[Fool]

Pirate is the new ibanker.

All you need is three guys and a little boat, and the next day you’re millionaires,” said Abdullahi Omar Qawden, a former captain in Somalia’s long-defunct navy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/world/africa/31pirates.html?pagewanted=1&hp

 

[jimmydean]

Garrr.

 

[WhoRyder]

as long as Slick Rick can be my # 2...

 

[Fool]

Nonstop dancing and goat meat. I mean, come on. That's the life for me.

 

[narlus]

and scurvy. don't forget the scurvy!

 

[N8 v2.0]

and scurvy. don't forget the scurvy!

..and grog.

 

[JohnE]

Chicks dig pirates...

 

[$tinkle]

“Believe me, a lot of our money has gone straight into the government’s pockets,” said Farah Ismail Eid, a pirate who was captured in nearby Berbera and sentenced to 15 years in jail. His pirate team, he said, typically divided up the loot this way: 20 percent for their bosses, 20 percent for future missions (to cover essentials like guns, fuel and cigarettes), 30 percent for the gunmen on the ship and 30 percent for government officials.

hmmm...

since this isn't an outright act of war, is their sovereignty still intact? doesn't seem like a nation where sanctions would have any impact, either.

i guess transcend was right: poverty causes crime