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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I like that idea! Man, that would sting. And maybe for fun, have a flamethrower handy to warm-up the speed boat. "Hey Abdul, need a light?"
> 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.
We Australians and New Zealanders, in that situation, will be happy to finish the cruise lying down. Drinking beer whilst supine in a skill people from DownUnder develop early in life and practise nearly every long weekend.
What is the age limit? What rank do I get for prior service? Where do I sign?
/johnny
A well-considered philosophy.
They’re dangerous... we need chair control......should have to have license to buy a chair.....
I'm quite sure that us Freepers would be welcome aboard too.
And yes, it would have quad mounts on it!
When it positively - absolutely has to be delivered!
Sheesh...guy must have been born and raised in England with clackers like that.
I’m thinking there’s an opportunity to sell “pirate cruises” off Somalia - instead of skeet shooting off the fantail, they hand you your choice of ordinance, with no bag limit, when the bad guys approach.
That’s hillarious! I haven’t seen that in years!
LOL! Does Fosters come in bottles? I know it does in big cans.
Give them time.
We used snipers, Aussies used chairs...
It works for me!
Perhaps I will one day make a pilgrimage to the Land Down Under so that I may study at the feet of the masters that I may learn this useful art.
I just noticed your tagline! We’re MS natives, and empty- nesters here in MA, with the 4 kids all off to college, or already graduated. We’re planning to move back home when we get our house remodeled and sold!
Well welcome back to peace and quiet...
How to tell when its *not* your day as a pirate. You have to fight your way past the pistol-armed Israeli security, then subdue a mostly Australian passenger list, before you get the ship. Jeeezzzz,,,theres got to be an easier way,,
Guess they don’t have orthodontists in Somalia...just warlords..
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