somalipirates - Gawker

posts about #somalipirates more →
Pirate-Hijack Ship Crew Ungrateful For Being Made Heroes
Admirably Balanced Kidnapping
Somali Pirate Kidnapping of Kindly Brits Sure to End Poorly
Only Thousands of Miles From Your Bathtub
Somali Pirates Need Mood Stabilizers
Will Not End Well
The Case of the Missing Booty
Violent Pirate Pilot Silent, Save for Raves of Hater Paper
Pirates: Not So Tough After All
Caterwauling Marauder Led to Slaughter: Keening Corsair Is Tabloid Fodder

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

manchops
12/03/09

In reply to Pirate-Hijack Ship Crew Ungrateful For Being Made Heroes
when will white people ever just shut up and be happy they're still alive?
Reply

manchops was starred manchops was unstarred

AzureTexan
12/03/09

In reply to Pirate-Hijack Ship Crew Ungrateful For Being Made Heroes
Yeah, well, Spock questioned Kirk when he directed the Starship Enterprise to Omicron Ceti III . . . UNTIL, that is, the stoic first officer fell in love with foxy biologist Leila. So what I'm saying — what I THINK I'm saying — is that maybe there are sweeter stories behind the scenes.
Reply

Edited by AzureTexan at 12/03/09 10:20 AM AzureTexan was starred AzureTexan was unstarred

Mike Jahn
12/03/09

@AzureTexan: Yeah, you don't want to get too picky, but there also was that time that the Captain of the Reliant, along with Chekhov, beamed into a hostile environmnt, apparently unarmed, and lost their entire ship to a bunch of old hippies armed only with aggressive armadillos.
Reply

Mike Jahn was starred Mike Jahn was unstarred

AzureTexan
12/03/09

@Mike Jahn: Yep, and on the cutting-room floor was rare footage of the Starship Timothy Leary.
Reply

AzureTexan was starred AzureTexan was unstarred

allium
12/03/09

@AzureTexan: Heck in Star Trek V the Enterprise was captured by Timothy Leary. Or maybe it was Terrence McKenna - all I know is the dude wore a bathrobe after 11 am.

Ah, the days before the Internet (as opposed to that thing they used at CERN), when the primitive movie reviewers of the time just couldn't convey how craptastic a film could really be.
Reply

Edited by allium at 12/03/09 1:20 PM allium was starred allium was unstarred

AzureTexan
12/03/09

@allium: True. And on that 40-mile round trip we did this thing called "talking." I miss it.
Reply

AzureTexan was starred AzureTexan was unstarred

daveyjonesisdead
12/03/09

In reply to Pirate-Hijack Ship Crew Ungrateful For Being Made Heroes
Their jobs are workfare, pure and simple. The US insists that the food aid it provides be 1) grown in the US and 2) shipped only on US flagged ships. Without that, these guys wouldn't be working.
Reply

daveyjonesisdead was starred daveyjonesisdead was unstarred

blix
11/17/09

In reply to Admirably Balanced Kidnapping
Let's do Italian next, I don't care what you had for lunch. #somalipirates
Reply

blix was starred blix was unstarred

War Cats!
10/27/09

In reply to Somali Pirate Kidnapping of Kindly Brits Sure to End Poorly
Jesus, Reuters' Mogadishu bureau must be going crazy over this.
Reply

Edited by War Cats! at 10/27/09 10:37 AM War Cats! was starred War Cats! was unstarred

New Gonzo Drifter
10/27/09

@War Cats!: Ha, ha -- that's funny. No news outlet has a bureau in the Mog, as all of the bureaus are in Nairobi, next door in Kenya. All of the news outlets have stringers based in Mog, to which the wires and major papers simply dateline the stories out of ... #somalipirates
Reply

miss_msry promoted this comment New Gonzo Drifter was starred

miss_msry
10/27/09

@NewGonzo:

The journos jet in every morning, then jet back to Nairobi for happy hour.

At least that's what my hubby told me he did. #somalipirates
Reply

miss_msry was starred miss_msry was unstarred

son of spam
10/27/09

@NewGonzo: Stop sending me all of those emails. #somalipirates
Reply

son of spam was starred son of spam was unstarred

New Gonzo Drifter
10/27/09

@son of spam: Funny! #somalipirates
Reply

New Gonzo Drifter was starred

New Gonzo Drifter
10/27/09

@miss_msry: Well, as a print correspondent (and photojournalist) who spent several years covering the region while based in both Kenya and Ethiopia, and having covered much of the fracas in the last few years, I can tell you NO ONE has "jetted" into Mogadishu every morning and made it back to Nairobi for happy hour in least 20 years. You hubby must be at least 50 years old, English or Italian, and a bold-faced teller of non truths.

That's a wild yarn to get laid, which you must have fell for when you met him.

"Oh, indeed, dear! My mates and I would secure a plane to take us into the northern part of the Mog when the day's fighting would erupt, and we would get our story, you see, love? And then we would be back for Sundowners at The Talisman by 5 every afta-noon ... the Rover was always cleaned and ready to go at Wilson (airport), you see, love, and Wamwara would always be waiting paitently to drive us back to the Talisman's bar! Wonda-ful days, indeed ... would you like to go back to my place for a drink, love?"

Terms of reference:

The Talisman: a restaurant/bar in the Karen district of Nairobi.

Rover: Range Rover or Land Rover

Wilson Airport: the other airport in Nairobi, as opposed to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (most flights to and from Somalia originate out of Wilson, where there is a significant military presence)

Wamwara: Kenyan male name

But ha, ha -- ha! #somalipirates
Reply

New Gonzo Drifter was starred

War Cats!
10/27/09

@NewGonzo: Oh come on now. You couldn't possibly think that I was being serious. Seriously, was the joke that bad?
Reply

Edited by War Cats! at 10/27/09 9:01 PM War Cats! was starred War Cats! was unstarred

New Gonzo Drifter
10/28/09

@War Cats!: My bad! I'm new at commenting on here and am still wading through the fiction vs. non-fiction. New Gonzo! #somalipirates
Reply

New Gonzo Drifter was starred

miss_msry
10/28/09

@NewGonzo:

Well, your right about his age and it was almost 20 years ago, but he wasn't network or expat freelance. He and the reporter only stayed about 10 days as they were there to cover Texas troops only, not the whole political situation.

I'm not sure, but this was a PR military junket. He flew by military, sleeping in a sleeping bag, etc.

We were already married so this didn't impress me much.

Otherwise, ha, ha -- ha. #somalipirates
Reply

miss_msry was starred miss_msry was unstarred

goetz
10/27/09

In reply to Somali Pirate Kidnapping of Kindly Brits Sure to End Poorly
"You never believe it is going to be one of those things that happens to your family." I still kind of don't believe it is going to be one of those things that happens to my family.
Reply

Edited by goetz at 10/27/09 10:12 AM goetz was starred goetz was unstarred

skippywasserman
10/27/09

@goetz: Yeah. But then cousin Jethro wins the lotto and decides to get into motor-yachting. He builds hisself a doublewide on pontoons with the engine from a Ford Diesel super-duty in back.

Then again, he's got guns, so yeah. Still don't see it. #somalipirates
Reply

goetz promoted this comment skippywasserman was starred skippywasserman was unstarred

goetz
10/27/09

@skippywasserman: That's the most accurate family portrait I've ever read. See you at next year's reunion? #somalipirates
Reply

goetz was starred goetz was unstarred

Trai_Dep
10/08/09

In reply to Somali Pirates Need Mood Stabilizers
The nation of Somalia has got to provide better quality control. No more Jolly Rogers certificates unless applicants can prove they own at least one parrot.
Reply

Trai_Dep was starred Trai_Dep was unstarred

miss_msry
10/08/09

In reply to Somali Pirates Need Mood Stabilizers
Funny, they aren't dressed like pirates.
Reply

miss_msry was starred miss_msry was unstarred

Dickdogfood
10/08/09

In reply to Somali Pirates Need Mood Stabilizers
But I was adamant and wanted to get a story. Pausing and gauging my tone, I slowly whispered, "Do you have cohorts in Kenya?"

In a deep, husky voice, Guled answered, "Yes we do."

I think you can tell where this is going to lead.
Reply

Dickdogfood was starred Dickdogfood was unstarred

contains_hot_liquid
10/08/09

@Dickdogfood: He fixes the cable?
Reply

son of spam
06/12/09

In reply to Will Not End Well
The MV Charelle was attacked 60 nautical miles south of Sur on the Omani coast, NATO Lieutenant Commander Alexandre Fernandes said aboard NATO's Portuguese warship Corte-Real, which is on anti-piracy patrol off Somalia.

Hard to believe the Somalians could have pulled this off when we have the Portuguese Navy hard at work protecting us.
Reply

son of spam was starred son of spam was unstarred

depardoo
06/12/09

@son of spam:

Lieutenant Commander Fernandes was said to have the smell of port about him.
Reply

depardoo was starred depardoo was unstarred

lobstr
06/01/09

In reply to The Case of the Missing Booty
I thought there were three pirates that the snipers obliterated when they poked their idiot heads out of the lifeboat...
Reply

lobstr was starred lobstr was unstarred

CaptainFantastic
06/01/09

In reply to The Case of the Missing Booty
Sully was secretly on board and escaped with the cash in a tiny submarine that launches through the bottom of the ship. The SEALs didn't detect it because it silently runs on sea monkey power.
Reply

CaptainFantastic was starred CaptainFantastic was unstarred

tigolbitties
06/01/09

In reply to The Case of the Missing Booty
phew, for a second i thought this post was about me!
Reply

tigolbitties was starred tigolbitties was unstarred

BadUncle
06/01/09

@tigolbitties: Your booty is missing? did you just wake up one day and discover this?
Reply

BadUncle was starred BadUncle was unstarred

BookishLookish
06/01/09

@tigolbitties: Tig, it doesn't say "Case of the Missing Foin-Ass Booty," so relax.
Reply

BookishLookish was starred BookishLookish was unstarred

LatestBy
05/20/09

In reply to Violent Pirate Pilot Silent, Save for Raves of Hater Paper
I pi-rate this 5 out of 5 stars.
Reply

LatestBy was starred LatestBy was unstarred

malo-ji
05/20/09

In reply to Violent Pirate Pilot Silent, Save for Raves of Hater Paper
"Buc Naked!" - In this EXCLUSIVE smuggled-out cellfone foto from Rikers Island The Post shows alleged pirate being processed ...

"Buc Rogered!" - Page Six reports alleged pirate sexually assaulted ...

"Buc Raker!" - The Post has fotos of alleged pirate gardening ...
Reply

malo-ji was starred malo-ji was unstarred

FormerEnglishMajor
05/20/09

@malo-ji: You missed the headline once he's convicted:

"The Buc Stops Here"
Reply

FormerEnglishMajor was starred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

SUBSCRIBE TO Gawker

Login

Reset Password

Register

Submit Your Comment