Pirates are no longer a joke
Just a week after "Talk Like a Pirate Day,"* real pirates have pulled off a hijacking that has some real potential for mayhem and agony. Here's the nut of it:
A Russian warship on Friday rushed to intercept a Ukrainian vessel carrying 33 battle tanks and a hoard of ammunition that was seized by pirates off the Horn of Africa — a bold hijacking that again heightened fears about surging piracy and high-seas terrorism.
So now the Russians are chasing the pirates who are being shadowed by a US warship while the Ukrainians are growing more concerned.
Ever feel like life has become a bad movie?
*who started that? I want a Talk Like a Scythian Day ... if anyone knew what a Scythian talked like.
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posted by Clemens @ 9:24 PM
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"Talk like a pirate day?" Oh, please. Let's talk about something much cooler-- Leif Erikson Day! Every year, October 9th. Surely one of the few god things to come out of the Bush White House!
Don't believe me? Check out Public Law 88-566. Or eliminate the spaces and paste this link:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
news/releases/2007/
10/20071004-2.html
So we talk like Vikings?
Ya, sure.
I still want a talk like a Scythian day. They probably talked a bit like Ossetians.
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