Even if I was a mad thirteen year old girl because I couldn't hook up with the hottie Mexican guitarist instead of the biatchy redhead or the porn star.
///Beginning to wonder if that game is part of the reason I like chicks...
clovis69
2012-01-18 03:53:43 PM
scottydoesntknow
:
Captain Zapp Brannigan: No, it's noble of you, Kif. As of now, you're in command. Congratulations, Captain.
Its built like a restaurant, but it handles like a bistro.
Walker
2012-01-18 03:54:23 PM
I read an interesting article on how the ship was doomed from the start...if you believe in maritime superstitions.
Cursed Concordia 'born bad, ended up worse'
ByOwlLight
2012-01-18 03:54:28 PM
Also, I absolutely love the captain's excuse for how he wound up in the lifeboat.
"I tripped."
Not even joking.
IXI Jim IXI
2012-01-18 03:55:02 PM
Sure, all the fat people just HAD to look at the passing coastline all at once...
SuperChuck
2012-01-18 03:55:49 PM
Louisiana_Sitar_Club
:
There's this thing called "Google Earth" and with it, I can see my car parked in my driveway FROM SPACE!
Yeah and that's a disaster too! Look at what you did to the flowers!
Purple_Jack
2012-01-18 03:56:26 PM
The captain claims he 'left the ship accidentally after tripping and falling into a rescue craft.'
Good luck with that one.
gerbilpox
2012-01-18 03:56:31 PM
styckx
:
emersonbiggins: I don't really get why the captain has caught so much flack for abandoning ship. Really, what's the difference between him and Capt. Sullenberger, who ditched a farking AIRPLANE into the river. Airplanes don't belong there; they can't swim, and, yet, Sullenberger gets ticker-tape parades, movie offers and accolades, while the Concordia's captain is yet another victim of ruthless character assassination, for nothing other than clearing the way off the ship for women & the elderly.
Despicable.
-Quinn
1/10.. You tried entirely too hard
That's not a troll. It's being openly silly. I LOL'd.
can i be you when i grow up
2012-01-18 03:58:59 PM
Purple_Jack
:
The captain claims he 'left the ship accidentally after tripping and falling into a rescue craft.'
Good luck with that one.
He still needs to explain how the 2nd and 3rd in command "tripped and fell' into that same lifeboat with him.
UNAUTHORIZED FINGER
2012-01-18 04:00:06 PM
emersonbiggins
:
I don't really get why the captain has caught so much flack for abandoning ship. Really, what's the difference between him and Capt. Sullenberger, who ditched a farking AIRPLANE into the river. Airplanes don't belong there; they can't swim, and, yet, Sullenberger gets ticker-tape parades, movie offers and accolades, while the Concordia's captain is yet another victim of ruthless character assassination, for nothing other than clearing the way off the ship for women & the elderly.
Despicable.
-Quinn
That's a ridiculous question. Captain Sullenberger is an unquestioned hero, venerated by the passengers of his airplane, because he's not Italian.
busy chillin'
2012-01-18 04:00:31 PM
with the right telescope you can see anything from space.
shoooooooooooooooped
MythDragon
2012-01-18 04:01:55 PM
ByOwlLight
:
//Even if I was a mad thirteen year old girl because I couldn't hook up with the hottie Mexican guitarist instead of the biatchy redhead or the porn star.
///Beginning to wonder if that game is
part of the reason I like chicks...
Yes. Yes I would.
/I particularly liked the wrench wench, Rachel:
Rapmaster2000
2012-01-18 04:02:47 PM
Pfft. I can see space from my house.
clovis69
2012-01-18 04:03:19 PM
Louisiana_Sitar_Club
:
There's this thing called "Google Earth" and with it, I can see my car parked in my driveway FROM SPACE!
Nope, your car in your driveway was taken by aircraft.
Driveways in Iran or Russia were taken by satellites, which is why the resolution sucks.
IXI Jim IXI
2012-01-18 04:03:21 PM
Purple_Jack
:
The captain claims he 'left the ship accidentally after tripping and falling into a rescue craft.'
Good luck with that one.
He can't hit a bay with a cruiseliner, but somehow he's lucky enough to fall into a lifeboat.
jst3p
2012-01-18 04:05:31 PM
emersonbiggins
:
I don't really get why the captain has caught so much flack for abandoning ship. Really, what's the difference between him and Capt. Sullenberger, who ditched a farking AIRPLANE into the river. Airplanes don't belong there; they can't swim, and, yet, Sullenberger gets ticker-tape parades, movie offers and accolades, while the Concordia's captain is yet another victim of ruthless character assassination, for nothing other than clearing the way off the ship for women & the elderly.
Despicable.
-Quinn
-Quinn
lennavan
2012-01-18 04:05:49 PM
gerbilpox
:
styckx: emersonbiggins: I don't really get why the captain has caught so much flack for abandoning ship. Really, what's the difference between him and Capt. Sullenberger, who ditched a farking AIRPLANE into the river. Airplanes don't belong there; they can't swim, and, yet, Sullenberger gets ticker-tape parades, movie offers and accolades, while the Concordia's captain is yet another victim of ruthless character assassination, for nothing other than clearing the way off the ship for women & the elderly.
Despicable.
-Quinn
1/10.. You tried entirely too hard
That's not a troll. It's being openly silly. I LOL'd.
Yeah, I thought it was kinda funny too. Some people are too serious.
ByOwlLight
2012-01-18 04:07:08 PM
MythDragon
:
/I particularly liked the wrench wench, Rachel:
She's the actress who was a porn star. I always picked Rachel because she was actually nice and had baggage like Blair.
gerbilpox
2012-01-18 04:11:31 PM
MythDragon
:
ByOwlLight: //Even if I was a mad thirteen year old girl because I couldn't hook up with the hottie Mexican guitarist instead of the biatchy redhead or the porn star.
///Beginning to wonder if that game is part of the reason I like chicks...
[operatorchan.org image 640x360]
Yes. Yes I would.
/I particularly liked the wrench wench, Rachel:
[www.shotglass.de image 640x380]
Say, isn't that the chick from... uh... Super Force? Yeah, that's where I know her from.
LDM90
2012-01-18 04:12:00 PM
jst3p
:
emersonbiggins: I don't really get why the captain has caught so much flack for abandoning ship. Really, what's the difference between him and Capt. Sullenberger, who ditched a farking AIRPLANE into the river. Airplanes don't belong there; they can't swim, and, yet, Sullenberger gets ticker-tape parades, movie offers and accolades, while the Concordia's captain is yet another victim of ruthless character assassination, for nothing other than clearing the way off the ship for women & the elderly.
Despicable.
-Quinn
-Quinn
Still? Jeez, it wasn't even funny the first time.
ohdoublereally
2012-01-18 04:22:55 PM
ByOwlLight
:
Also, I absolutely love the captain's excuse for how he wound up in the lifeboat.
"I tripped."
Not even joking.
And there he was with a tiger, a spotted hyena, an injured zebra, and an orangutan!
Rich Cream
2012-01-18 04:25:37 PM
Why abandon it? It's not like something as large as a small town is going to sink after running aground. Or blow up, for you movie people.
/island of Gigilo, ha
/i no
MythDragon
2012-01-18 04:27:23 PM
gerbilpox
:
MythDragon: ByOwlLight: //Even if I was a mad thirteen year old girl because I couldn't hook up with the hottie Mexican guitarist instead of the biatchy redhead or the porn star.
///Beginning to wonder if that game is part of the reason I like chicks...
[operatorchan.org image 640x360]
Yes. Yes I would.
/I particularly liked the wrench wench, Rachel:
[www.shotglass.de image 640x380]
Say, isn't that the chick from... uh... Super Force? Yeah, that's where I know her from.
Just looked up her movie history:
Kinky Business
Gloria (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Undressed Rehearsal (video) (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 The Woman Who Loved Men (video)
Linda (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Lust in the Fast Lane (video)
Louise (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Raven (video)
Ginger (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Ball Busters (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Modeling Studio (video)
Helene (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Photo Flesh
Diane (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Electric Blue 17 (video)
Miss Johnson (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Pretty As You Feel (video)
Dr. Mary Cochran (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Panty Raid
Wendy (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Electric Blue 10 (video)
Girl Practicing Ballet (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Wild Weekend (video)
Lynn Summers (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 A Little Bit of... Hanky Panky
Silvie (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 I Want It All! (video)
Amy (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 On Golden Blonde (video)
Marilyn (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 The Pleasure Hunt
Sharon (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Surrender in Paradise
Tammy (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Miss Passion (video)
Clitty Camelot (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Slumber Party
Dawn (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Jailhouse Girls
Joanne MacIntyre (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Teasers (video) (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 The Pink Lagoon: A Sex Romp in Paradise
Tammy (as Ginger Lynn)
1984 Night of Loving Dangerously (video)
Trixie (as Ginger Lynn)
And that's just for starters...
wambu
2012-01-18 04:35:55 PM
Walker
:
I read an interesting article on how the ship was doomed from the start...if you believe in maritime superstitions.
Cursed Concordia 'born bad, ended up worse'
There was another cruise ship that sunk in drydock while under construction. That is supposedly also a bad omen*.
My Google-fu is failing me on this one.
*pooping on the poopdeck is not good either
ICDedPpl
2012-01-18 04:40:47 PM
What's that big white line coming out from the top? It makes it look like a gigantic tampon.
/soakin' up the sea!
SlothB77
2012-01-18 04:42:50 PM
interesting spin on failboat pics.
mdeesnuts
2012-01-18 04:56:31 PM
MythDragon
:
/I particularly liked the wrench wench, Rachel:
[www.shotglass.de image 640x380]
Say, isn't that the chick from... uh... Super Force? Yeah, that's where I know her from.
Just looked up her movie history:
1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984
And that's just for starters...
1984 was apparently the year of the cock for her.
sozelle
2012-01-18 05:04:45 PM
ByOwlLight
:
Also, I absolutely love the captain's excuse for how he wound up in the lifeboat.
"I tripped."
Not even joking.
He even stole the line from Conrad's
Lord Jim
. He'll end up semi-worshipped in some jungle in the Malay archipelago until he "let's" someone shoot him dead.
Dithpicable.
ZAZ
2012-01-18 05:22:33 PM
I rotated the image 90 degrees clockwise and now I see a spaceship cruising above the clouds.
greentea1985
2012-01-18 05:41:06 PM
ByOwlLight
:
Also, I absolutely love the captain's excuse for how he wound up in the lifeboat.
"I tripped."
Not even joking.
He's using that as his defense that he didn't abandon the ship and his duties to help the passengers evacuate. However, when he was asked by the Coast Guard how many people were still aboard, how many people would need assistance to evacuate, and how many casualties there were, Schettino could not produce a response. He should have had numbers up to the time he and his officers "fell overboard" and given them to the Coast Guard if he in fact fell off the boat. He should also have been actively trying to get back on board to supervise the rescue efforts. None of this "But it's dark!" or "There's a life-boat in my way!" He's the captain. He should order that rescue boat out of his way and take command of the scene and get back on board and organize the rescue. Most of the dead bodies they have found were near evacuation areas and wearing life-vests. If Schettino had actually overseen the evacuation like he was supposed to, I doubt there would have been any casualties.
/tl;dr Schettino and his officers "falling overboard" into a life-boat shouldn't have prevented them from getting back on board to supervise the evacuation and overseeing the safe evacuation of every passenger and crew member.
L33t Squirrel
2012-01-18 05:52:09 PM
IXI Jim IXI
:
Sure, all the fat people just HAD to look at the passing coastline all at once...
Bwahaha. :D
That made me think of the scene in Wall-E when the Axiom tilts hard to one side and all of the chubby passengers slide across the deck.
gerbilpox
2012-01-18 07:04:40 PM
MythDragon
:
gerbilpox: MythDragon: ByOwlLight: //Even if I was a mad thirteen year old girl because I couldn't hook up with the hottie Mexican guitarist instead of the biatchy redhead or the porn star.
///Beginning to wonder if that game is part of the reason I like chicks...
[operatorchan.org image 640x360]
Yes. Yes I would.
/I particularly liked the wrench wench, Rachel:
[www.shotglass.de image 640x380]
Say, isn't that the chick from... uh... Super Force? Yeah, that's where I know her from.
Just looked up her movie history:
Kinky Business
Undressed Rehearsal
The Woman Who Loved Men
Lust in the Fast Lane
Raven
Ginger
Ball Busters
Modeling Studio
Photo Flesh
Electric Blue 17
Pretty As You Feel
Dr. Mary Cochran
Panty Raid
Electric Blue 10
Wild Weekend
Lynn Summers
A Little Bit of... Hanky Panky
I Want It All!
On Golden Blonde
The Pleasure Hunt
Surrender in Paradise
Miss Passion
Slumber Party
Jailhouse Girls
Teasers
The Pink Lagoon: A Sex Romp in Paradise
Night of Loving Dangerously
And that's just for starters...
Gosh, she was in all of those? Like you, I would have had to go look that up.
As a young man in the 80's [lawn:off], you might think I'd seen films like, say, New Wave Hookers, but I was too absorbed in Bible studies and chaste thoughts.
/she was in that too?
//learn something new every day
libranoelrose
2012-01-18 08:01:57 PM
beerbaron
2012-01-18 08:18:19 PM
/q+d
Ohlookabutterfly
2012-01-18 08:52:44 PM
Yeah, yeah, and tailings ponds are so big you can see them from space. So what. You can see New York from space too, oh noe's! Holy shiat, you can see the whole EARTH from space!!! Abandon mothership all ye able enviro's! All hope is lost!
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