It's a beautiful early morning, just a little before dawn. Out on the open sea, about 380 miles off the coast of Djibouti, you and your buddies leave the mother ship in your skiff to do a little pirating. Life is good and so are the drugs. Easy pickin's are sure to be your reward today. You and your 5 buddies laugh, smoke and oil the AKs and RPGs while keeping a relatively sharp eye out for something you can swoop down on and go medieval on. After a short while, just as the sun begins to crest the eastern horizon, you spot this big beauty. Being charter members of the Dumber than a Box of Rocks tribe, and having flunked your merchant ship identification course more times than you can remember, you decide this is the ship that will make you rich and famous. So you attack it. Unfortunately for you, it turns out to be a US Navy warship - the USS Ashland, as a matter of fact. A ship, known to the Navy, as an amphibious dock landing ship. And yes it is an armed ship. Bad day at Blackrock. The morning suddenly turns sour and the jaunty little skiff suddenly turns into a less than desirable vessel to be aboard. Thankfully for you, the crew of Ashland takes pity on you and your buds and launches a boat to rescue your sorry asses. Now guests of the US Navy, and on your way to be arraigned for trail on charges of attempted piracy of a ... warship, your dreams of fame and fortune dim. You're only hope now is the laughter won't be too humiliating when they read these charges out in front of an open courtroom. You almost wish, instead, they'd dispense with the formalities and just get on with hanging you.
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Apr 18 2010, 05:38 AM
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