PIRATES, PETER! PIRATES!

by Swerve Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:51 am

Somalian pirates have hijacked a super tanker.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7733482.stm

This article doesn't mention its cargo, but the Faina was the ship full of tanks and rocket launchers.

by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:19 am

Please tell me at least one of these Pirate gangs is sailing a Spanish Galleon.

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by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:22 am

by Honor Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:58 pm

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MATEY

by Honor Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:59 pm

TheWoerus wrote:Please tell me at least one of these Pirate gangs is sailing a Spanish Galleon.

no, but they do use cutlasses

by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:03 pm

honor man wrote:
TheWoerus wrote:Please tell me at least one of these Pirate gangs is sailing a Spanish Galleon.

no, but they do use cutlasses

Sweet. And flint-lock muskets with a brace of pistols too?

by Aristotle Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:10 pm

fuck man pirates are awesome

by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:17 pm

Aristotle wrote:fuck man pirates are awesome

We should go become pirates Aris. Seize control of a brigantine and pillage and plunder our way up and down the pacific coast.

by Aristotle Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:32 pm

now you're talking. i've always wanted to live on the high seas.

by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:39 pm

Aristotle wrote:now you're talking. i've always wanted to live on the high seas.

What a way to go out. Launch of vicious barrage of 32 lb solid shot cannon fire at a modern destoryer or something. haha

by Pennzoil GT-R Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:40 pm

they actually attacked an Indian warship today. i mean what the fuck do they think is going to happen if they open fire on a destroyer?

by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:41 pm

you almost have to wonder how they'd respond.

"Sir, we have a ship approaching.... it's a square rigged brigantine making 7.5 knots under full sail."

"She's firing what appears to be cannon balls. Sir, how do we respond?"

by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:56 pm

You know, you have to admire these guys a little:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/19/somalia.pirates.boomtown.ap/index.html

Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women -- even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages.

Businessmen started gathering cigarettes, food and cold glass bottles of orange soda, setting up small kiosks for the pirates who come to shore to re-supply almost daily.

"They always take things without paying and we put them into the book of debts," she told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "Later, when they get the ransom money, they pay us a lot."

The attackers generally treat their hostages well in anticipation of a big payday, hiring caterers on shore to cook spaghetti, grilled fish and roasted meat that will appeal to a Western palate. They also keep a steady supply of cigarettes and drinks from the shops on shore.

And when the payday comes, the money sometimes literally falls from the sky.

Pirates say the ransom arrives in burlap sacks, sometimes dropped from buzzing helicopters, or in waterproof suitcases loaded onto tiny skiffs in the roiling, shark-infested sea.

by Olds Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:01 pm

I don't get it. The Faina was taken over by a few starving Somalis. The crew is like 20 huge Ukrainians. Why can't they just gang up, kill all the pirates, and sail the fuck off?

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by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:04 pm

Olds wrote:I don't get it. The Faina was taken over by a few starving Somalis. The crew is like 20 huge Ukrainians. Why can't they just gang up, kill all the pirates, and sail the fuck off?

(a) Pirates are probably decently armed

(b) It doesn't sound like they're being treated very badly. Doesn't look that way either.

(c) The longer their held captive, the better their compensation at the end of it all, I'm sure.

So, no real incentive, and plenty of disincentive.

by Olds Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:19 pm

s'pose you're right.

by JaysonAych Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:27 pm

All of these unarmed hijackees are seriously disappointing. For my personal entertainment, all of the cargo ships should have fully armed crews. I want to hear about epic pirate battles on the news and see grainy shaky videos of a cargo ship crew firing rockets at a bunch of speed boats and chunks of pirate flying through the air.

by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:33 pm

JaysonAych wrote:All of these unarmed hijackees are seriously disappointing. For my personal entertainment, all of the cargo ships should have fully armed crews. I want to hear about epic pirate battles on the news and see grainy shaky videos of a cargo ship crew firing rockets at a bunch of speed boats and chunks of pirate flying through the air.

And, more to the point, where are the skull and crossbones? How can you call yourself a pirate without an appropriate flag?

Bullshit is what I say.

by JaysonAych Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:35 pm

TheWoerus wrote:
Aristotle wrote:fuck man pirates are awesome

We should go become pirates Aris. Seize control of a brigantine and pillage and plunder our way up and down the pacific coast.

You should probably work your way up to that. Try stealing one of those remote controlled toy boats from a kid in the park and if you're successful, move up from there.

I hope it does work out though...I would love to see a group of pirates with crippling emotional problems. Flying the Manically-Depressed Roger.

by JaysonAych Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:35 pm

TheWoerus wrote:
JaysonAych wrote:All of these unarmed hijackees are seriously disappointing. For my personal entertainment, all of the cargo ships should have fully armed crews. I want to hear about epic pirate battles on the news and see grainy shaky videos of a cargo ship crew firing rockets at a bunch of speed boats and chunks of pirate flying through the air.

And, more to the point, where are the skull and crossbones? How can you call yourself a pirate without an appropriate flag?

Bullshit is what I say.

Amen. If you're not going to have a parrot on your shoulder, the flag should be mandatory.

by Aristotle Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:09 pm

fucking pirating without the jolly roger is fucking gay. those guys suck.

by Aristotle Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:13 pm

man, this shit looks like photoshopped pirates. fucking lying russians. they only wanted to blow off work.

by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:24 pm

Aristotle wrote:fucking pirating without the jolly roger is fucking gay. those guys suck.

No shit. I'm getting pissed off just thinking about the missed opportunity. :smelly:

by Aristotle Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:29 pm

yeah, this is some kind of bullshit.

by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:30 pm

Aristotle wrote:yeah, this is some kind of bullshit.

And you sure as shit no that no one is being forced to walk the plank.

by TheWoerus Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:34 pm

Gotta do all this bullshit myself it seems. PIRATES, PETER! PIRATES! Y1666410

by Olds Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:09 pm

is that a fucking stick? like, did they really take over a ship with a fucking stick?

how the hell do you even get ON that motherfucker?

by dunnas Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:41 pm

You did notice the rocket launcher, right? :jay:

by Olds Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:50 pm

FUCK THE ROCKET LAUNCHER MAN! THAT SHIP'S FULL OF TANKS!

FUCKING TANKS DUDE! SOVIET FUCKING TTTAAAANNNKKKSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Olds Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:50 pm

fuck, you know half the crew is ex ruskie military anyway.

by Aristotle Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:11 pm

TheWoerus wrote:Gotta do all this bullshit myself it seems.

by Aristotle Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:12 pm

Olds wrote:is that a fucking stick? like, did they really take over a ship with a fucking stick?

how the hell do you even get ON that motherfucker?

i think it's a stick.

also, i'd like to see how these clowns got on that ship, too

by Omni Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:18 am

If they actually had decently trained people that were well armed I'm sure they could fight off the pirates. They just need to mount a few .50 cal guns on every merchant ship. :roflmao:

by Swerve Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:00 am

Remember the ocean liner captain who taught his would-be hijackers a lesson?

by milleniahead Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:03 am

yea this shit is awesome..

not only r they black.. they use drive up/by rpg'ing.. sweet.

Yea if some of these guys who get hijacked really wanted to fight back I know it will be a lot more bloodshed than what it is now.. I bet they see the pirates and are like WHOHOOO free alcohol and stoges and meats and the such. AWESOME. Call the wife tell her im on an extended paid vaca.

by milleniahead Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:08 am

if they let the pirates continue what they are doing im almost positive that the somalians will start to take on the mannerisms of the old school pirates, just to see how far they can take it..

parrots, eye patches, planks, jack sparrow? (what) soon there will be pirate wars, and then many people coming from all around begging to be a pirate, then here we go...

by SBF Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:57 am

Aristotle wrote:
Olds wrote:is that a fucking stick? like, did they really take over a ship with a fucking stick?

how the hell do you even get ON that motherfucker?

i think it's a stick.

also, i'd like to see how these clowns got on that ship, too

They said on the news that they are using grappling hooks to get aboard, 1960's BATMAN STYLE!

by milleniahead Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:22 am

SBF wrote:
Aristotle wrote:
Olds wrote:is that a fucking stick? like, did they really take over a ship with a fucking stick?

how the hell do you even get ON that motherfucker?

i think it's a stick.

also, i'd like to see how these clowns got on that ship, too

They said on the news that they are using grappling hooks to get aboard, 1960's BATMAN STYLE!

see.. wtf..

cant the crew throw various funny objects overboard to bash them in the head with...

crates, anvils, bowling balls etc..

by JaysonAych Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:28 pm

milleniahead wrote:
SBF wrote:
Aristotle wrote:
Olds wrote:is that a fucking stick? like, did they really take over a ship with a fucking stick?

how the hell do you even get ON that motherfucker?

i think it's a stick.

also, i'd like to see how these clowns got on that ship, too

They said on the news that they are using grappling hooks to get aboard, 1960's BATMAN STYLE!

see.. wtf..

cant the crew throw various funny objects overboard to bash them in the head with...

crates, anvils, bowling balls etc..

by big_jesus Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:08 pm

yessssssssssssssssss

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