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| Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride, 1987 |
Freelance piracy might not be a career of choice because we can't all be the Dread Pirate Roberts.
Comments stolen from Carlos Mencia stand up and loosely paraphrased by me:
The Somali pirates are not really pirates because . . .
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| Douglas Fairbanks and Billie Dove in The Black Pirate, 1926 |
to be pirates you need to have a pirate ship . . .
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| Errol Flynn as Captain Peter Blood, 1936 |
not a blow-up raft with pontoons.
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| Burt Lancaster in The Crimson Pirate, 1952 |
When the Somali pirates did manage to take an American hostage, the US responded with millions of dollars of military equipment.
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| Joan Crawford in The Unknown, 1926 |
The US could have saved millions of dollars.
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| Yul Brynner as Jean Lafitte in The Buccaneer, 1958 |
Just send one American . . .
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| Ted Hamilton as The Pirate King in The Pirate Movie, 1982 |
who can throw a dart . . .
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| Tyrone Power in The Black Swan, 1942 |
really, really far.
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| Robert Newton as Long John Silver in Treasure Island, 1950 |
In 2011, according to the International Maritime Bureau, Somali piracy cost the world economy $7 billion and earned the pirates some $160 million in ransoms.
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| Robert de Niro as the Lightning Pirate, Captain Shakespeare in Stardust, 2007 |
Someone might want to take a look those numbers but keep in mind, 18 U.S.C. §1657 makes it a federal crime to consult with a known pirate so keep your lawyer in the loop.
#Pirate #OldHollywood
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| Cross Sea |
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