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2009-02-11 Africa Horn

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Posted by tu3031 2009-02-11 09:57|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 But does it have a yardarm? That's the key equipment for fighting pirates - something to hang their carcasses from when you call on their home port.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2009-02-11 10:12|| 2009-02-11 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Who KNEW! A floating GITMO! Finally the bloody Navy got it right! Please pass the rice and beans.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-11 10:21|| 2009-02-11 10:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Should have been a submarine. With the cells outside the pressure hull.

Posted by ed 2009-02-11 10:41|| 2009-02-11 10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 I know it's fun to put down Navy food, But truthfully, when I was in, we ate very well (And never peeled a single potato, we had a machine that did that).

Posted by Rednek Jim">Rednek Jim 2009-02-11 10:47|| 2009-02-11 10:47|| Front Page Top

#5 So, unlimited ice cream bar for the pirates?

Posted by ed 2009-02-11 10:53|| 2009-02-11 10:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Rename it the USS Stephen Decatur.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-02-11 11:08|| 2009-02-11 11:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Hell, just throw a shipping container on the deck of any vessel with the deck space. Add a MasterLock.

Viola! Instant brig!

Posted by GORT 2009-02-11 12:52|| 2009-02-11 12:52|| Front Page Top

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