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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Snopes tracks down pirate-hunting cruise story
2009-07-07
It seems it started as a satire piece with no basis in fact. The Somali Cruises website continued the joke.

As a follow-up to the discussions here when the story was posted, I submitted it to Snopes.com. They emailed me today that they'd put up an article on the topic, which was awfully nice of them.
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#5  What's the translation of, "Bless her heart," Redneck Jim?
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-07-07 22:33  

#4  I remember the old Women's Finishing School joke.

We're Taught to say "That's nice" instead of "You're full of shit".
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-07-07 14:09  

#3  Oh, dear. I meant, it was awfully nice of them to email me, Sherry. I'm fairly literal in my statements, I'm afraid.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-07-07 08:26  

#2  TW --- heh -- "that was awfully nice of them" sounds like a couple of "Southern" women I know --- one from Alabama and one from Arkansas (both favorite people of mine) --- can hear each of them now... " that was......
Posted by: Sherry   2009-07-07 01:27  

#1  Despite being both satire and a hoax, it is still an excellent, if short-lived business opportunity. Once people start shooting back, being a pirate will be a lot less fun.

I do love the way the mainstream media got suckered, though. Praise be to Allah for their layers of fact-checkers and editors!
Posted by: SteveS   2009-07-07 00:26  

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