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2011-05-11 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Retired Brit tourists fought off Somali pirates with deckchairs
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Posted by Besoeker 2011-05-11 05:27|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1 Some good comment too.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-05-11 05:48||   2011-05-11 05:48|| Front Page Top

#2 The Retirement Community of the High Seas is not to be messed with when it comes to
1) seating next to the buffet
2) their deck chairs.

That they can improvise weapons from deck chairs comes as no surprise to me.
Posted by eLarson 2011-05-11 07:23||   2011-05-11 07:23|| Front Page Top

#3 The Sun has a slightly different version featuring armed security guards firing warning shots and a crew that sounds like they responded pretty well.
This version makes it sound like "Golden Girls Fight Somali Pirates".
Posted by tu3031 2011-05-11 10:01||   2011-05-11 10:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Wasn't that a violation of the pirates' human rights?
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-05-11 11:33||   2011-05-11 11:33|| Front Page Top

#5 I smell a USA Network made-for-TV movie....
Posted by CrazyFool 2011-05-11 12:41||   2011-05-11 12:41|| Front Page Top

#6 I noticed in the article that his wound did not respond to the on board antibiotics. Sepsis was the infection. Normal bacteria but could the bullets have been tainted on purpose. Just curious.
Posted by Dale 2011-05-11 15:01||   2011-05-11 15:01|| Front Page Top

#7 What's with this warning shots thing? A bunch of guys in a small boat are sitting ducks for a trained marksman.
Posted by Keystone 2011-05-11 17:33||   2011-05-11 17:33|| Front Page Top

#8 What's with this warning shots thing? A bunch of guys in a small boat are sitting ducks for a trained marksman. If you miss, you call it a warning shot.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-11 18:05||   2011-05-11 18:05|| Front Page Top

#9 could the bullets have been tainted on purpose.

No, Dale, Somalia has plenty of nasty germs without even having to do it on purpose. And the ship likely didn't carry a full arsenal of antibiotics either.
Posted by Glenmore 2011-05-11 20:13||   2011-05-11 20:13|| Front Page Top

#10 What happened with the German towels?
Posted by European Conservative 2011-05-11 22:00||   2011-05-11 22:00|| Front Page Top

#11 What happened with the German towels?

Neatly folded and stacked in the proper place to one side before commencing the assault, I imagine, European Conservative. Just because a fight is in the offing is no reason for untidiness... nor to waste perfectly good towels. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2011-05-11 23:17||   2011-05-11 23:17|| Front Page Top

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