[johnfrink]

So the story right now is that the ship's master(captain) informed authorites a bomb was onboard and is now refusing to allow the ship to be searched.

The captain probably got frustrated with security and made some joking comment about a bomb, and then when he realized that this would trigger an automatic (heavy) response, tried to back down and get them to leave him alone. Either way, he's got lots of 'splainin to do.

[cake_crumb]

"Either way, he's got lots of 'splainin to do."

He sure does.

[Diddle E. Squat]

The captain probably got frustrated with security and made some joking comment about a bomb, and then when he realized that this would trigger an automatic (heavy) response, tried to back down and get them to leave him alone. Either way, he's got lots of 'splainin to do.

Exactly.

[spectre]

Looks like you nailed it, John!

Captain says "it was just a joke"...

No comment.

sw