SOS!SOS!...the SS BAUT is sinking!!

[Paul Leeks]

Hi...

YOUR the Captain on board the SS Baut which is sinking in the pacific,your radio is out on the ship,and all the life boats have failed except for one..there is enough room for 6 people on board including yourself.(I'm a coward I'm not going down down with my ship!)...

So who are you going to take with you from the SS BAUT?? you don't have much time left!!!You have 15 minutes to decide who goes with you and why!!!

I would go with:

1.Mugs...he's a pilot so he has good nav skills
2.Ginnie...he's a +ve guy
3.Pzkpfw...he's a kiwi,so am I!
4..someone with an astronomy background(a scientist here;the ancients navigated by the stars)
5.One of the mods...they have have to deal with people problems here, so they would be good to keep the survivors in line...when things get a bit out of hand!!

Sarongsong I made him walk the plank along time ago!!
Neverfly he can think about keeping the sharks company as well..they haven't been fed lately so thats something for the sharks to look forward to!!

have fun your time is running out,the SS BAUT is sinking and the pacific is a big place!

Hint: the only resources you have is what you have on you RIGHT NOW!! (a pen in your hand, some scrap paper in your pocket, a shoe lace)

have fun, look forward to your response!!

Paul

[slang]

How about you stop playing and answer these questions and any others posted in that thread, thanks.

[Paul Leeks]

They walked on the moon!There is your answer.

If your not sure what Echelon is its in Wikipedia, where I get my info from thats private.

now what about the SS Baut that is sinking who are you going to take with you & why..you don't have much time left!

[sarongsong]

...I would go with...

aaahh, but the real question is...Would they go with YOU?...bwahahaha.

[Jeff Root]

What a fine example of poor judgement.

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Paul Leeks]

I like to think so Sarongsong!!

Ok and besides Sarongsong I made you walk the plank!

and did ya get my pm at blackvault.com...hmmm??? I am glad you came over!!!!

and I thought that was good judgement...Jeff Root

it would be good to have someone with nav skills in the boat rather than drifting aimlessly!

PL

[Kaptain K]

FWIW, the use of the international distress code when not in actual distress is a violation of federal law!

[Paul Leeks]

what does FIWI mean??

You don't have a radio, its on the the SS BAUT thats sinking it doesn't work, your on the lifeboat with 5 others,how are you going to communicate with the rest of the world? if you have a watch you might be able to reflect the sun to a passing aeroplane,if you smoke you might have lighter to help keep you warm.(you DON'T have a cell phone)

will you survive or will you perish...what are your chances of success. I picked someone with nav skills (Mugs) so thats good.

PL

[Kaptain K]

My bad, I meant FWIW - For What It's Worth.

[sarongsong]

I like to think so...

Right; your ship sank, you're leaving hundreds behind, and you've 'selected' 5 to accompany you on another boat...sure, why not!

...and besides Sarongsong I made you walk the plank!

Yeah, no problem---I'm levitating 30' beyond the end of the plank already, so walking on water back to port should be no problem...

...did ya get my pm at blackvault.com...hmmm???...

Not yet. I'd had the site bookmarked for quite awhile already because the kid (16 at the time; now about 26) who started it in his bedroom had gained quite a reputation as an expert at extracting Freedom of Information Act materials from the government, which was/is notoriously reluctant to part with anything unless all the T's were crossed and the I's were dotted when submitting requests. Glad to see he has Forums now.

...it would be good to have someone with nav skills in the boat...

Don't Captains have to pass a Boating Pilot Test?

[Paul Leeks]

OK!OK!

well at least I tried!!

PL

[Neverfly]

Neverfly he can think about keeping the sharks company as well..they haven't been fed lately so thats something for the sharks to look forward to!!
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Considering my very low fat content- it's extremely unlikely the sharks will devour me.

[Celestial Mechanic]

I'm going down with the ship. Could someone please give me a hand rearranging the deck chairs?

Why must there be a morning after,
Following the evening before?
I tell myself there'll be no drinking,
No more waking on the floor!

Why must there be a mm-blurble-blurble blub-blub-blub ... ?

[Celestial Mechanic]

Considering my very low fat content- it's extremely unlikely the sharks will devour me.

As long as humans look something like seals to sharks they'll bite -- and that's all it takes.

[Frog march]

"but this ship is unsinkable"

"sir, this ship is made of irony, I assure you that it WILL sink."

[Neverfly]

As long as humans look something like seals to sharks they'll bite -- and that's all it takes.

Actually... Most attacks occur to bloated clothing, surf boards etc...

All I would need to do is take off my shirt and not move very much to be ignored.

Shark bites and attacks are very rare.

Sharks are not above taking a "nibble" (CHOMP!) to see if something's edible or not, and that might require me to take evasive action... But all the same, my odds in the water with sharks are still much better than my odds in the boat with Paul Leeks.

[Celestial Mechanic]

[Snip!] But all the same, my odds in the water with sharks are still much better than my odds in the boat with Paul Leeks.

Very likely true.

[Celestial Mechanic]

Actually I like chipped beef on toast. I don't know how it got such a reputation.

Oh, wait a minute! This thread isn't about that SOS! I thought that after a thread about SPAM^TM someone had started a thread about SOS. My bad!

[Paracelsus]

As long as humans look something like seals to sharks they'll bite -- and that's all it takes.

Stay away from surfboards then. Use a deck chair to keep yourself afloat.

[Frog march]

it is a clever trick that aliens play, they make a human shaped form object made purely of fat, and then throw them in the sea; sharks get the taste for it, and ET gets his revenge on Spielberg for making aliens look like anorexics in "close encounters"

[djellison]

Hi...
(I'm a coward I'm not going down down with my ship!)...

You're going?

I'll stay behind thanks.

[slang]

They walked on the moon!There is your answer.

If your not sure what Echelon is its in Wikipedia, where I get my info from thats private.

That answers none of my questions. I responded in that thread, please answer there, not here. Thanks!

now what about the SS Baut that is sinking who are you going to take with you & why..you don't have much time left!

I plug the hole, throw Neverfly and sarongsong a rope, you a raft, and continue the cruise. Martinis, anyone?

[BetaDust]

I plug the hole, throw Neverfly and sarongsong a rope, you a raft, and continue the cruise. Martinis, anyone?

So we all stay except Paul? Okay then, Two olives please

[slang]

So we all stay except Paul? Okay then, Two olives please

Well, he can grab a rope too, but he decided to abandon ship! Paul said I was the captain, so I just did what captains do. Get the ship fixed! I approached the problem in the OP with an open mind, free from dogmas, in holistic fashion. I looked at the problem more broadly and deeply because in this example truth and reality are two different things.

[Neverfly]

Well, he can grab a rope too, but he decided to abandon ship! Paul said I was the captain, so I just did what captains do. Get the ship fixed! I approached the problem in the OP with an open mind, free from dogmas, in holistic fashion. I looked at the problem more broadly and deeply because in this example truth and reality are two different things.

You faced it with fierce bravado and a giant cork.

Rock.


No martini thanks, but I'll take a Dr. Pepper...

[HenrikOlsen]

Why not solve two problems at once and plug the hole with Paul Leeks?

[Neverfly]

Why not solve two problems at once and plug the hole with Paul Leeks?

I saw a Mod posted and walked in here with certainty that a stern warning was coming my way for picking on P.L.....

[BetaDust]

Why not solve two problems at once and plug the hole with Paul Leeks?

Nah...The boat would most likely Selfdestruckt.

[slang]

Why not solve two problems at once and plug the hole with Paul Leeks?

Because he lea.... nah, the pun police would send me to gitmo.

[NEOWatcher]

I make it a point never to get on a boat with Leeks...er...I mean... leaks.