BTW, Dr Guy, are you now dressing before coming to the site?....me, I've taken to wearing a thermal lined bathrobe and PJ's, and for good measure I've resorted to fur lining my tin hat cos temps here have been plummeting to minus 3c overnight.

I have to remind myself that you are in the midst of winter as we are in the mid 90s F (35-40c degrees to you metric people) here. So no fur lining for me! But I am wearing my silver jump suit so that it reflects all light from the detectors that Brad has installed.  

Ok, men, here's the plan:

We make rum stops all along the western shores of South America, avoiding the Panama Canal entirely, as it will alert Mr. Wardell to our approach. We head up the eastern coast, making time for a lengthy stop in Brazil and the Caribbean islands, then we head up the Atlantic Coast of the United States to the St. Lawrence Seaway, then inward until we reach the state of Michigan. We will need at that time to acquire land based conveyances, and thus we will pillage all ships betwixt here and our destination. Once landed on the shores of Michigan, we will make our way inland to the offices of Stardock and one Mr. Wardell, and disable his "republican detector" once and for all, and thus restore democracy to JU, the Internet, and the world.

we will make our way inland to the offices of Stardock and one Mr. Wardell, and disable his "republican detector" once and for all, and thus restore democracy to JU, the Internet, and the world.

Viva El Gideon!

Viva El Gideon!

I've got a sinking feeling we'll probably be detained in Rio much longer than expected!

This is starting to scare me.   

This is starting to scare me.

Arrgggg! Captain, I think we have a candidate to walk the Plank!

Ok, men, here's the plan:

Sounds good to me, especially the bit about the Caribbean...always fancied a recreational stop there. Me thinks we'll have to promote you to Chief Recreational Officer....oh, and in charge of cannons, fer when we hit port and wanna get a head start on painting the town red. You can fire off the paint bombs.

As for disabling Brad's Republican detector, wouldn't it be better to modify it to detect treasure, benevolant benefactors? ;

Arrgggg! Captain, I think we have a candidate to walk the Plank!

Fuzzy!!! That's your department, but before he goes over the side, empty 'is pockets of any valuables....it be expensive runnin' this 'ere ship and keepin' up the rum supplies. That First mate of ours 'as bin demolishing that with a vengeance....and a few extra bob in our pockets when we hit Rio wouldn't go astray, either.

As for disabling Brad's Republican detector, wouldn't it be better to modify it to detect treasure, benevolant benefactors? ;

Good deal! As long as we get rid of the Republican detector in the process.

Maybe we can conscript Brad and Company to embark with us on our voyage. Always better to convert than exterminate, ya know?

Maybe we can conscript Brad and Company to embark with us on our voyage. Always better to convert than exterminate, ya know?

We are the Borg {Hic} Stardock will be assimlated.

Maybe we can conscript Brad and Company to embark with us on our voyage.

What a brilliant idea, then we'd have access to all that technology...experts aboard to skin the sails appropriately to suit each occasion: ie, with balloons and streamers for when we're in party mode, and with the skull & crossbones for when we wanna strike fear into the hearts of party poopers, mutineers and liberal conspirators.

Oh, and of course, we'd have to make Brad an honorary admiral....Jafo too! I mean, we can't have the crew thinking they can continually get away with spelling mistakes when filling out their reports/work sheets, etc.

We are the Borg {Hic} Stardock will be assimlated.

I dunno about that! Stardock has done a pretty good job on that one already....once they've got you in, their technology takes over completely and resistance is futile.

hey peeps,

i've spent 47 (and counting) minutes on joeuser over the course of the last andre the giant- sized handful of months. 44 of those minutes went into reading this thread--and each one of those minutes was time (relatively) well spent.

i personally enjoyed the entire thread: the dramatic dips in action, the tightening noose of suspense, and the comic, surprising relief earned from a few well-placed moderator curses.

i love each and every one of you. may whatever inspirational force you believe in have a chemically balanced effect upon the unifying glue of your neural networkings.

peace from an old time pinko user,

tbt

We are the Borg {Hic} Stardock will be assimlated.

I am Dyslexic of Borg.  Your ass is malted.

peace from an old time pinko user,

Welcome aboard, TaBoo Tenente, it's nice to see you here....oh, and don't worry about the liberal detector, your tinfoil hat, etc. We of the 'Twisted Sister' fraternity have since been granted diplomatic immunity....tho I see Jafo is still wearing his EMP helmet and headset, sunnies just to be sure.

I am Dyslexic of Borg.

You've been hanging around with Fuzzy too much again, haven't you! The mind meld and non-assimilable Vulcan physiology, however, will eventually wear off and you'll inevitably find resistance is futile, EMP helmet or not.

LOL...So this is what boys do when they have time on their hands.

I am Dyslexic of Borg. Your ass is malted.

Does that mean it is Grog?  As Rum Chief I have to inspect all alcohol for crew consumption, but I dont think the crew wants malted ass.