Stranded Cruise Ship hit by Mystery Missile?

[3113]

I think it's a little too much of a coincidence that the Carnival "Splendor" Cruise ship ended up stranded on the same day that a mystery missile was sighted!

What do you think writers? Are the two linked? And if so...why? What was the Cruise ship really carrying besides sumptuous banquets and nightclub entertainment?

 

[TxRad]

Only in California would something like this bring that kind of speculation.

Isn't it obvious that the alien spacecraft screwed up the engines on the cruise ship. Duh!

 

[TE999]

Only in California would something like this bring that kind of speculation.

Isn't it obvious that the alien spacecraft screwed up the engines on the cruise ship. Duh!

No, no, no, that's where you're wrong. The cruise ship launched the missile! It's an elaborately concealed link in the global missile defense system. Who would think to look for anti-missile missile launchers on an ornate barge full of overfed octogenarians. The supposed 'fire' was a cover story for the launch.

The truth is out there.

 

[TxRad]

No, no, no, that's where you're wrong. The cruise ship launched the missile! It's an elaborately concealed link in the global missile defense system. Who would think to look for anti-missile missile launchers on an ornate barge full of overfed octogenarians. The supposed 'fire' was a cover story for the launch.

The truth is out there.

Or it could have been an over sized emergency flare.

 

[trysail]

Mystery “missile launch” off California – solved?

...this was almost certainly Flight AWE808 (US Airways) from Hawaii to Phoenix...
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/11/09/mystery-missle-launch-off-california/

http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/awe808.png?w=591&h=421

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[glynndah]

Mystery “missile launch” off California – solved?

...this was almost certainly Flight AWE808 (US Airways) from Hawaii to Phoenix...
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/11/09/mystery-missle-launch-off-california/

http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/awe808.png?w=591&h=421

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Oh, sure. That's what the space monsters want you to think.

 

[TxRad]

Oh, sure. That's what the space monsters want you to think.

Another true believer.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Oh, sure. That's what the space monsters want you to think.

We're not monsters, Glynndah! We actually look like winged phalluses with bells. Oops, I mean THEY look like winged, errr..., horses, Yes, winged horses, with bills. Yes, they look like duck-billed flying horses, and aren't at all interested in vaginal intromission with earth girls.We're actually...Oh, sorry, I mean THEY'RE actually interested in any form of sex. No, I mean any form of study. That's it, they just want to study...

 

[glynndah]

We're not monsters, Glynndah! We actually look like winged phalluses with bells. Oops, I mean THEY look like winged, errr..., horses, Yes, winged horses, with bills. Yes, they look like duck-billed flying horses, and aren't at all interested in vaginal intromission with earth girls.We're actually...Oh, sorry, I mean THEY'RE actually interested in any form of sex. No, I mean any form of study. That's it, they just want to study...

So that 'contrail' was really space monster cum?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

So that 'contrail' was really space monster cum?

Shhhh! Don't let anyone know. We, I mean THEY, do tend to be a bit messy in their orgasms...

 

[TxRad]

I'm sure glad I've got my boots on right now. The shit, uh, cum is getting deep in here.

 

[3113]

No, no, no, that's where you're wrong. The cruise ship launched the missile! It's an elaborately concealed link in the global missile defense system. Who would think to look for anti-missile missile launchers on an ornate barge full of overfed octogenarians. The supposed 'fire' was a cover story for the launch.

By George, TE! I think you've got something there! Here I thought the missile might have been launched at them...but it makes far more sense if they launched the missile, hence the "fire." And it can't have gone as well as they hoped as they ended up "stranded."

Hmmmmmm. Clever. Oh and these boats aren't just for octogenarians any longer--that, I think, would rouse suspicions. The over-fed masses include couples, groups, families, kids! Behold, the cruise line's kid-friendly mascot:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHv45hbOkcYYBhsx5WlWr33EXfBsKvCQP5fXHEEZ8Nbsh6e3g&t=1&usg=__hT9ERNkXodXSiX-9uf_plvVGT_4=

 

[3113]

We're not monsters, Glynndah! We actually look like winged phalluses with bells. Oops, I mean THEY look like winged, errr...

Hmmm. Why does your Avatar look suspiciously like a mystery missile?

 

[TxRad]

Hmmm. Why does your Avatar look suspiciously like a mystery missile?

The bells are just a disguise.

 

[trysail]

An old sailor friend and I were ruminating on the unlikely presence of two extremely powerful ( probably 10,000 HP or more ) ocean-going tugs within such a short distance of the Carnival Splendor. That really was a stroke of luck. Both of us were very surprised by the ship's complete loss of power. We could not imagine what would cause an engine room fire in this day and age. It was reported today that the fire was caused by a fracture of the crankcase of one of the ship's six generators. Considering that the ship is less than two years old, one would presume the generator's manufacturer is facing a massive warranty claim.

http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2010/11/11/cruise_wide.jpg?t=1289477994&s=4​

If you've never been alongside one of these behemoths, you cannot possibly appreciate their gargantuan size. I have seen many of them from afar on the ocean or in harbors but it was not 'til this summer when a friend and I closely approached the former Royal Caribbean Sovereign of The Seas that I truly appreciated what 900-odd feet of 8-story, slab-sided floating hotel really is. From the waterline, the thing towers over your head. The bow overhang was so high that we were able to motor underneath it. It is a mind-blowingly huge mass of steel whose waterline seems to go on forever and which blots out the sun.


The news that the U.S. Navy was providing supplies of SPAM™ to the ship made my day. In my youth, mountain top lunches consisted of SPAM™ and cheese atop saltines. Hungry, as we were, it seemed a delicacy.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Tugboats_in_Baltimore_Harbor.jpg/800px-Tugboats_in_Baltimore_Harbor.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/people/sherseydc/

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[trysail]

Stranded Cruise Ship hit by Mystery Missile?

Are you sure you didn't mean to say, "Stranded Cruise Ship hit by Mystery MEAT?"


According to press reports, the United States Navy dropped SPAM™.

 

[sr71plt]

Jay Leno last night said that, since the ship was stranded off the Mexico coast, it went out with 4,500 passengers and returned with 10,000.

 

[mia_erotica]

hardy-har-har

This is such a great thread! Thanks for keeping me entertained on a Saturday morning. There are some creative ideas out there. It might be fun to write a chain story about this "ordeal".

Mia

 

[voluptuary_manque]

This is such a great thread! Thanks for keeping me entertained on a Saturday morning. There are some creative ideas out there. It might be fun to write a chain story about this "ordeal".

Mia

We can start with the female passenger who has one too many because she was "so upset" and then goes to the wrong stateroom . . .

 

[TE999]

Behold, the cruise line's kid-friendly mascot:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHv45hbOkcYYBhsx5WlWr33EXfBsKvCQP5fXHEEZ8Nbsh6e3g&t=1&usg=__hT9ERNkXodXSiX-9uf_plvVGT_4=

Maybe I'm having too much coffee, but that mascot seems to have two phallus's (phalli?) on it's head. It must work the singles cruises.

 

[TxRad]

Maybe I'm having too much coffee, but that mascot seems to have two phallus's (phalli?) on it's head. It must work the singles cruises.

Uh, I think that is supposed to be a hammerhead shark.

More sex, less coffee. It always helps in these situations.

 

[Weird Harold]

Uh, I think that is supposed to be a hammerhead shark.

Nah, look at the ship's conning tower in the background.

 

[glynndah]

Uh, I think that is supposed to be a hammerhead shark.

More sex, less coffee. It always helps in these situations.

Really? I thought it was some sort of a propeller or ship part.

 

[TxRad]

Really? I thought it was some sort of a propeller or ship part.

Uh, I think you need more coffee.

 

[trysail]

Really? I thought it was some sort of a propeller or ship part.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHv45hbOkcYYBhsx5WlWr33EXfBsKvCQP5fXHEEZ8Nbsh6e3g&t=1&usg=__hT9ERNkXodXSiX-9uf_plvVGT_4=​

You're absolutely correct, glynndah; the "mascot's" headgear is intended to resemble the various ships' smokestack.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Carnival_Triumph_Half_Moon_Cay.jpg/250px-Carnival_Triumph_Half_Moon_Cay.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Elationship.png/220px-Elationship.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Carnival_Splendor.JPG/180px-Carnival_Splendor.JPG​