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The U.S.S. Nicholas.
The other night a small band of Somali pirates attacked the U.S.S.
Nicholas (FFG-47) in the Indian Ocean. You gotta wonder what's going
through the heads of these pirates. I mean, if I were a pirate the last
vessel I would think of attacking with my little speedboat would be a
U.S. Navy guided missile frigate. I guess the pirates didn't learn their
lesson when they unsuccessfully attacked a Dutch destroyer a few days
earlier or after a bad run-in with the USS Farragut (DDG 99).
In any case, the crew of the U.S.S. Nicholas captured the pirates and
also commandeered their mother ship. The question now is what to do
with them. I suppose they could put them on trial before a court in some
country or another. But to me that doesn't sound like a very piratey way
to do things.
So here are some possibilities as to what to do with the pirates.
- Hang 'em from the yardarm (or suitable modern equivalent)
- Keelhaul 'em
- Make 'em walk the plank
- Strand them on some tiny remote island and keep their
"treasure"
So what do you think?
Your vote is needed! Please vote!
Incidentally, the U.S.S. Nicholas was voted a while back the best ship
in the Atlantic fleet. So congratulations to its crew.
:lol:Good idea!
Just place a blackened coin in their hand with a 'soilent whisper' and leave in a spectacular way, and they'll go insane. Saw it on television. Works everytime.
😆 Cool graphic!
Make 'em walk the plank :knight:
These pirates have attacked other ships that don't carry and are not supposed to carry weapons. This happened a while back. It was a cargo ship, I think. They had the captain by gunpoint and demanded the ship and all the cargo, which may have been food and other goods for a port on the African coast. Wish I could remember the story. The crew ended up overtaking the six pirates, killing one or two with their own weapons and I think the others got away. I'm for making them walk the plank but then Martin's idea of the black coin sounds like a good idea too. Just put them on a tiny, uninhabited island so they can go insane together.
Yeah they normally go after merchant ships. So what's this with the military ships all of a sudden? Are they just that stupid that they don't recognize the difference?I would have to agree. I think the island idea combined with the black coin idea. Maybe they could even make it into a new reality show — Survivor: Curse of the Black Coin. :p
:lol:Okay, that's two votes for walking the plank. How about this — make 'em walk the plank with a black coin in their hand but really close to the shore of a deserted island?And I guess you could keelhaul them first. :p :DBoy, the crew of the Nicholas is going to be really busy!
I'm voting for walking the plank. At least they'd have a sporting chance.:D:lol:
I thought about keelhauling, but the Navy keeps the barnacles cleaned off their ships. You could keelhaul the pirates on their own ships, of course, but then you might meet up with some obsessive/compulsive neat freak pirate who makes his men bob up and down in the water scrapping the barnacles off his boats, too, so keelhauling would actually just be a waste of time. Unless you wanted to try to use them for shark bait. In which case, keelhauling and then walking the plank might actually be the best way to deal with them.Don't mind me. Been a quiet day. Too much time on my hands to think.And forgot to take my meds.:insane::lol:
😆 True. I had to take 4 of my meds in to be refilled today. The amiodarone I had been out of for two nights in a row. Not good. You know what I think is even worse is when you can't remember if you've taken them or have'nt taken them. That's really complicated. Because of course I don't want to take them twice. But then there's the possibility that I haven't taken them at all. Kisses from Sasha. :heart: She's been so clingy today. And I hate to tell Linda after the cornish hen thing but she had apple pie a la mode today. :p
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
OMG, you are turning that girl into a garbage disposal Edward. She'll get obese and have a heart attack.About the medicine thing—I've had the same problem, Edward. When you do something the same way every single day, it becomes so automatic that you forget if it was today or yesterday you took the medicine. It's not our memory, it's just after awhile we start dosing on automatic. I won't take a medication if I can't remember taking it. Afraid I'll overdose. Rather do withouit than take, like, two powerful blood pressure pills in one day. So, I got myself a pillbox with the days of the week on it. One side has bins for a.m. Other side is p.m. So I do pretty well keeping up with them that way. Lot better than guessing at it. $4.00 at Wal Mart.
:DWell I suggest we do the hanging last then. Otherwise it might be kinda tough getting them to walk the plank.
My mom has one of those boxes and it seems to work pretty good for her. I try to remember by keeping all my meds in a platistic bin. If the bin is on the end table it means I haven't taken them. If it's on the coffee table I have. Doesn't always work perfectly, though. :p
Edward, I'm for radical measures for criminals. I think they should do all of the above mentioned. Serve em right.
:pirate: … walking the plank of course :up:
Maybe I should start a menu. Well, I guess my Contents Post is sort of like a menu. And the Archive — assuming anybody ever goes there. PS. Don't forget to leave a tip. :p
A very good choice, sir. :lol:(I sound like a waiter.)
😆 you are the waiter … at least on your blog 😉
😆 I'll think about the tip, when next time I dive through the archives … I guess there are still people going there … and it's still worth it :up:
The dutch navy took a german vessel back from the pirates recently. They made 10 prisoners. I do not know how the government in Den Haag is handling that stuff. The germans would feed them and handle them to the Kenians. At the moment they are worldwidely handicapped by the incompetence of their own government.