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January 27, 2014
The Ghost Rat Cannibal Ship Will Enrich the UK
Yes it is a ghost ship and it may be full of cannibal rats who have been eating each other for so long that they have food critics (Hank was just too dry), foodie blogs and an ethical cannibalism movement to eat only locally sourced rats, but that is no reason to allow ourselves to be panicked by it or by them. Each culture brings with it its own practices and its own way of life that contributes to enriching our own. - - Sultan Knish
Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 27, 2014 12:11 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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I figure its full of terrifying rat ghouls, who died after cannibalism and have risen undead and hungering for flesh. At least, that's the story I'd write.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 27, 2014 12:31 PM
Sounds like a SINKEX opportunity for the Royal Navy. Put a Spearfish into it in international waters, problem solved.
Any tree huggers worried about the environmental effects can volunteer to board it and ensure all rats are dead before it is brought into port.
Posted by: BUTCH at January 27, 2014 1:36 PM
Sounds like a SINKEX opportunity for the Royal Navy. Put a Spearfish into it in international waters, problem solved.
Any tree huggers worried about the environmental effects can volunteer to board it and ensure all rats are dead before it is brought into port.
Posted by: BUTCH at January 27, 2014 1:36 PM
Sounds like a diversity issue to me.
Posted by: tripletap at January 27, 2014 2:29 PM
I like the SINKEX proposal. One fish, two at the most, would do it. Just make sure it's over a deep part of the Atlantic well clear of the shipping lanes.
Posted by: waltj at January 27, 2014 3:46 PM
Drag that boat down to Haiti... the locals will dispose of the rats in short order.
Posted by: Monday Anon at January 27, 2014 6:03 PM
I saw reports on the derelict a few months ago at a shipping site.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at January 27, 2014 7:14 PM
Monday Anon, that is the best idea yet. Except after the earthquake they moved the Haitians to south Florida, got them set up on public assistance and registered them to vote.
Posted by: Potise at January 28, 2014 2:39 AM
Why don't we tow the tub to some island we don't think very much of and liberate the rattus norvegicus in the name of Gaia?
What, list too long? Oh. how 'bout start with Hawaii?
Posted by: chasmatic at January 28, 2014 6:42 AM
Why not just blow it up?
Posted by: Fausta at January 28, 2014 8:50 AM
Didn't the US just spend a million bucks parachuting 2000 rats on Guam?
Posted by: LaZrtx at January 28, 2014 8:54 AM
Cheer up. When our planet devolves enough the only life forms remaining will be sharks, rats and cockroaches.
Posted by: chasmatic at January 29, 2014 6:01 AM