Over the past few days, there have been an uncanny amount of stories in the news regarding pirates. No, not the kind that download music from file-sharing sites. Real pirates. The kind with wooden legs and parrots that poop on their shoulders. As far as I can tell though, these particular pirates aren’t drinking rum and hooking up with wenches in the Caribbean, they’re hanging out in the waters off of Africa taking people hostage and demanding large ransoms.
For those who haven’t been following the news, let me catch you up to speed. Basically some Somali pirates took over a Saudi supertanker. Another band of pirates have hijacked a Thai fishing boat. And a yet different band of hook-handed thugs had their ship sunk by India’s navy in the Gulf of Aden. (I blame their failure on the fact that hooks don’t come with opposable thumbs.)
This news of pirate activity has made me wonder if we really live in the 21st century or if there has been some sort of breach in the time/space continuum causing the 18th century to merge with our own. I mean, seriously, pirates? This is like some bad joke, yet there are repeated instances of pirate ships attacking non-pirate ships.
There were a lot f thoughts running through my head when I started writing this post but, at the moment, I’m distracted by an episode of Stargate SG-1 so I’m having a tough time forming coherent sentences. I guess that I’ll have to save them for another time. Until then, look out for pirates. If you do get attacked while on that holiday cruise, remember that they like rum and gold coins. If you have any that are cursed, you might be able to work that to your advantage.
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