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Ishmael
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 Posted: 11/05/05 - 16:03 Post subject: Pirates!
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/05/somalia.pirates/index.html?section=cnn_topstories
| Quote: | (CNN) -- A luxury cruise line will re-evaluate whether to offer future cruises off the coast of Somalia after pirates attempted to attack one of its ships early Saturday.
The modern-day pirates were in two small boats and carrying machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade when they attempted the attack on Seabourn Cruise Lines' "Spirit" about 5:35 a.m. local time Saturday, Deborah Natansohn, president of the cruise line, told CNNRadio.
The ship was carrying 150 passengers and a crew of about 160.
The ship, she said, immediately instituted its emergency response system. "The occupants of those boats did not succeed in boarding the ship and eventually turned away ... our captain and crew did a terrific job taking responsive action."
Passenger Mike Rogers of Vancouver, Canada, said the pirates were shooting and sending rockets at the boat.
"The captain tried to run one of the boats over, but they were small boats, about 25 feet long," he told CNNRadio affiliate CKNW in Vancouver.
"Each one had four or five people on it, and (the captain) said he was going to do anything to keep them from getting on board."
The captain, however, did not hit the alarm button to alert passengers of the emergency, Rogers said.
"He announced it over the speakers, because he was scared people would run up on deck, and he didn't want people on deck because they would have been shot."
The cruise ship eventually outran the pirates' boats, Natansohn said. One person suffered minor injuries, she said, but did not elaborate.
"There's some minor damage done to the ship," Rogers said. "There's no water right now, for instance, in some places, and I believe one of the grenades actually went off in one of the cabins, but everyone on board is fine."
The boat is now en route to the Seychelles Islands, Natansohn said.
On Thursday, the United Nations' World Food Programme warned that hijackings off the coast of Somalia were restricting the delivery of needed food assistance to the country.
"The southern Somali coastline is one of the most dangerous in the world," the WFP said on its Web site.
"In recent months, WFP's operations in Somalia have been sabotaged by the hijackings of two vessels carrying relief food. Ship owners are now demanding armed escorts to travel in these waters."
Natansohn said efforts were underway Saturday to locate the pirates. "We have notified U.S., Canadian and Australian authorities, because most of our passengers come from those three countries, as well as local authorities in Africa."
"Seabourn 'Spirit' has offered itineraries in that part of the world before, but we'll obviously be looking at the incident to determine what to do in the future," she said.
Rogers said, "we're always looking for adventure, but this is probably a little more than we would normally look for." |
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median
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 16:13 Post subject:
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people somehow think pirates dont exist anymore. the truth is they do and we need an elite taskforce of seaworth ninjas to combat this ever-growing global phenomenon
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Psink
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 16:42 Post subject:
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f*****g animals
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Fattguyy
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 16:47 Post subject:
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They didn't get the booty!
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Okami
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 17:01 Post subject:
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Put rocket launchers / bazookas on the ship. After a boat or two is blown up, maybe they will stop.
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Kenbin
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 19:26 Post subject:
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| median wrote: | | people somehow think pirates dont exist anymore. the truth is they do and we need an elite taskforce of seaworth ninjas to combat this ever-growing global phenomenon |
LOL PIRATES AND NINJAS ARE FUNNNYYZ!!!!!!!!!
Why do people think pirates and ninjas are so hilarious? It's f*****g gay.
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Fattguyy
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 19:32 Post subject:
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| Kenbin wrote: | | median wrote: | | people somehow think pirates dont exist anymore. the truth is they do and we need an elite taskforce of seaworth ninjas to combat this ever-growing global phenomenon |
LOL PIRATES AND NINJAS ARE FUNNNYYZ!!!!!!!!!
Why do people think pirates and ninjas are so hilarious? It's f*****g gay. |
WHY ARE PEOPLE SCARED OF CLOWNS?
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Yabden
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 19:32 Post subject:
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f**k you man pirates vs. ninjas is an epic battle
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Fattguyy
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 19:33 Post subject:
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| Yabden wrote: | | f**k you man pirates vs. ninjas is an epic battle |
CLOWNS WOULD WIN THEY WOULD HIT THEM WITH A BALLOON SWORD
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Tura
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 22:14 Post subject:
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| Yabden wrote: | | pirates vs. ninjas is an epic battle |
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Poistiant
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 23:08 Post subject:
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| Fattguyy wrote: | | Yabden wrote: | | f**k you man pirates vs. ninjas is an epic battle |
CLOWNS WOULD WIN THEY WOULD HIT THEM WITH A BALLOON SWORD |
Wrong!
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Ishmael
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Posted: 11/06/05 - 12:55 Post subject:
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| Tura wrote: | | Yabden wrote: | | pirates vs. ninjas is an epic battle |
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Frax
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Posted: 11/06/05 - 13:10 Post subject:
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| Kenbin wrote: | | median wrote: | | people somehow think pirates dont exist anymore. the truth is they do and we need an elite taskforce of seaworth ninjas to combat this ever-growing global phenomenon |
LOL PIRATES AND NINJAS ARE FUNNNYYZ!!!!!!!!!
Why do people think pirates and ninjas are so hilarious? It's f*****g gay. |
sense of humor, where are thou?
(although I will agree coming from median everything sounds stupid)
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Ishmael
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Posted: 11/06/05 - 13:45 Post subject:
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Well to be honest I never thought them to be funny in the least. Both are cool as hell though. Just like samurais!
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Docter
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Posted: 11/06/05 - 16:58 Post subject:
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Don't they usually have skeet shooting on cruise ships...so maybe they at least have shotguns.
If nothing else have the golfers tee off...those things can hurt, especially a drive from a wood. 
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Pags
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Posted: 11/06/05 - 22:59 Post subject:
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They aren't pirates, they are aqua terrorists.
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Tamrissa
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Posted: 11/06/05 - 23:55 Post subject:
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Ishmael
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Posted: 11/07/05 - 10:33 Post subject:
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| Tamrissa wrote: | |
hahahaha
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sinrakin
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Posted: 11/07/05 - 21:12 Post subject:
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Hence the term: "booty" 
btw this was interesting:
| Quote: | MIAMI Nov 7, 2005 — The crew of a luxury cruise ship used a sonic weapon that blasts earsplitting noise in a directed beam while being attacked by a gang of pirates off Africa this weekend, the cruise line said Monday.
The Seabourn Spirit had a Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, installed as a part of its defense systems, said Bruce Good, a spokesman for Miami-based Seabourn Cruise Line. The Spirit was about 100 miles off Somalia when pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns as they tried to get onboard.
The subsidiary of Carnival Corp. was investigating whether the weapon was successful in warding off the pirates, he said. The ship's captain also changed its course, shifted into high speed and headed out into the open sea to elude the pirates, who were in two small boats, he said. He had no further details.
Device maker American Technology Corp. said earsplitting "bangs" were directed by trained security personnel toward the pirates. That, combined with ship maneuvers, caused the attackers to leave the area, the company said.
The LRAD is a so-called "non-lethal weapon" developed for the U.S. military after the 2000 attack on the USS Cole off Yemen as a way to keep operators of small boats from approaching U.S. warships.
The military version is a 45-pound, dish-shaped device that can direct a high-pitched, piercing tone with a tight beam. Neither the LRAD's operators or others in the immediate area are affected.
American Technology, based in San Diego, compares its shrill tone to that of smoke detectors, only much louder. It can be as loud as about 150 decibels, while smoke alarms are about 80 to 90 decibels.
The devices have been deployed on commercial and naval vessels worldwide since summer 2003, the company said. |
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FockTop
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Posted: 11/07/05 - 21:30 Post subject:
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Now we know why they had to clean up the boat's floor often...sure must had had a shit load of c*m all over the place after each night.
ALLLRIIGHHHTYYY FREAKS SEA DOGS! Tonight we have a big sodomy party arggggggggg!
Crew: ALL HAIL CAPTAIN SLURPY EYE ARGGGGGGGGG!
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Devook
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Posted: 11/07/05 - 21:56 Post subject:
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Anything, and I mean anything, inherently loses whatever value it had when it becomes well circulated (repeated) enough to be considered pop culture. Ninjas and pirates are no exception.
Real ultimate power has been around for 4 years. Maddox for 8. Ninja and pirate references were funny because they used to be completely non-sequitor and amusingly out of place. Now they are an every-day occurance, and just make you sound like a douchebag.
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Ishmael
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Posted: 11/08/05 - 13:48 Post subject:
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| Devook wrote: | Anything, and I mean anything, inherently loses whatever value it had when it becomes well circulated (repeated) enough to be considered pop culture. Ninjas and pirates are no exception.
Real ultimate power has been around for 4 years. Maddox for 8. Ninja and pirate references were funny because they used to be completely non-sequitor and amusingly out of place. Now they are an every-day occurance, and just make you sound like a douchebag. |
Hay i dont know who those people r or whut you are talking about lol.
u must be way smarter then me dude.
but i do know what a douchebag is!
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Fattguyy
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Posted: 11/08/05 - 13:59 Post subject:
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JESUS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 2005 YEARS AND HE IS STILL.........oh, I see your point!
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Ishmael
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Posted: 11/08/05 - 14:00 Post subject:
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| Fattguyy wrote: | | JESUS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 2005 YEARS AND HE IS STILL.........oh, I see your point! |
jesus died a long time ago.
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Gethy
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Posted: 11/08/05 - 14:09 Post subject:
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| Ishmael wrote: | | Devook wrote: | Anything, and I mean anything, inherently loses whatever value it had when it becomes well circulated (repeated) enough to be considered pop culture. Ninjas and pirates are no exception.
Real ultimate power has been around for 4 years. Maddox for 8. Ninja and pirate references were funny because they used to be completely non-sequitor and amusingly out of place. Now they are an every-day occurance, and just make you sound like a douchebag. |
Hay i dont know who those people r or whut you are talking about lol.
u must be way smarter then me dude.
but i do know what a douchebag is! |
This might just be the booze talking, but when you try, you really succeed.
But Devook is like a fat chick, he makes everyone look good.
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Pags
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Posted: 11/08/05 - 14:11 Post subject:
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Ishmael is the name of Zech's marshtackie horse in A Land Remembered.
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Ishmael
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Posted: 11/08/05 - 14:12 Post subject:
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| Gethy wrote: | | Ishmael wrote: | | Devook wrote: | Anything, and I mean anything, inherently loses whatever value it had when it becomes well circulated (repeated) enough to be considered pop culture. Ninjas and pirates are no exception.
Real ultimate power has been around for 4 years. Maddox for 8. Ninja and pirate references were funny because they used to be completely non-sequitor and amusingly out of place. Now they are an every-day occurance, and just make you sound like a douchebag. |
Hay i dont know who those people r or whut you are talking about lol.
u must be way smarter then me dude.
but i do know what a douchebag is! |
This might just be the booze talking, but when you try, you really succeed.
But Devook is like a fat chick, he makes everyone look good. |
You are so confusing when your drunk lololol.
OI never klknow what yer talking about.
Btw its only 1 man...u ok?
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Gethy
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Posted: 11/08/05 - 14:18 Post subject:
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What? I was just saying you made me laugh when you said something (thus the "you succeed" comment). At the moment I'm not sure what it was I laughed at. Honestly, if you started quoting yourself, again and again, in a thread that sucked--it'd be funny.
Which one, you name it and link it, and I'm there with you.
That's right, I'm going there.
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Ishmael
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Posted: 11/08/05 - 14:28 Post subject:
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O I wasnt trying to make people laugh. I was trying to make Devook look more retarded then we all already know he is. Did I suceed at that??
P.S. mmmkay Pags.
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Pags
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Posted: 11/08/05 - 16:29 Post subject:
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I just thought you should know. Good book.
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