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Britney Spears' Music Used by British Navy to Scare Off Somali Pirates
The Guardian ^
| Tuesday 29 October 2013
| Tim Jonze
Posted on 10/30/2013 1:09:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
'As soon as the pirates get a blast of Britney, they move on as quickly as they can,' says merchant naval officer
In an excellent case of "here's a sentence you won't read every day", Britney Spears has emerged as an unlikely figurehead in the fight against Somali pirates.
According to reports, Britney's hits, including Oops! I Did It Again and Baby One More Time, are being employed by British naval officers in an attempt to scare off pirates along the east coast of Africa. Perhaps nothing else not guns, not harpoons is quite as intimidating as the sound of Ms Spears singing "Ooh baby baby!"
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: british; britneyspears; music; navy; pirates; royalnavy; scare; somali; somalia; spears; used
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To: nickcarraway
Give ‘em a blast of Radiohead and they’ll all jump into the sea and drown themselves. Problem solved.
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10/30/2013 1:37:17 PM PDT
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relictele
("An elective despotism was not the government we fought for..." - James Madison)
To: MeganC
They need water cannons loaded with pigs blood. Muzzies are a superstitous lot.
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10/30/2013 1:38:04 PM PDT
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aimhigh
To: nickcarraway
Geneva Convention forbids them to play Yoko Ono.
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10/30/2013 1:39:03 PM PDT
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CrazyIvan
(Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
To: relictele
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10/30/2013 1:41:06 PM PDT
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nascarnation
(Frequently wrong but rarely in doubt....)
To: CrazyIvan
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10/30/2013 1:42:51 PM PDT
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Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: nickcarraway
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10/30/2013 1:51:04 PM PDT
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Veggie Todd
(I don't always talk to Obama voters, but when I do I ask for Large Fries.)
To: nickcarraway
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10/30/2013 1:52:16 PM PDT
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DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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10/30/2013 2:15:00 PM PDT
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TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: nascarnation; Travis T. OJustice; Slings and Arrows
Everybody's entitled to a bad day.
I still say "Not Guilty."
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11/22/2013 8:09:17 PM PST
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presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does.)
To: presidio9
at least eligible for a BJ Clinton post-POTUS pardon!
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11/23/2013 6:32:56 AM PST
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nascarnation
(Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
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