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Aussies threw chairs at pirates
news.com.au ^
| 27th April 2009
Posted on 04/26/2009 9:06:30 PM PDT by naturalman1975
AUSTRALIAN passengers threw chairs at pirates that tried to board their luxury cruise ship. Emily Everywhere's mother-in-law was among them.
Six pirates armed with machine guns fired on tourists while trying to hijack the luxury liner Melody as she sailed from the Seychelles to the Italian city of Genoa.
The ship's Israeli-hired security guards exchanged gunfire with the pirates as staff ordered passengers to hide in their cabins.
Couriermail.com.au blogger Emily Everywhere said her mother-in-law was on board, and joined passengers who threw chair at the pirates.
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The Australian Defence Force has trouble attracting recruits at the moment. I keep thinking a solution for the Navy could be the slogan.
Join the Navy. FIGHT PIRATES!
What 18-year-old boy could resist?
Instead, there's too much talk about peacekeeping, fisheries patrols, border protection, rescue - all very important and worthwhile but not exciting enough to engage a lot of potential recruits.
FIGHT PIRATES! That would do it.
To: naturalman1975
Fight Pirates, Meet Chicks. Works for me.
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:07:54 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: naturalman1975
I think it would be better if it said “Join the Navy, Kill Pirates!”
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:10:32 PM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's world war IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam. VRWC. TWP.)
To: naturalman1975
Pirates!!!
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:12:40 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: naturalman1975
The Aussies only threw chairs? I would have thought they’d be throwing their empties at ‘em as well!
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:12:52 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(Time to bring back the Sons of Liberty.)
To: garyhope
Join the Navy, Kill Pirates, Meet Chicks”
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:14:50 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 97 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: naturalman1975
Hmmm. Did the ship have a bowling alley by any chance? Maybe it would be a good idea if cruise ships had bowling alleys.
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:15:26 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:16:35 PM PDT
by
krb
(Obama is a miserable failure.)
To: naturalman1975
should throw some of these....
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:17:53 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: naturalman1975
Never bring only a machine gun to an Aussie Deck Chair fight.
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:18:21 PM PDT
by
WesternPacific
(I am tired of voting for the lesser of two evils!)
To: naturalman1975
I’ve heard of some wild cruise ship activities, but throw the chair at the guy with the automatic takes the cake.
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:18:37 PM PDT
by
tanuki
(The only color of a leader that should matter is the color of his spine.)
To: naturalman1975
Ya call that a chair?
THIS is a chair!
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:19:11 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.")
To: naturalman1975
I think Aussies with chairs are probably more dangerous than pirates with AK47s.
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:20:46 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.")
To: traumer; naturalman1975
> should throw some of these...
No way! When they are empty they’re too light, and when they’re full they’re too valuable to be wasted on pirates.
Throw chairs instead: you can finish the cruise standing up, but you sure can’t finish it without any cold beer!
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:23:36 PM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
When they ran out of chairs - they gave the pirates a DONK!
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:25:34 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(The Porkulus brought us economic swine flu.)
To: naturalman1975
I didn’t know Steve Ballmer was Australian... ;-)
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:27:19 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: naturalman1975
MSC Melody
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:31:02 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: naturalman1975
Everybody to the Galley to get the pots of boiling oil!
To: DieHard the Hunter
Throw chairs instead: you can finish the cruise standing up, but you sure cant finish it without any cold beer! I dont know. If there is enough cold beer I wont want to finish the cruise standing up. I will definitely need to sit down.
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:41:51 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: naturalman1975
Gee, I hope they didn't hurt the poor pirates with their chair..Better call the ACLU...wouldn't want the pirates to get an ouchie.
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posted on
04/26/2009 9:44:40 PM PDT
by
KLT
(A damn Yankee, from the great state of Mississippi....Go Freepers Go!)
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