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Shiver my timbers

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4636588.stm

The US Navy has just caught some pirates off Somalia. No real debate - I just thought it was interesting...

PS - Why couldn't they just call the ship the Winston Churchill - the 'S' seems a bit superfluous.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Interesting that pirates in that sense still exist. Pirates always seem to be something of stories, or the past.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I watched pirate porn on new years day.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    NQA wrote:
    PS - Why couldn't they just call the ship the Winston Churchill - the 'S' seems a bit superfluous.
    Americans love middle initials: George W Bush, Hunter S Thompson, Samuel L Jackson et al. I don't know why.

    Apparently the waters around Somalia are full of pirates. Sadly fewer peg legs and parrots than I'd have expected though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Argh matey! Yarr!

    Pirates arnt what they used to be :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Kentish wrote:
    Apparently the waters around Somalia are full of pirates. Sadly fewer peg legs and parrots than I'd have expected though.

    Also less Jack Sparrow-esq pirates as I'd have liked. :(
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Renzo wrote:
    Argh matey! Yarr!

    Pirates arnt what they used to be :(

    Yeah... Today's Pirates are far less fun.

    The chinese are havingbig problems with Pirates too, mostly from Vietnam.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    heh they named a ship after churchill? 1 point to the US
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Modern day pirates are nothing to smile about sadly. In certain areas such as parts of South East Asia, it is a big problem and there are daily attacks.

    More often than not they will leave the ship's occupants live but there have been cases where they have murdered everyone onboard.

    even a passenger cruise liner was attacked a few months ago- though they managed to repel the attack with a sonic weapon some ships carry nowadays.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aladdin wrote:
    Modern day pirates are nothing to smile about sadly. In certain areas such as parts of South East Asia, it is a big problem and there are daily attacks.

    More often than not they will leave the ship's occupants live but there have been cases where they have murdered everyone onboard.

    even a passenger cruise liner was attacked a few months ago- though they managed to repel the attack with a sonic weapon some ships carry nowadays.

    Somebody had to ruin the thread :(:p
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Renzo wrote:
    Somebody had to ruin the thread :(:p

    It would be Aladdin too. :p

    We need more Old stlye Pirates. How about a government scheme to encourage them? :lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Teh_Gerbil wrote:
    It would be Aladdin too. :p

    We need more Old stlye Pirates. How about a government scheme to encourage them? :lol:

    Sort of ironic given his name is based on a thief too ;)
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