January 16, 2012
— rdbrewer Five are dead. Fifteen are still missing.
Ship's captain: "We were about 300 meters from the shore, more or less."
You know what else was 300 meters from the shore? A huge rock. See for yourself. Paste the above coordinates into the Google Earth search field or choose "satellite view" in Google Maps. In Google Earth, you can click on the "show ruler" icon (looks like a ruler); select meters, and measure from the nearest shore. 300 meters.
Captain Schettino is a real piece of work:
Meanwhile, attention focused on the captain, who was spotted by Coast Guard officials and passengers fleeing the scene even as the chaotic and terrifying evacuation was under way.. . .
A French couple who boarded the Concordia in Marseille, Ophelie Gondelle and David Du Pays, told the Associated Press they saw the captain in a lifeboat, covered by a blanket . . . .
Coast Guard officers later spotted Schettino on land as the evacuation unfolded. The officers urged him to return to his ship and honor his duty to stay aboard until everyone was safely off the vessel, but he ignored them, Coast Guard Cmdr. Francesco Paolillo said.
. . .
The route the ship followed turned out to be too close to the coast, and it seems that his decision in handling the emergency didn't follow Costa Crociere's procedures . . . .
Jorgen Loren, chairman of the Swedish Maritime Officer's Association, said the captain clearly deviated from the ship's intended route.
"It is remarkable because weather conditions were good and these cruise ships have the best and most modern technical equipment. All conditions were ideal," he said.
(Emphasis mine.) Isn't "Schettino" Italian for "little shit"? Just askin'.
Added: For those of you having trouble with Google Earth, here's a map.
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Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at January 16, 2012 12:53 PM (MyByM)
Posted by: Bob Dole at January 16, 2012 12:53 PM (G6kli)
Posted by: Ron Paul at January 16, 2012 12:55 PM (8ieXv)
-Jay Carney
Posted by: Shiggz at January 16, 2012 12:55 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: Stuff Grandpa said... at January 16, 2012 12:57 PM (MNCju)
Salvaging that ship is going to be a bitch. I also just learned that the dems are looking at Capt. Shettino for a 2012 congressional run.
Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2012 12:57 PM (lDaH4)
Posted by: Captain Schettino at January 16, 2012 12:57 PM (huzn1)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 12:58 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 12:59 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 16, 2012 12:59 PM (1Jaio)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 16, 2012 01:00 PM (yR5O2)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 16, 2012 01:00 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:02 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2012 01:02 PM (lDaH4)
It's amazing how this friggin' idiot blew past that without batting an eye.
To leave the passengers stranded while escaping under blanket will live on in derisive legend.
Posted by: ontherocks at January 16, 2012 01:03 PM (ZJCDy)
Hah!
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2012 01:03 PM (b3qHR)
Posted by: Captain Shitteeno at January 16, 2012 01:03 PM (xgj/f)
Posted by: kartoffel at January 16, 2012 01:03 PM (OgNv0)
I didn't recognize the word, so I looked up 'schettino' in my Cambridge Italian Dictionary. It turns out to mean 'roller skate'. You can make a joke out of that if you want - I bet Schettino's still hoping to 'skate' on the charges - but it would be a stretch.
Posted by: Dr. Weevil at January 16, 2012 01:04 PM (dGW2y)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:04 PM (AZGON)
Five are dead. Fifteen are still missing.
I can tell by the pic that authorities have a pretty good idea where to look for those missing people.
Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2012 01:04 PM (lDaH4)
One passenger reported seeing him in the bar, with a beautiful woman on his arm.
http://bit.ly/xSiRF5
In the photo he looks like a reject from Saturday Night Fever.
Posted by: Huusker at January 16, 2012 01:04 PM (Vq7P1)
Ya just don't expect to hear it from captains
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 16, 2012 01:05 PM (UqKQV)
I wept when I realized that I could never be as courageous as the brave captain.
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at January 16, 2012 01:05 PM (ggRof)
-drop Iowa and New Hampshire. Have to do it now, not 3.5 years from now.
-Conservatives pick a favorite guy early/vet them early then stick with them the whole time. No picking 3-5 people divided amongst yourselves and jumping around frantically with every news cycle.
-spend more time financially boycotting dinosaur leftist News and Entertainment media and actively supporting conservative media. (this should work better then current system where conservatives shovel money at leftist media all while complaining about media bias)
-We need to find ways to stop leftist agitators from voting in republican primaries.
Posted by: Shiggz at January 16, 2012 01:05 PM (RfvTE)
Hey. First things first.
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2012 01:05 PM (b3qHR)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 16, 2012 05:00 PM
Zoom out
Posted by: GE at January 16, 2012 01:06 PM (kqlYK)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 16, 2012 01:06 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 16, 2012 01:06 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at January 16, 2012 01:06 PM (MyByM)
Posted by: Taiwanese News Anime Editor at January 16, 2012 01:07 PM (MNCju)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 16, 2012 01:07 PM (73tyQ)
Posted by: EBL at January 16, 2012 01:08 PM (IgakF)
Yeah well sounds like he is familiar with admiralty court. They aren't about justice, they are about punishment. They will want some scalps over this. And he knows they are going to start with his and then work their way down. Unless the navigator logged a protest into the navigation log, he had better say goodbye to his hair too.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 16, 2012 01:08 PM (0q2P7)
( it accentuates the deeper meaning of the phrase )
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 16, 2012 01:08 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Barry Obama at January 16, 2012 01:09 PM (fM4AU)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:09 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 16, 2012 01:10 PM (ZJCDy)
Posted by: GE at January 16,
Thanks
I had zoomed out the first time and the whole island was blurry. I reloaded Google Earth and it works fine now.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 16, 2012 01:10 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:10 PM (Sh42X)
37-spend more time ... actively supporting conservative media.
"conservative media"? Where? Is there such a thing as 'conservative media'?
Posted by: (o)_(o) at January 16, 2012 01:11 PM (xgj/f)
On the upper deck, you could hear loud singing from the bridge.
didn't sink, though.
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 16, 2012 01:11 PM (UqKQV)
Hey. First things first.
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2012 05:05 PM (b3qHR)
Does it really matter if he was drunk?
Seriously. This isn't like driving a car. I'd be shocked if they actually have to pilot the ship by hand. GPS, sonar and a crew of between 1 and 2 thousand (I don't know how big the bridge crew is), this should be like piloting one of the cars in Jurassic Park. If you don't make it jump the track, just let it go.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 16, 2012 01:11 PM (73tyQ)
Posted by: Han Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:11 PM (q8xaf)
I dunno RD
The ship sank about a mile
North West of that point
If you look at the news feed, it is clear the ship sank on the ear-shaped headlands about 600 meters North of the small port, with the bow pointed South. In order for it to hit those rocks and sink like that, it would have had to continue North, turn around, and sink next to the shore.
Not to say that isn't what happened. Maybe Captain Campari was trying to make port.
Posted by: Haiku Guy at January 16, 2012 01:12 PM (5BXc/)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 16, 2012 01:12 PM (eFnXz)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:12 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Capt. Joseph Hazelwood at January 16, 2012 01:12 PM (ToZXn)
One passenger reported seeing him in the bar, with a beautiful woman on his arm.
Schettino was quoted by Italian news sources as saying: 'The area was safe, the water was deep enough. We struck a stretch of rock that was not marked on the charts.
'As far as I am concerned we were in perfectly navigable waters.'
Umm... what?!?! The big fucking gash in the side of the ship doesn't kinda suggest otherwise, you cowardly imbecile?Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 16, 2012 01:12 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Joseph Hazelwood at January 16, 2012 01:13 PM (fM4AU)
We should all send Capt Schettino a letter and tell him that many who voted for the SCOAMT know exactly how he feels.
Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2012 01:13 PM (lDaH4)
How could you miss that?
Posted by: Andy at January 16, 2012 01:13 PM (XG+Mn)
Posted by: toby928© at January 16, 2012 01:13 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Huusker at January 16, 2012 01:13 PM (Vq7P1)
He also crashed that ship into the rocks to prevent the worst sinking since the Great Depression. The passengers should be thanking him.
Posted by: kartoffel at January 16, 2012 01:14 PM (OgNv0)
Oh, I see your map now. I spoke about a minute too soon.
Yep, that's just the way it would have had to go. Dayum... Those rocks were sticking up out of the water, and he hit them anyway. In my limited experience, such stupidity requires the involvement of either women or alcohol, but usuallly both...
Posted by: Haiku Guy at January 16, 2012 01:14 PM (5BXc/)
Posted by: EBL at January 16, 2012 01:14 PM (IgakF)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnel at January 16, 2012 01:15 PM (2jQGY)
Posted by: mike at January 16, 2012 01:15 PM (WNvlG)
Posted by: Captain Sullenberger at January 16, 2012 01:15 PM (vjyZP)
Legendary.
Posted by: ontherocks at January 16, 2012 05:10 PM (ZJCDy)
Posted by: Reality at January 16, 2012 01:15 PM (sJKFk)
Posted by: Captain Chesley Sullenberger at January 16, 2012 01:15 PM (AZGON)
No, after the hit, the ship was still moving north. He dropped the port anchor to swing the ship around toward the harbor.
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2012 01:16 PM (b3qHR)
Posted by: Zombie Musolini at January 16, 2012 05:09 PM (hXJOG)
Really doesn't seem to be the case here that tides and currents were a problem.
Again, regarding drunk, were his hands on the wheel? If Captain Kirk were drunk, that wouldn't mean Sulu would crash the ship...unless he was busy looking at Chekhov's ass.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 16, 2012 01:16 PM (73tyQ)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 16, 2012 01:16 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: mike at January 16, 2012 01:17 PM (WNvlG)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:17 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: © Sponge at January 16, 2012 05:08 PM (UK9cE)
And as we learned from the Amanda Knox trial, Italy doesn't have a "double-jeopardy" law.
Thus concludes my knowledge of any sort of law-type suff.
Posted by: ErikW at January 16, 2012 01:17 PM (dA8Ib)
Posted by: LGoPs at January 16, 2012 01:17 PM (lHn6+)
Posted by: Capn'n Crunch at January 16, 2012 01:18 PM (vjyZP)
Posted by: Joseph Hazelwood at January 16, 2012 01:18 PM (ELPgk)
Posted by: mike at January 16, 2012 01:18 PM (WNvlG)
Posted by: I am the walrus, goo-goo-ga-joo at January 16, 2012 01:19 PM (ybkwK)
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 16, 2012 01:19 PM (2jQGY)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2012 01:19 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: James Cameron at January 16, 2012 01:19 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: LGoPs at January 16, 2012 01:19 PM (lHn6+)
Reminds me of Perry DEAPTHROATING a corndog
Thank GOD we will not have to see that again.....ever.
Posted by: Thatcher the Milk Snatcher at January 16, 2012 01:19 PM (rZZA3)
This would make an excellent advertising opportunity for competing cruise lines like Norwegian or Royal Caribbean: "Come cruise with us. We don't sink, like those other guys".
We have butter.
Posted by: Those Other Guys Cruislines at January 16, 2012 01:20 PM (MNCju)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 16, 2012 01:20 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: LGoPs at January 16, 2012 05:19 PM (lHn6+)
Ha!
Posted by: AmishDude at January 16, 2012 01:20 PM (73tyQ)
Posted by: mike at January 16, 2012 01:20 PM (WNvlG)
How could you miss that?
Posted by: Andy at January 16, 2012 05:13 PM (XG+Mn)
Well, when you've been slamming Jager Bombs at the bar with some random chick and decide to deiviate 4 miles from the plotted course to give a shout-out to a homie, stupid shit happens.
Posted by: ErikW at January 16, 2012 01:20 PM (dA8Ib)
The Law of the Sea requires Captain Crap-in-pants to be hung by the neck until dead. I just made that up, but it would be a befitting end, but only after he suffers public humiliation in a court of law. And a good ass whippin' by the survivors.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at January 16, 2012 01:21 PM (TkGkA)
maybe someone released the Krakken......
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 16, 2012 01:21 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:21 PM (AZGON)
Is that a waterline I see on that big rock? It looks like the left half of it was exposed, with green growth, while the right side of it was under water.
Posted by: Haiku Guy at January 16, 2012 01:21 PM (5BXc/)
Yeah, I read something like that. I also read that in deeper water the compartmental construction of the hull would have limited the flooding to the areas right around the gash. Because it beached like that, it tipped, allowing water to migrate. Something like that.
But, hey, according to Little Shit, most of the passengers survived. So... win!
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2012 01:22 PM (b3qHR)
The passengers reported hearing a loud crunch as they sat down to dinner. The ship immediately started to list, with plates falling on the floor. Then captain went on the PA with a lame explanation of an 'electrical problem'.
Posted by: Huusker at January 16, 2012 01:22 PM (Vq7P1)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:22 PM (AZGON)
One of the earlier reports I read said that he was seen drinking in a bar and that he had a beautiful woman on his arm.
I think we should hold off on judgement until we see this chick...am I right?
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2012 01:23 PM (MNCju)
Posted by: Huusker at January 16, 2012 05:13 PM (Vq7P1)
And to this day I'm convinced that that's why I was never chosen to be an astronaut.
Posted by: Michael Moore at January 16, 2012 01:23 PM (lDaH4)
We-a hit the rock-a...... we tip-a over...... and all I can-a hear-a is the propeller going-a wop-wop-wop-wop.
Posted by: Captain Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:24 PM (C8hzL)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:24 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: quint at January 16, 2012 01:25 PM (GTbGH)
Ahhh...mi a-scuse. We have a little-a electric-a problem-a.
Thees-a water-a coming in-a on-a thees electronics-a.
Posted by: Captain Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:25 PM (SgLsM)
Posted by: mike at January 16, 2012 01:25 PM (WNvlG)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:26 PM (AZGON)
1. The damage is on the side away from shore. Unless they did a 180, and they may have, it wasn't that large rock labeled in the map.
2. The damage is well below the water line, meaning the rock(s) they hit is well below water. You can get an image of something below most water to a small extent, but you have to be imaging for it since only certain wavelengths provide meaningful penetration of the water. I highly doubt that something at that depth would be visible except in certain Caribbean-like waters
3. That big rock labeled is still part of the shore, or has it's own shore. I would think that they were probably 300-meters from that point.
I am an Imagery Analyst with about 15 years of experience.
Also, a small collection of some high-res images http://bit.ly/zeCZKE
Posted by: f2000 at January 16, 2012 01:26 PM (FcMtg)
Maybe Florida can lend them Old Sparky so he can learn about electrical problems.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 16, 2012 01:26 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: dblwmy at January 16, 2012 01:27 PM (BvTwT)
The socialist Italian government won't permit Captian Schettino's termination. He has a job for life. The only way to resolve this matter is a phone call to Tony Soprano and a fishing trip to Lake Tahoe.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at January 16, 2012 01:27 PM (TkGkA)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 16, 2012 01:27 PM (ZJCDy)
Posted by: real joe at January 16, 2012 01:28 PM (w7Lv+)
Posted by: f2000 at January 16, 2012 01:29 PM (FcMtg)
He's done a great favor to millions of irresponsible and incomptetent men worldwide. None of us ever fucked up anything within four orders of magnitude of this level of suck. We all look better by comparison.
Thanx, Cap'n Littleshit!
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at January 16, 2012 01:29 PM (w41GQ)
Seriously, a-though. That will-a probably buff-a right out. I don't a think your Papa's even-a gonna notice.
Posted by: Firsta Mate at January 16, 2012 01:30 PM (MNCju)
You can see more of the rock underwater in that picture. That's probably the part of the rock that was hit.
Did you look at the Google Earth pic?
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2012 01:30 PM (b3qHR)
Posted by: mike at January 16, 2012 01:31 PM (WNvlG)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:31 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2012 01:32 PM (niZvt)
Does it look like the one at the top of this post?
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2012 01:32 PM (b3qHR)
Also there is lots of conservatives on youtube generating content
-Steven Crowder
-Bill Whittle
To name just two.
Posted by: Shiggz at January 16, 2012 01:33 PM (RfvTE)
Insert Barry Soreto economic policy metaphor HERE
Posted by: fixeruper at January 16, 2012 01:33 PM (C8hzL)
Posted by: f2000 at January 16, 2012 01:33 PM (FcMtg)
Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2012 01:33 PM (lDaH4)
Salvaging that ship is going to be a bitch. I also just learned that the dems are looking at Capt. Shettino for a 2012 congressional run.
Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2012 04:57 PM (lDaH4)
Nah. One Maritime Safety Czar, comin' up!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 16, 2012 01:34 PM (rlCVH)
In my limited experience, those two variables account for about 99.9% of all of humanity's stupidest moments.
Posted by: pep at January 16, 2012 01:34 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: LGoPs at January 16, 2012 01:35 PM (lHn6+)
Posted by: f2000 at January 16, 2012 05:26 PM (FcMtg)
My two centavos if I may.
From what we know so far, the ship was travelling at cruising speed instead of the much slower speed (think: no wake zone) required when coming into port.
The fact that the damage was done on the hull opposite of shore is kind of irrelevant because it's known to be rocky and a ship of that size and draft shouldn't have been anywhere near it in the first place.
Not trying to be a dick or anything, just comparing what I've learned with your comment.
Posted by: ErikW at January 16, 2012 01:35 PM (dA8Ib)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 16, 2012 01:36 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:36 PM (AZGON)
This feckless arsehole needs to spend the rest of his working life scrubbing bilges with a toothbrush.
Then he can spend his retirement salvaging birdcaged steel cable.
And then he can spend eternity getting cornholed by every Captain who ever chose to go down with his ship.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at January 16, 2012 01:36 PM (526dD)
On some blogs they were speculating that the ship found a missing statue. The statue weighed tons and disappeared?
Posted by: ambrosia at January 16, 2012 01:36 PM (oZfic)
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 16, 2012 01:37 PM (rlCVH)
Probably true. The rock nudoubtedly cut a few conduits.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 16, 2012 01:37 PM (Ah2mS)
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2012 01:38 PM (MNCju)
Sounds like he may have been cycling in and out of her port at the time
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 16, 2012 01:38 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:38 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: f2000 at January 16, 2012 01:39 PM (FcMtg)
Posted by: soothie at January 16, 2012 01:39 PM (OHhPo)
Posted by: Tami at January 16, 2012 01:40 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 16, 2012 01:41 PM (Ah2mS)
I wonder if they weren't running heavier than the captain is used to...
Dat's a more a cushion for a the pushin'!
Posted by: garreCapt Francesco Schettinott at January 16, 2012 01:41 PM (MNCju)
From Hell's heart I stab at thee
Posted by: The Big Fukkin' Rock at January 16, 2012 01:41 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2012 01:41 PM (lDaH4)
One of Gordon Lighthouse's finest.
Posted by: f2000 at January 16, 2012 01:41 PM (FcMtg)
Posted by: soothie at January 16, 2012 01:42 PM (oB2II)
Posted by: Shiggz at January 16, 2012 01:43 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: Capt. Bite-a-me-a at January 16, 2012 01:43 PM (51Nv7)
"We were about 300 meters from the shore, more or less."
Alex Trebek, "BackwardsBoy for $1000. You were first on the buzzer."
BB, "Alex, what is "less"?"
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, CEO Curmudgeons INC. at January 16, 2012 01:43 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: ambrosia at January 16, 2012 01:44 PM (oZfic)
Posted by: Franky the Shit at January 16, 2012 01:44 PM (3raPN)
Looking at the pics, one shows what appears to be a section underwater that doesn't correspond with the visible damage. Almost as if the area not visible got holed. If so, then the vessel may be unsalvageable. Also may explain why it heeled to the "undamaged" side.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 16, 2012 01:46 PM (SAMxH)
There's these things called soundings on nautical charts. If the depth of the water is less than ones draft + a safety factor (usually a sort of fudge, but accounting for squat, i.e. the stern sinking down in the water as one moves forward, plus a couple of feet, as a minimum), one steers one's ship well clear.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at January 16, 2012 01:46 PM (526dD)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 16, 2012 01:48 PM (ZJCDy)
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Supports Rick Perry's Hair for President at January 16, 2012 01:48 PM (TCyyS)
Posted by: not Gordon Lightfoot at January 16, 2012 01:49 PM (AZGON)
"We were about 300 meters from the shore, more or less."
Terrific, except the rock was about 301 meters from the shore, more or less.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 16, 2012 01:49 PM (rlCVH)
Watching FNC about this very thing. That is one venti ship.
Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2012 01:50 PM (lDaH4)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 16, 2012 01:50 PM (rlCVH)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at January 16, 2012 01:51 PM (AZGON)
Hey, buddy, thanks for taking the heat off me for a while. I owe you one.
A 10 year old OK?
Jerry Sandusky
Posted by: Jerry Sandusky at January 16, 2012 01:52 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: irongrampa at January 16, 2012 01:52 PM (SAMxH)
United States = Costa Concordia
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Supports Rick Perry's Hair for President at January 16, 2012 05:48 PM (TCyyS)
Actually, that could be made into a boffo campaign ad. Current and readily identifiable.
Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2012 01:53 PM (lDaH4)
A guy wants to join the Italian army but finds out that only every other guy is getting a rifle when he goes to sign up. He goes home and thinks about it and goes and joins up the next day.
The DI comes in the next day and tells everyone they are going to the rifle range to qualify. This guy stands up and says, "Hey Sgt, no gotta no gun, no can shoot." Sgt. says, "No problem. You go a-bangity bang and you will be ok."
Well, the guy goes out gets up on line and goes a-bangity bang a few times and gets a medal for marksmanship.
Next day the DI says today is bayonet practice. Same guy says, "Hey, I not gotta no gun, no can put bayonet." DI says, "You go a-stickity stick and you will be okay."
Well, you know the story. Our hero goes out goes a-stickity stick and gets a medal for his efforts.
Next day the DI says today is war games. He looks at our hero and tells him because he is so good he has to hold the high ground. Tells him anything that comes up the hill he has to stop. Ahh, a good day. Up the hill comes his first subject. He jumps up and goes a-bangity bang, and the guy falls down and the hill is safe. Another unsuspecting trooper comes his way, and our hero jumps up and goes a-bangity bang, but the guy keeps coming. So our hero runs down the hill and goes a-stickity stick, and the guy goes down. The hill is still safe. Well, here comes contestant number three. Our hero jumps up and goes a-bangity bang, and the guy keeps coming. Our hero runs down and goes a-stickity stick, and the guy walks right on over him, tramples him into the dirt and walks right up the hill.
Well, this really gets to our hero. He jumps up yelling,"Hey whats a matta you. I go a-bangity bang, you no fall down. I go a-stickity stick, you no fall down."
The other trooper turns around looks at our hero and says: "A-TANKITY TANK."
Posted by: Wodeshed at January 16, 2012 01:53 PM (SgLsM)
Posted by: Gilligan at January 16, 2012 01:54 PM (AZGON)
Damn, is that red shirted one on The 5 riding high?
Posted by: Jimmah at January 16, 2012 01:57 PM (TMeYE)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at January 16, 2012 05:46 PM (526dD)
Here's what I don't get. If the Captain made the decision to deviate and do the "flyby" that Costa ships sometimes do, wouldn't you at least have a plotted and recognized deep water course?
And where were the officers?
Sounds like the whole organization is run by clowns, which, incidentally, is owned by Carnival.
Posted by: ErikW at January 16, 2012 01:57 PM (dA8Ib)
Posted by: Carnival Cruises at January 16, 2012 01:58 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Jimmah at January 16, 2012 01:59 PM (TMeYE)
There's no sense to this. The Italian government won't find any either.
Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2012 01:59 PM (lDaH4)
Posted by: Fritz at January 16, 2012 02:00 PM (3raPN)
Posted by: irongrampa at January 16, 2012 05:52 PM (SAMxH)
The ship has been moving around with the tide, grinding it against a rocky bottom. Plus, I read that it sits on the edge of a 245 foot cliff.
Posted by: ErikW at January 16, 2012 02:00 PM (dA8Ib)
My godfather is from a family who has lived on the water their whole life, and his brother was a charter boat captain in FL. We talked about it today, and he was CERTAIN that the captain would be prosecuted. The whole "the captain goes down with the ship" is not a slogan- I actually think it is maritime law, and he expects this guy to go to jail.
Posted by: shibumi at January 16, 2012 02:00 PM (z63Tr)
Posted by: Carnival Cruises at January 16, 2012 02:01 PM (AZGON)
Hell, I can buy forward looking sonar for my own boat.
I live most of the year on the NC coast, where there's a lot of very shallow water. I never run aground. Why? I watch the tides, and if I don't know the waters I run at slow speed with an eagle eye on the depth.
Posted by: Wodeshed at January 16, 2012 02:02 PM (SgLsM)
________
Lived in Italy (Tirrenia, a ways north of where all this happened) when I was in 5th grade; Dad was stationed at Camp Darby.
Had an Italian school bus driver one day. Took a corner on two wheels. Never saw him again.
Posted by: Anachronda at January 16, 2012 02:12 PM (6fER6)
Covered in a blanket? Like Bill Clinton in the back seat of the White House limo, when he was going out to see Monica?
Posted by: J. Moses Browning at January 16, 2012 02:20 PM (0Enhr)
A three hour tour ... a three hour tour ...
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 16, 2012 02:26 PM (rlCVH)
Posted by: Cap'n Crunch at January 16, 2012 06:13 PM (phlKA)
In my book, the OBX is the nicest, most quiet strip of beach in the country.
I live in a rural area of Ohio and the strip between Corolla and Nags Head is my redneck town except on a beach. 
I love it there.
Posted by: ErikW at January 16, 2012 02:32 PM (dA8Ib)
Lower the selling price.
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Posted by: ciceroskip at January 16, 2012 02:48 PM (CdSVT)
Since many like to impugn Italians and their courage (often with good reason), a little story if I may. My father was born in Italy, emigrated to the USA at 12, and joined the American Army in 1944, served in Gen. Patton's Ghost Troops. After the war he was sent to Camp Bowie in Texas where he met my future mother at the local grocery store. They started seeing each other, much to the dismay of my grandfather, the Texas rancher. Silas finally went to Camp Bowie and demanded to see my Dad's commnding officer.
He said, "I don't know what to think about this Italian kid that keeps hanging around my daughter, what's your take on him?" The answer was, "All I can tell you is, if I'd had a thousand like him, the damn war would have been over a lot sooner."
Grandpa decided to give his blessing, which why I exist, lucky me.
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Posted by: sifty at January 16, 2012 03:35 PM (WsOiK)
Okay, I will need eight dollars from you to buy that new keyboard.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at January 16, 2012 04:09 PM (QQAJP)
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Posted by: sonnyspats at January 16, 2012 08:10 PM (kgU8m)
145'.
Posted by: ErikW at January 16, 2012 04:36 PM (dA8Ib)
I can steer this boat with no steering wheel
no steering wheel
no steering wheel
And I can find my way with no GPS
no GPS
no GPS
Look at me, look at me,
I can run this ship while I'm totally
WASTED
and I'm a famous captain
even when the seas're all choppity
I can show you how to stay aliiiiive
I can run a liner into little circles
Just ignore those other losers workin' nine to five
oops. and I can almost get it straight again
I see-a you're a shopper-a
I got tickets to the opera
I know all the words to La Traviata
And some shit that Berlusconi said
Me an' Silvio did a finger cuff
I cannot say which one got the muff
I can do anything that I want cuz, look:
I can see your clothes on my cabin floor
My cabin floor
My cabin fl [CRASH]
I can leave this ship with a blanket on
A blanket on
A blanket on . . .
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at January 16, 2012 04:41 PM (QQAJP)
Posted by: Andrew at January 16, 2012 05:18 PM (HS3dy)
Posted by: Tantor at January 16, 2012 08:24 PM (K/+4b)
Methinks there was serious alcohol involved in that decision.
He killed a bunch of people because he was simply an incompetent asshole. In a socialist country like Italy, it happens all the time. One of our tour guides there said he would marry any one of us, male, female, old, young, just to get the fuck outa there.
Posted by: PJ at January 16, 2012 09:33 PM (DQHjw)
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