Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[PaulX]

Pirates steal a whole bloody oil tanker!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7734733.stm



I'm a bit disappointed that they don't still wear three-cornered hats, use cutlasses and cannons and hoist the skull & crossbones. Speedboats, AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades just aren't the same.

[Magma]

This is the second pirate story in the news in the last week. I can only conclude that it's Hollywood's fault for using Johnny Depp to make piracy glamorous.

Somaliaaaaaaarrrrrrrr

[PaulX]

Yep, the other story was the Royal Navy foiling another bunch of Somali pirates, killing two of them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7725771.stm

So the tally for the week is currently: Pirates 1 Navy 1

[WaveyRaveyDavey]

Yep, the other story was the Royal Navy foiling another bunch of Somali pirates, killing two of them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7725771.stm

So the tally for the week is currently: Pirates 1 Navy 1

If the ministry saw sense and sent in HMS Donk to sort the piracy problem (after all, a poacher makes the best gamekeeper), those Somalis would SHIT themselves - laughing!

[baldmosher]

So the tally for the week is currently: Pirates 1 Navy 1

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11 ... index.html

Pirates 3 Navies 2?

[PaulX]

I think the Indian navy's sinking of a pirate mother ship is worth two points.

So I'll call it 3-3.

[baldmosher]

We need a league table and points system.

3 points for a successful ransom demand, or a sunken pirate ship
1 point for a successful hijack, or a damaged pirate ship

That fair?

I reckon that makes it about 3-3 as things stand, although I'm not sure how the situation with the Ukrainian tanks turned out, and the bases are loaded at the moment.

[Magma]

I think it needs to depend on the size of the ship involved. Each side should be given an allocation of a certain number of each size ship.

[buzzingtalk]

somalians also stole 2 malaysian boats while i was out there, one oil one and another goods one IIRC.

one was released while i was out there, but not sure about the other one?

so pirates 3 - navy/malaysia/world etc 4

[Magma]

somalians also stole 2 malaysian boats while i was out there, one oil one and another goods one IIRC.

one was released while i was out there, but not sure about the other one?

so pirates 3 - navy/malaysia/world etc 4

Evidently it's a game of two arrrrrves.