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16. When I was a kid, I thought that the 'Flying Dutchman' was probably real.

Reply to Bonx (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 23, 2014, 05:29 PM

Jan 2014

Didn't creep me out, but the Tooth Fairy did.

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Ghost ship full of cannibal rats could be about to crash into Great Britain [View all] onehandle Jan 2014 OP

Free target practice for the British Navy, I guess... Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #1

Yep. Sink it. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #6

I so agree with you. RiffRandell Jan 2014 #64

Hell, YOU can have a Babylonian Sex Biscuit! Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #72

Mmmmmmmmm ... taboo biscuit. 1000words Jan 2014 #114

That is what I'm thinking. madaboutharry Jan 2014 #22

They don't usually sink ships without first stripping them of all possible pollutants. n/t cherokeeprogressive Jan 2014 #33

Yes...you go first... PCIntern Jan 2014 #51

Not exactly true. Xithras Jan 2014 #101

A ship, or a boat? cherokeeprogressive Jan 2014 #112

The whole idea is to prevent it from getting to shore where the rats could get off. Angleae Jan 2014 #119

Helicopter... rat poison... it's not that difficult to imagine ways to kill the rats. Snakes? n/t cherokeeprogressive Jan 2014 #120

The rats are covered by being below decks, there's no guarantee you get all of them or even most. Angleae Jan 2014 #124

Boats and ships have sank for thousands of years. Xithras Jan 2014 #139

Send it to DAVY JONE'S LOCKER... AsahinaKimi Jan 2014 #66

I wonder if sharks can get rabies? demwing Jan 2014 #115

A Rabid infested Great White Shark... AsahinaKimi Jan 2014 #116

Yep, definitely a job for the British Navy. Brigid Jan 2014 #99

Send the HMS Pinafore ananda Jan 2014 #128

diseased cannibal rats? Cali_Democrat Jan 2014 #2

The cap'n is named Mickey flamingdem Jan 2014 #34

"I'm the Captain now." pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #130

I think we have them too! RNC conventions? Sounds familiar! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2014 #55

Yanno . . . Brigid Jan 2014 #100

Or the flagship band for the new Cannibal Metal genre. bluesbassman Jan 2014 #129

Now, that's a headline! 1000words Jan 2014 #3

No doubt by the Grateful Dead BarbaRosa Jan 2014 #49

Maybe, maybe not. Cannibalism is not a stable ecosystem cthulu2016 Jan 2014 #4

Quiet! onehandle Jan 2014 #7

. Xyzse Jan 2014 #13

I like what he likes ... 1000words Jan 2014 #17

sceenplay? SCantiGOP Jan 2014 #36

There's movies about flying piranhas. I think your screenplay is safe. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2014 #53

Better yet, make them zombie rats. Beacool Jan 2014 #92

When has logic or science every stopped any other Hollywood screenwriter? alarimer Jan 2014 #138

It depends on how much food they started out with Jenoch Jan 2014 #14

One thing we know is that the calories in the young cthulu2016 Jan 2014 #18

Survival Of The Fittest..... global1 Jan 2014 #32

Directed by Uwe Boll. Starring Dean Cain. chrisa Jan 2014 #5

It will probably be on SyFy Channel by next week CrawlingChaos Jan 2014 #12

They could always see if Erik Estrada is busy. This might be his type of movie. chrisa Jan 2014 #15

And Pauly Shore as ... 1000words Jan 2014 #26

Ratnado!? villager Jan 2014 #24

^^^ winner flamingdem Jan 2014 #62

That's the first thing I thought. "This is a MOVIE!" trof Jan 2014 #54

The only pair that can possibly do this justice are Trey Parker and Matt Stone jmowreader Jan 2014 #109

The next big A&E series...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2014 #8

As Judy Collins once sang: "Send in the drones." randome Jan 2014 #9

They laughed until their buboes turned black..... WinkyDink Jan 2014 #10

That is what I was thinking. This could be one of those old movies all we need is to have the ship jwirr Jan 2014 #38

I think it was "Dracula"! WinkyDink Jan 2014 #75

Ghost ships fascinate me Bonx Jan 2014 #11

When I was a kid, I thought that the 'Flying Dutchman' was probably real. onehandle Jan 2014 #16

Me too. Squinch Jan 2014 #46

Or rat ship full of cannibal ghosts... cannibal ship full of ghost rats cthulu2016 Jan 2014 #19

first one, then the other. eggplant Jan 2014 #59

Hasn't this already been done rocktivity Jan 2014 #20

It is an Ancient Mariner, and the rats are eating he. riqster Jan 2014 #21

Ghost ship with cannibal rats? Blue Idaho Jan 2014 #23

You would think someone would want to scrap it. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2014 #25

Imagine passing her in the atlantic.. adrift.. abandoned.. empty.. X_Digger Jan 2014 #27

The GOP 2016 primary is going full speed ahead! nt geek tragedy Jan 2014 #28

... TwilightGardener Jan 2014 #80

I smell a rat flamingdem Jan 2014 #29

or strawberry tart without so much rat in it muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #56

Now I'm starting to feel a little peckish for some rat sorbet Art_from_Ark Jan 2014 #127

Slimy things did crawl with legs upon the slimy sea. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2014 #30

Burn it with fire before it reaches the coast. Beacool Jan 2014 #31

This has potential 1000words Jan 2014 #35

We'll need lots of marshmallows and long sticks. Beacool Jan 2014 #37

Mmmmmmmmm .... rat S'mores 1000words Jan 2014 #39

They'll probably look like this. Beacool Jan 2014 #44

I've heard cui is tasty 1000words Jan 2014 #52

They gross me out just looking at them. Beacool Jan 2014 #90

A lot to be said for presentation 1000words Jan 2014 #94

Imagine eating this........ Beacool Jan 2014 #96

Yeah, right it's empty ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2014 #40

Nosferatu!! Beacool Jan 2014 #50

Someone took me to a run-down theater in the 70s that showed silents and had an organ player. El_Johns Jan 2014 #118

Mina Murray�s Journal: muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #58

see, this is why DU rules. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #73

This joint has some book learned people. Beacool Jan 2014 #95

^^ for the win!! ^^ Myrina Jan 2014 #61

Did we lose the recipe for tug boats? Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #41

How do you get rats off an island? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2014 #42

Great idea for a horror movie! Lint Head Jan 2014 #43

Cooool....n/t PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #45

Time to release the kraken? nt sufrommich Jan 2014 #47

So Congress is on recess? mindwalker_i Jan 2014 #48

. . . Triana Jan 2014 #65

So how IS the National Review's annual cruise going this year? JHB Jan 2014 #57

You win the thread. Maybe even the internets. muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #60

^^^^^ ROTFL ^^^^ alittlelark Jan 2014 #68

lulz... Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #122

Cannibal rats, they're not just in Trenton flamingdem Jan 2014 #63

LOL n/t lordsummerisle Jan 2014 #86

Damn. Now I feel terrible for the poor rats. Arugula Latte Jan 2014 #67

I do, too. Not that I want them to go ashore, but I hate seeing any animal suffer. TwilightGardener Jan 2014 #81

Yes ... Arugula Latte Jan 2014 #145

Must be The Ted Cruz line with his passengers of Teathugs. Let it sink. kairos12 Jan 2014 #69

FEAR!!! FEAR!!! FEAR!!! Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2014 #70

well..... spanone Jan 2014 #71

You gotta love the "Hair Guy/" (n/t) spin Jan 2014 #87

The survivor rat will be the next Republican Presidential nominee... hunter Jan 2014 #74

Nor any cheese to eat. WinkyDink Jan 2014 #76

Sounds like a Libertarian paradise... Jerry442 Jan 2014 #77

tee hee! flamingdem Jan 2014 #93

"Snakes on a cruise ship", staring Samuel L Jackson ?? JoePhilly Jan 2014 #78

thundership angrychair Jan 2014 #79

huh? I should think the salvage would be considerable.... mike_c Jan 2014 #82

Must be a record for DU.. pangaia Jan 2014 #83

such a waste dembotoz Jan 2014 #84

thanks for all the comments lordsummerisle Jan 2014 #85

me too � one of the best threads in a long time. shireen Jan 2014 #123

"Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon? Historic NY Jan 2014 #88

Ewww, too close. Beacool Jan 2014 #91

"Cannibal rats" is a trifle harsh. "Swiftian rodents," please. nyquil_man Jan 2014 #89

Are you the PR guy for the rats? Beacool Jan 2014 #97

Someone has to speak for these stateless creatures. nyquil_man Jan 2014 #98

Ummm.. How about sending out a few ships to attach tow lines, and then SoCalDem Jan 2014 #102

That is what I was thinking. texanwitch Jan 2014 #103

IIRC there was 2naSalit Jan 2014 #104

"Ahoy, me maties!" randome Jan 2014 #105

Sounds like the Nisshin Maru, only smaller. flvegan Jan 2014 #106

one torpedo AngryAmish Jan 2014 #107

If only... krispos42 Jan 2014 #108

WTF do you think this is? 1940? onehandle Jan 2014 #111

Ah... some nostalgia krispos42 Jan 2014 #117

This is a shameless ploy to deflect attention from the Bieber story pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #110

I can see this story in another SyFy channel movie Larkspur Jan 2014 #113

Subject win of the day...nt Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #121

Did everyone miss the part where ManiacJoe Jan 2014 #125

That's just what the ghost ship cannibal rats want us to think. nt pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #126

Not Zombie rats, right? underpants Jan 2014 #131

You just have to remember that with zombie rats you double trap. nt pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #133

Blame Canada davidpdx Jan 2014 #132

We could have overlooked the cannibal rats, but did they have... pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #134

Sounds like delayed payback for centuries of British impirialism MrScorpio Jan 2014 #135

Scotland is ready for them pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #136

Kill it with fire. WilliamPitt Jan 2014 #137

Let's shoot it into space and aim it toward the sun. cbdo2007 Jan 2014 #140

"How many times have we told you, Manuel?!" randome Jan 2014 #141

We mustn't let the rats reach land! Those creatures, alien to our fair lands, would devour all!!! lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #142

Sounds like a job for Gilligan Lifelong Protester Jan 2014 #143

Ghost ship full of cannibal rats FrodosPet Jan 2014 #144