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Old 13th November 2008, 01:56 PM
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Pirating loses appeal as a career with a future:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5141745.ece

Uh, oh! Jeeze, louise! It's gettin' so a fellow can't make a dishonest living anymore! Arrrrrgh!
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/me whacks Dan with a rotten kipper over his spelling of "loses"

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Old 13th November 2008, 02:26 PM
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Yeesh! Everybody's a critic!
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Old 13th November 2008, 02:27 PM
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And very underpaid!

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Arrrrrrrgh!
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Old 13th November 2008, 02:40 PM
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My favourite word from the article is “paraphernalia”

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You've got to wonder what they were thinking. Some actions are just gonna have bad consequences.
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Does this mean that Leigh123@linux is out of a job?
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Hmmmm.

Hadn't thought of that. <....>
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just goes to show that pirates are stupid - a ninja wouldn't be so stupid

+1 the ninjas
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Old 13th November 2008, 05:45 PM
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You've got to wonder what they were thinking. Some actions are just gonna have bad consequences.
Reminds me of the story of an epitath on a Boot Hill grave. " X committed suicide, he pulled a Colt on a man carrying a Winchester. "
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Arrrh, matey. Guess I move to Montana and raise a crop of dental floss.....
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"Keelhaul the scurvy dogs and shave 'em with a rusty razor."

I always wanted to say that.

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I think that those pirates must have watched way too many pirated DVDs!
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They must have thought that Faulty Towers was on and thought they had a chance.<! !>
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