Comments on: Navy Snipers Kill Pirates, No Parrots Hurt

By: Randi

Randi — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:29:41 +0000

I say nay to the unicorns. Unicorns are ridiculous! Nay, I say! They probably would also say nay, considering they are very horse-like. Do you think that zebras say nay? Did you know that naysayers don’t actually say nay?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:16:24 +0000

The ending is beautiful sir.

There should be a “Things Sedentary Internet Geeks Think Are Cool” tournament. But really I guess we call that internet culture but it would be great if someone formalized it.

My stab at the current rankings (because no one asked, that’s why)

1: Cats
2: Bacon
3: Ninjas
4: Geek jokes that require minor bits of math or science knowledge
5: Navy Seals
6: Robot Overlords
7: Unicorns
8: Pirates

By: Paul Yokota

Paul Yokota — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:56:05 +0000

Well of course they didn’t notice, those eye patches really cut down on depth perception.

By: JJC1138

JJC1138 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:42:26 +0000

Awesome article, as per usual!

This bit from the NYT article about the rescue amused me:
“At first, the towline was 200 feet long, but as darkness gathered and seas became rough, the towline was shortened to 100 feet, the officials said. It was unclear if this was done with the pirates’ knowledge.”

I like the idea of the ship casually reeling in the pirates without them noticing.