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Caption This for 05/14/10

Posted May 13, 2010 4:45 PM
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05/13/2010 5:38 PM

"New" rapid unloading facility hits a snag!

Reporters indicate that the first trial of the "rapid unload" method has been less of a success than first hoped. There are some good points to come from this experiment. "We have confirmed that the prototype ship has maintained its structure and re-floating attempts are certain to be succesful." Said Mr Bogus Fink of the RU delivery company.

"The down side is that the consignment of absorbent disposable diapers that was to be delivered to the Gulf oil spill will now need to be dried before they can be used." said another company spokesman.

All in all it's been a relative success and we will try again.

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05/13/2010 6:53 PM

Hmmm I alway get port and starboard mixed up. At any rate some of those boxes should have gone on the other side....
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05/13/2010 9:52 PM

The push for new federal guidelines for distribution of obese crew members has recently taken on a lot of water.

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05/13/2010 10:48 PM

"Too big to fail"

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05/14/2010 2:23 AM

"Too big too fail"

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05/14/2010 2:45 AM

Too stupid to not fail.

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05/14/2010 3:52 AM

Getting a container full of gold out of Haiti failed.

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05/14/2010 2:48 AM

"I told you we should have held the weight watchers meeting at the pub!"

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05/14/2010 4:44 AM

Balance of trade gets worse
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05/14/2010 6:06 AM

Lovey over-packs again on the SS Minnow III.

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05/14/2010 7:29 AM

we were told that the shipping container fell off the boat while at sea......
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05/14/2010 7:35 AM

Did you put all the CR4 Round the World Travel Group in the port cabins?

- Yessir

But why???!! I told you only a few of them were POSH.

- Well sir, it was the only way to give tham all en suite cabins...they have a fetish about baths...

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05/14/2010 7:56 AM

With nothing better to do, the Haitian naval sub torpedoed the docked container ship in Port du Prince.... "just for the hell of it".

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05/14/2010 9:02 AM

Keep all those containers of cotton and the containers of bowling balls separate so we don't have to separate them later......

Oops!

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05/14/2010 9:16 AM

Latest picture from pearl harbor.

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05/17/2010 12:20 AM

Low-budget film remake of Pearl Harbor.

At least this time no Ben Affleck
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05/14/2010 9:40 AM

Due to the cost cutting of Defence expendature, The Containers used for Air combat training will all be located in 1 place, and not scattered across the 10,000 sq mile area of ocean as they used to be.

This saves fuel, wear & tear on engine parts, also the skill level of our pilots can be lowered

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05/14/2010 9:48 AM

Attempts to use shipping containers for living quarters seems to have hit a snag in Port Au Prince harbor.

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05/14/2010 10:35 AM

The S.S. Eileen prepares for her Maiden Voyage!
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05/14/2010 12:46 PM

Mommy...why did daddy call that man an As$^@!&.

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05/14/2010 1:41 PM

In grade school Peter was alway the prankster. On bus rides he would have the students rush from one side of the bus, then to the other side, and back again. Trying to roll the bus.

Little did he realize what leadership qualities and the following he had, when on a class field trip, he tried this on a boat.

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05/14/2010 4:10 PM

Last entry in the ships voice log:

YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE A RUM! ARRRRGH! WHAT DID YA SCURVEY BILGE RATS PUT IN THIS? I'M GONNA KEEL OVER MATEY!

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05/14/2010 4:31 PM

This message from the US Coast Guard, near the Deepwater Horizon site:

"Unknown admixtures in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico near the Deepwater Horizon wellsite are having an undesirable effect on seagoing vessels. Several large craft are reporting an "Unscheduled Longitudinal Rotation". This rotation, reportedly as severe as 700 and usually to port, manifests itself without warning. All vessels are strongly urged to secure all load and gear when near these waters."

End of message.

radioman: <racing into wheelhouse> Lieutenant Hazelwood. Urgent message for your attention.

hazelwood: <reads message> No need to alert the Master, I know just what to do.

all in wheelhouse: <collective groan>

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05/14/2010 6:18 PM

Honey, I said I wanted to get away from it all, not take it all with us!

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05/14/2010 7:04 PM

There once was a captain named Ben,

Who loaded his ship from his den.

When the ship tipped over,

He loaded it over,

But it tipped right over again.

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05/14/2010 11:12 PM

Ships are safer at harbor! Is it so?

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05/15/2010 1:01 PM

You thought tipping over cows was tough. Beat that!!

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05/15/2010 3:57 PM

It's that damn cargo of lean bacon....
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05/17/2010 12:38 AM

MORE EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING!

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05/17/2010 1:40 AM

Captain and ship sleep it off after bar fight with dock.

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05/17/2010 2:38 AM

Centre of Gravity? I'm not Newton, just an old tar.

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05/17/2010 3:19 AM

I told you that captain wasn't on the level....

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05/17/2010 9:44 AM

The captain was a little too drunk when he docked the ship.
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05/17/2010 10:17 AM

Loadmaster to boss: "If you tilt our head slightly, it doesn't look so bad."
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05/17/2010 12:08 PM

"Give me another boat because Failure is a prerequisite to success."
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05/17/2010 1:21 PM

Wait! Do-overs ARE allowed! All I ever needed to know was taught to me in Kindergarten.
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05/17/2010 8:53 PM

I said "Make me a list of ports we're going to", idiot.

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I'll bet the captain and crew had a port whine list

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05/18/2010 10:11 AM

It was fortunate that most of the containers were watertight and that they were able to salvage the Topsy-Turvy Tomato Planters and the Upsidaisium ore.

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05/18/2010 10:21 AM

"There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow. Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

"It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it....."

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05/21/2010 2:22 AM

Sorry Sir!! but under the new UNION RULES, the ship is entitled to a siesta.
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05/21/2010 2:58 AM

RADIOMAN!!

Message to the home office!!

"The detergent for the oil spill has been delivered, and we even distributed it for them for no extra charge. BP and the state of Louisiana should appreciate that"

End of message!!

SEAMAN!!

Start pumping bilges... port side!!
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