I'm burned out from hearing about the economic meltdown.
I'm already sick of hearing about the swine flu.
But I kind of dig the news stories about pirates.
Before you post hate comments, let me clear about one thing. I understand this topic is a deadly serious problem that isn't really funny.
That said, I'm still really enjoyed reading all the recent stories of thwarted pirates attacks.
For example, check out this story - Cruise Ship Hero fought Off Pirates with a Deck Chair
A passenger saw armed pirates in a speed boat trying to climb onto a cruise ship.
So he throws a chair at them, buying enough time that the cruise ship maneuvered safely away.
And who is this he-man cruise ship saver?
A retired engineer celebrating his 62 birthday with a cruise.
How could you not enjoy that story?
I also thought this one was interesting -Pirates Open Fire on U.S. Cruise Ship
Apparently, the pirates were in a speed boat and attempted to attack the much larger, faster cruise ship. The cruise ship was able to safely outrun the speed boat.
Now that the element of surprise is pretty much gone, they might want to rethink that plan.
Pirates! I still haven't gotten used to seeing that word in headlines.
43 comments:
The pirate thing is crazy!! They need to use a better name. I think that's the problem. Pirates have been made into cartoons from the past. It's like being held up by Tinkerbell.
ARRRRGH! A far cry from the parrot-wielding, stick-legged dudes, eh? I wonder if I'd have the wherewithal to toss a deck chair at an incoming modern-day Johnny Depp.
If it wasn't too FAARRRGH.
I have written this comment a lot... Give a bush native an AK-47, and he's a "Warlord"..give him a 16ft. boat and an outboard motor and he's a "Pirate"! A big Thank You to the media for making murderers and petty thieves Warlords and Pirates!
Awesome! Those are 2 great stories. I especially love the deck chair one the best!!
I'm all over the funny pirate stories...you gotta have something to laugh at when all the other news is depressing crap!
pirates!!! ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGG my son was in a play yesterday, Pirates :)
but the pirates just aren't how I imagine them. I miss the eye patches and the peg legs.
No hate comments from me. I agree with you completely. When the pirates lose I'm very happy. I especially like the work of the Navy Seals. Too bad they didn't get the last one. Just saying. All they are are thugs. Plain and simple.
Have a terrific day. :)
Give me a hot, sexy, Johnny Depp kinda pirate and he can climb aboard and commandeer my ship anytime. I'm just saying...
These pirates are ruining the career of Johnny Depp, and the reputation of The Pirate Bay.
Who knew that a deck chair could be a weapon? Well, probably my sons but that doesn't really count.
Can't decide if I want to know more or less about swine flu, but the coverage is definitely bumming me out.
I also enjoy the pirate stories!
And... I feel a little bad for the pirates. They are hungry. But... we can not reward their bad behavior. The darn U.S. ship that was captured was actually taking them food aid!!!
Shiver me timbers! Who wudda thought there'd be pirates among us? Arrrrr.
I know! Everytime I hear pirates, I expect them to be shouting shiver me timbers or something! These guys make up in action what they totally lack in words, I guess!
Do pirates have other identities when they are not pillaging on the open seas? Or is it a full time job?
My g/f, some former coworkers and I are working on a script and score for a musical entitled "Pirates of the Gulf of Aden".
The final scene of the first episode (we're thinking trilogy) will be a climactic machete duel between the Somali Pirate Leader's eldest son and a corrupt Ethiopian General. And, by machete duel, we mean they hack at each other while chewing huge wads of khat...which ensures a good 3 seconds between loss of a limb, and the former owner's noticing.
So, no, I don't think I'll be posting any hate comments for not taking the pirates seriously enough.
Before we went on our honeymoon, my husband asked me "what if our cruise ship gets taken over by pirates?" and I laughed at him and told him that was the dumbest thing I'd ever heard. Look who's laughing now.
BTW - I am now walking around my office coughing and pretend sneezing and declaring SWINE after each time. I know...its a very serious illness, but I'm so over it, I can't help it.
I always wondered why we glorified them in the first place.
The deck chair story does make me smile...
LOL @ kathy B and all the other commenters!
K- Your comments are 'almost' as funny as your post! Laughed all the way down the side bar of yur ship matie...Buff- is right though about petty thieves and murderers...scary on land or sea...
It is so so so sad.
Pirates used to be so cool. I wonder how many pirates I will see next Halloween. What is this world coming to when we can't even wear our Halloween costumes!!!!
You're so right! My boys love pretending to be pirates so they thought that it was "cool" to hear about real pirates. Of course, we had to explain to them about the serious nature of this situation. But I agree that it is kind of weird to be talking about pirate activity.
Wow thanks for bringing these stories to your blog. I had not heard them!
I can't help it, whenever I think of pirates I picture the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and the song "Yo ho yo ho a Pirate's life for me!"
Blame Captian Jack Sparrow who made being a Pirate looking so cool huh?
Why don't they just look for those ships with the jolly roger flags on them? Or they could interview the sailers and if they respond with too many RRRR's they could be detained.
Maybe they should have named it the pirate flu?
If I see a sick pig thats ready to attack me I'll try to remember to throw a deck chair at em. Or we could throw the sick pigs at the pirates?
And remember that foolsfitness is a ill swine free zone!- Alan
I'm not going to be a hater... I'm strangely fascinated by the pirate news too (and sick of everything else). I know they're not the traditional pirates that pop in our heads but I still can't get over the fact that some form of pirate still exists. So weird.
I'm just disappointed that not one has had a parrot on his shoulder so far.
OK. Every time I see or hear a pirate story, I giggle. I'm sorry. There is something funny about using that word in 2009. LOL
that is crazy stuff. I didn't even know there was a pirate problem. man, I really need to pick up a news paper now and then.
Hey, if I had a chair I'd whack some pirates too.
That story is awesome (engineer with deck chair). I'll take pirates over swine flu any day.
Sigh....too bad they can't all look like Captain Jack ;) !
Pirates!? really? Thanks for the heads up. I had not heard.
That is a Funny mental image...
I agree with you.
I'm not offended by "Go Pirates!" cuz it's more about the "Yay, Johnny Depp!" and less, "Hooray, Terrorists!"
It is funny. In a somber way.
how awesome! pirates as so fierce and sexy in theory... but in reality I guess they don't quite match up. but in romance novels they are quite dashing! :)
I get a whole Disney "Pirate of the Carribean" feel for it, too. And, then I read the whole story and think otherwise. Them real pirates are scary!
I agree-- the news about pirates is strangely fascinating!
My husband is in the army and we live in Germany, I always tell him about the latest pirate stories. The funniest was something about soldiers fighting pirates in Jaboody africa. Lol. I tell him his next mission will be fighting pirates.
Passin' through by way of SITS. I'm totally with you on the pirate thing. Not only is it something new and interesting in the news, it's getting my kids to dig out all their old dress up gear and run around the house screaming Aaaaaargh!
It is so crazy to hear about real life pirates. I love the one about the engineer. Good for him!
my comment was just going to be that i like hearing the word "pirate" from newscasters, but you kind of covered that in the end. i jsut wish they dressed more "piratey." i bet everyone would take them more seriously. (sorry, i know i am not giving this the true credit it deserves, but come on, pirates!?!?!)
I agree, the pirate thing does have it's funny points...come on...just take care of them like Thomas Jefferson said to.
That said, my favorite story so far is the group that opened fire on.....the French Navy ship. I laughed so hard over that one...say what you will about the French in general, their military really rocks...and their navy?
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