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    'Ghost Ship' With Secret Cargo Mysteriously Disappears

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    08/13/09

    In reply to 'Ghost Ship' With Secret Cargo Mysteriously Disappears
    Previously, on LOST ...
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    08/13/09

    In reply to 'Ghost Ship' With Secret Cargo Mysteriously Disappears
    Stay away from the fog, there's something in the fog!
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    Image of ColbeerReport ColbeerReport
    08/13/09

    @blix: killer mist? that would never fly as the plot for a blockbuster...

    ...oh wait
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    08/14/09

    @ColbeerReport: John Carpenter and Stephen King got away with it. King's was better but Carpenter's was bustier.
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    Image of BaconCat BaconCat
    08/13/09

    In reply to 'Ghost Ship' With Secret Cargo Mysteriously Disappears
    Holy shit, are the Vikings back?
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    08/13/09

    In reply to 'Ghost Ship' With Secret Cargo Mysteriously Disappears
    I work in the marine industry, and it's not unheard of that a crew will head toward the western coast of Africa and sell everything they've got on the black market. There's no evidence against these sailors (I presume they're victims of some misfortune), but it is a real possibility in the maritime tradition.
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    08/13/09

    In reply to 'Ghost Ship' With Secret Cargo Mysteriously Disappears
    Give Steven Segal the call. Your time is now.
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    Image of Pesti-Esti Pesti-Esti
    08/13/09

    In reply to 'Ghost Ship' With Secret Cargo Mysteriously Disappears
    It was full of timber.

    And probably capsized in rough waters, considering its sister ships have a history of tipping over.

    TIMBER!!! indeed.
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    Edited by Pesti-Esti at 08/13/09 11:13 AM Pesti-Esti was starred Pesti-Esti was unstarred
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    08/13/09

    @Pesti-Esti: Alright, apparently if you edit a comment, it kills your links. Here they are:
    [www.nytimes.com]
    [www.safetyatsea.net]
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    Image of kneetoe kneetoe
    08/13/09

    @Pesti-Esti: And the last sound heard from the sinking ship: "Shiver me tiiiiiiimberrrrrrs" (so it was pirates).
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    08/13/09

    In reply to 'Ghost Ship' With Secret Cargo Mysteriously Disappears
    BBC covered this last night -- didn't sleep much after watching it. There is the prospect that it might have been taken not by pirates, but by terrorists, who could us the ship to get close enough to a populated port area to set off a dirty bomb or something equally nasty. Scary stuff. Probably explains why the Russian subs have been patrolling off the US east coast lately.


    Either that, or the pirates just want to build a MASSIVE deck.
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    Private Hangnail promoted this comment Edited by meechybee at 08/13/09 11:11 AM meechybee was starred meechybee was unstarred
    Image of Private Hangnail Private Hangnail
    08/13/09

    @meechybee: Goddamn pirates and their home improvement projects.
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    Image of friend_of_a_friend friend_of_a_friend
    08/13/09

    @Private Hangnail: Silly pirates. Your deck may look great now, but it's going to be never ending maintenance to keep it looking great in the hot Somali sun.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    08/13/09

    @friend_of_a_friend: Well, when it falls apart they'll just have to build another one.

    But why suspect JUST the Somalis? Remember that Swiss family, the Robinsons? They, as I recall, had a giant treehouse, a replica of which seems to have disappeared from Disneyland.

    Who ever suspects the Swiss?
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    08/13/09

    @Tart of Darkness: Couldn't edit. I meant "hijack another one".
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    Image of blix blix
    08/13/09

    @Tart of Darkness: I certainly wasn't suspecting the Spanish Inquisition.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/07/09

    In reply to Asshole Director Makes Up For It a Little By Saving Some People In Water Rescue
    So he's a people's hero. Also, regardless of alleged interim dickishness, he's still the auteur of "Swingers" and "Go." I think he wins..
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    08/07/09

    In reply to Asshole Director Makes Up For It a Little By Saving Some People In Water Rescue
    Pwnage by Prima Notte Distressed Asset Recovery, SpA
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    Image of maevemealone maevemealone
    08/07/09

    In reply to Asshole Director Makes Up For It a Little By Saving Some People In Water Rescue
    If I had a sailboat in NYC, damn straight I'd be out on that thing every day way past 1am. And so would all my very sexy new friends.
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    Image of LadybirdRamone LadybirdRamone
    08/07/09

    @maevemealone: My thoughts exactly!
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    08/07/09

    In reply to Asshole Director Makes Up For It a Little By Saving Some People In Water Rescue
    Technically, wouldn't it be the speedboat that crashed into the cargo ship?
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    08/07/09

    In reply to Asshole Director Makes Up For It a Little By Saving Some People In Water Rescue
    "Oddly, the AP seems to have gotten the scoop because the two men happened to have been at the news cooperative's New York headquarters "

    If I were an asshole, I might make up a self-serving story about saving three people from drowning, too. But that's me, if I were an asshole.
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    lionel-mandrake promoted this comment Edited by hilikusopus at 08/07/09 4:47 PM hilikusopus was starred hilikusopus was unstarred
    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    08/07/09

    @hilikusopus:
    But that's the beauty of it -- you are an asshole. Smiley.
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    08/07/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Another fine example of cosmic symmetry. Smiley.
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    Edited by hilikusopus at 08/07/09 7:21 PM hilikusopus was starred hilikusopus was unstarred
    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    08/07/09

    In reply to Asshole Director Makes Up For It a Little By Saving Some People In Water Rescue
    Here's why I think Doug Liman stinks.
    True story: I once went out on a couple of dates with his brother Louis. Let me say... the reason there wasn't more is that Louis did not bathe. He smelled breathtakingly bad. He totally traded on the "My dad is a famous lawyer" crap. And it wasn't like he was trying to prove anything - he just didn't understand the point of taking a shower.
    I was also graced at that time with an audience with Doug. He, too, has only a nodding acquaintance with soap. It is unbelievable.
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    Image of Paul.B.Dodd Paul.B.Dodd
    08/07/09

    @FormerEnglishMajor: If it's that unbearable what prompted you to see him more than once? But that's just me. I don't like smelly people in general. Maybe you're more tolerant.
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    08/07/09

    @Paul.B.Dodd: I thought on the first date, maybe I was just being picky, or he'd just gone to the gym, or maybe the dry cleaners messed up his shirt. The second date - there was no doubt. It was during my 'give everyone a second chance' phase. Which didn't last long.
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    08/07/09

    In reply to Asshole Director Makes Up For It a Little By Saving Some People In Water Rescue
    The story doesn't explain what the fuck they were doing on a sailboat in the Hudson River at one o'clock in the morning..
    Looking for Kevin Spacey's dog?
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    08/07/09

    @Nice Beaver: I wish I could heart you every fucking day.
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    Image of smithhimself smithhimself
    08/07/09

    In reply to Asshole Director Makes Up For It a Little By Saving Some People In Water Rescue
    Smoking gigantic blunts in hollowed-out Cuban cigars.
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    08/07/09

    @smithhimself: Hollywood "hollowed-out Cuban cigars," no doubt.
    (Try saying that aloud, 3x fast.)
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    08/07/09

    @britneyspearstears:
    Can't. Friday. Bellini time.
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