OK Sean.
You sort of annoy me, but I guess I more or less ignore you most of the time.
I admire you for going to NOLA to see what you can do. I wish I had the opportunity to do the same. If I had a boat and the ability to go, I would. I am sorry your boat sank when you put it in the water. You probably could have made a difference to many people who needed a way out.
But why did you bring a personal photographer? What incredible vanity.
What a fucking moron:
At least we’ve been spared the heartwrenching images of a noble Sean cradling a photogenic waif. :rolleyes:
Thanks for the laugh, newcrasher. It was much needed.
I agree. Sean Penn’s response to Hurricane Katrina has been completely inadequate, and his photo op’s show him to be pathetically self-serving and out of touch.
I thought private citizens were not supposed to “self-dispatch.” Or does that not apply to celebrties who want a photo op?
Jeez, Sean, you would have done more good by writing a check.
I wonder if they’ll be any photos of THAT in his PR kit? :wally
Ha!
Clearly, Sean Penn’s legendary hatred of photographers has grown to the point where he is now attempting to kill them one at a time.
That’s a good one. Whew.
Did you see the picture of that boat? He would have been better off with a kayak.
Yeah, what was up with that boat? He can certainly afford something better than that. Did he not want to show anybody up? Too much luggage?
I respect the guy as an incredible actor, but he sure comes off as an idiot away from the cameras.
“Here I come to save the DAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY----” Glug, glug, glug…
It seems to me that **Boats Suitable for Rescue Missions ** can be divided into two categories – Those that can be bailed out with a red plastic cup, and those that cannot.
Stranded New Orleansians breathe a huge sigh of relief. “The ordeal is over at last… the actors are finally here!”
Sean’s personal photographer reminds me of Sir Robin’s minstrels from Monty Python’s Holy Grail:
"Brave concerned dear Sean Penn,
set forth from Hollywood,
to go to Dixie’s flooded land
and do some jolly good.
He was not in the least afraid
to be photographed without a suit
the problem started when he told the
white guy with a Nikon, “Shoot!”
It made perfect sense in my mind. I’ll re-post when I get it right.
Man, that’s hilarious. Famous celebrity piles entourage into rickety boat. Can’t get engine started. Boat begins to sink. Everyone paddles like mad back to shore.
Sean Penn, maritime hero!
This had to have been a staged photo-op. Who in hell takes their personal cameraman out in a small boat to rescue people? “Sorry little Timmy! No room in the boat for you. It was either you or the Nikon 400mm lens, and, well, you never know when they’re going to need a long shot.”
I go with staged…notice the nice, bright white sneakers on one member of the entourage? Nobody wears stuff like that when headed out on a rescue mission in a flooded area.
It looks like he forgot to replace the garboard drain plug situated at the bottom of the transom under the waterline. You always remove the plug when your boat is on the trailor to drain the rainwater.This plug must be replaced when the boat is out of the water prior to launch.
Obviously Sean has had very little experience with a non self- bailing deck boat. If he did, he would have recognized the problem immediately and returned to the boat trailor.
Bailing with a plastic cup? Hilarious!!!
Anyone else get a mental picture when reading this story of Spicoli (sp) looking down at the water rushing around his ankles and saying, " Hey Dude, isn’t the water supposed to be OUTSIDE of the boat?"