Stories That Grab Your Attention
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by Cam63 » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:03 am
Somali pirates taking hostages and ships.
My response is, if you choose to be a pirate, you gotta expect to get killed.
...A lot.
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Cam63
Ralph Wiggum
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by SKaVeN » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:14 am
In my opinion, no one has the right to call themselves a pirate unless they where an eye patch, a hat with the Jolly Roger, have a parrot that says "pieces of eight", a wooden leg, a beard & say "Arrrrrr!!!" a lot...
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SKaVeN
Ned Flanders
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by redfive » Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:21 am
SKaVeN wrote: In my opinion, no one has the right to call themselves a pirate unless they where an eye patch, a hat with the Jolly Roger, have a parrot that says "pieces of eight", a wooden leg, a beard & say "Arrrrrr!!!" a lot... And a DVD copy of the new X-Men movie. How do the pirates get onto the ships? Do they pretend to be delivering pizza like in Firewall? I agree with Cam63, the US navy and Breaker Morant. "We shot them under Rule 303"
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redfive
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by SKaVeN » Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:14 pm
Must be hard to burn DVDs when you have a hook for a hand...
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by atefooterz » Tue May 19, 2009 1:55 pm
Quote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7142453.stm
A kangaroo met an unlikely death after it bounded into the surf in southern Australia and was mauled by a shark, according to eyewitnesses.
Daniel Hurst, who says he saw the incident while out walking his dogs, was accused of being drunk or on drugs after he told the story to friends.
But the emergence of a second witness and the discovery of mangled kangaroo remains appear to confirm his story.
Experts say kangaroos will take to the sea only if they are ill or in danger.
Mr Hurst said he was walking along Torquay beach in Victoria when he saw the marsupial behind scrubland next to the dunes.
"It just headed down towards the water and in it went," he told Australia's ABC News.
"There's a bit of a rip in that area so... the kangaroo could have been dragged out, but I could still see its head, and that's when the shark leapt out of the water on its side.
"The kangaroo disappeared after that. I stayed around for a while, just very interested, and hoping the shark jumped again, but it never eventuated."
The unlikely tale appears to have been backed up by local officials, who discovered a kangaroo carcass on the beach.
And a second witness, Mick Boucher, came forward to say he also saw the shark attack.
Mr Boucher said the marsupial, which seemed dazed, stood at the edge of the water for about 10 seconds and then started swimming out to sea.
"It was bobbing up and down,'' Mr Boucher said.
He told the Geelong Advertiser that the unfortunate marsupial was about 200m (656ft) from shore when the shark struck.
He said the predator's back was clearly visible above the choppy waves as it launched its attack.
"It wasn't a huge shark and it was too far out to see clearly, but it was a shark. I couldn't believe it."
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atefooterz
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by bullwinkle » Tue May 19, 2009 3:48 pm
That story has been around for a while. Being a Torquay regular, it raised my interest. Occurred in December 2007.
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by mr_walker* » Wed May 20, 2009 1:19 am
A 'roo was rescued from the surf at the Gold Coast a couple of weeks ago.
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by atefooterz » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:34 am
Quote: Sex workers angry about the cost of advertising in local papers will mark International Whores Day on Tuesday by protesting outside NSW Parliament House.
The Scarlet Alliance wants anti-discrimination laws to protect sex workers, saying at the moment its members are the victims of unfair bias from banks, lenders, local councils and in advertising.
Sex worker Ivy McIntosh said people in her profession were being overcharged when they placed ads in local papers.
"I'm paying too much for a measly two inches," she said in a statement.
"Sex work is legal in NSW.
"Why am I charged hundreds of dollars to advertise in local papers when other trade occupations are charged less than $100?"
The sex workers will dress in red and carry red umbrellas in the demonstration for International Whores Day, which started in France in 1975
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atefooterz
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by redfive » Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:48 am
atefooterz wrote: Quote: "I'm paying too much for a measly two inches," she said in a statement.
If prostitutes charged by the inch I could have saved a fortune.
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by atefooterz » Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:18 am
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