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Retired Brit tourists fought off Somali pirates with deckchairs
Daily Mail ^
| 5th May 2011
Posted on 05/06/2011 8:23:09 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76
Strange to see a story about a cruise ship and deck chairs with no mention of Titanic or icebergs.
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posted on
05/06/2011 9:19:09 PM PDT
by
JPG
(Zawahiri, you're next.)
To: george76
Deck Chairs are good.
AR15 is better.
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posted on
05/06/2011 9:33:27 PM PDT
by
Tupelo
To: george76
"As gun shot rang out, the couple defiantly armed themselves with deck chairs, tables and whatever came to hand as they helped to beat off the outlaws." As the old jokes goes...
Meanwhile...back at the ranch...Granny is beating off the Indians!
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posted on
05/06/2011 9:38:46 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
To: george76
I just wished they would allow the revival of the Q-Ship--essentially a ship that looks like a conventional cargo ship but when the Somali pirates get too close the M2 Browning machine gun and M242 Bushmaster gun emplacements are unveiled and a small number of well-placed rounds will end the attack in short order.
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posted on
05/06/2011 9:39:42 PM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: TxDas
I’d like to see the brochures and TV ads for Somalia cruises! I picture Mr. and Mrs. Howell wielding deck chairs while Gilligan swabs the deck.
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posted on
05/07/2011 12:03:45 AM PDT
by
AZLiberty
(Yes, Mr. Lennon, I do want a revolution.)
To: george76
I didn’t know MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Co.) had cruise ships. I was thinking this was a container ship that offered passenger service.
Looking up the ship on Wikipedia I see it was also attacked by pirates off the Seychelles in 2009.
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posted on
05/07/2011 12:48:41 AM PDT
by
GATOR NAVY
("The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -Dennis Prager)
To: george76
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:46:03 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(What Would Stephen Decatur Do?)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
Thanks george76.
With no members of the crew or security guards nearby, the passengers realised they would have to take matters into their own hands.
Unfortunately, this is another pirates-thwarted story which doesn't end, "tossed their lifeless carcasses to the sharks".
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:49:21 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: Charles Henrickson; george76; Perdogg; martin_fierro; Seadog Bytes
Guess they chaised them off.
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:55:21 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: SunkenCiv
Guess they chaised them off.LOL! Post of the thread!
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posted on
05/07/2011 7:14:08 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(What Would Stephen Decatur Do?)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Ah, deck chair porn. Give us more.
To: SunkenCiv
They weren’t lounging around.
To: george76
Although the article is dated May 5 2011, the incident occurred in 2009.
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:17:51 AM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: magslinger
There wasn’t anything I could do with “shuffleboard”. ;’)
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:28:17 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: george76; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Revolting cat!
Rearranging the deck chairs WORKED for once!
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posted on
05/07/2011 12:34:04 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
("If Eric Holder had his way, O-B-L would still be alive today." Thank you President Bush for Gitmo.)
To: Salvavida
Somewhere, there is a Somali with a headwound having to explain to his buddies he got owned by a chair. They are still working their way through defense against being attacked by a banana or a pointy stick.
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posted on
05/07/2011 12:35:27 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
("If Eric Holder had his way, O-B-L would still be alive today." Thank you President Bush for Gitmo.)
To: SunkenCiv
:))
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posted on
05/15/2011 11:56:03 PM PDT
by
Seadog Bytes
(OPM: The Liberal solution to every societal problem... Other People's Money.)
To: george76
LOL! BUMP!
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posted on
05/16/2011 12:09:38 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(You do not have to smear (Pharaoh / Imam) Obama w/ lies....the truth does a fine job. :)
To: george76
....This thread should really be great on September 19, 2011
INTERNATIONAL TALK-LIKE-A-PIRATE DAY!
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posted on
05/16/2011 12:13:09 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(You do not have to smear (Pharaoh / Imam) Obama w/ lies....the truth does a fine job. :)
To: SunkenCiv
>> Guess they chaised them off.
I’m reclined to agree.
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posted on
05/16/2011 12:15:50 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(*** Jesus ***)
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