Britney the Pirate Slayer

[Spud]

You can’t make this stuff up.

Apparently merchant ships are using Britney Spear so repel Somali Pirates.

She Drives Them Crazy! Britney Spears Music Used To Scare Pirates

My favorite line…

"Owens said Spears’ classics are an effective way of fighting pirates. But Steven Jones, of the Security Association for the Maritime Industry, said there are some lengths Western powers are unwilling to go to for fear of violating international law.

“I’d imagine using Justin Bieber would be against the Geneva Convention,” Jones jokingly said.”

And I’m sure like me you think this is a hoax… I’ve seen it on CNN, local news, and Time’s Senior Editor vouched for it being real.

[Mr.Miskatonic]

She has powers.

[milquetoast]

@Spud

Apparently merchant ships are using Britney Spear so repel Somali Pirates.

I would think that Nick Cannon would do more damage than Britney Spear.

[msmith537]

@Spud

And I’m sure like me you think this is a hoax… I’ve seen it on CNN, local news, and Time’s Senior Editor vouched for it being real.

As the article said, it’s not so much the particular music. It’s the ear-splitting volume they are playing it at.

Just so long as they don’t play “brown noise”.

[Spud]

@milquetoast

I would think that Nick Cannon would do more damage than Britney Spear.

Just doing my part to emphasize that she is a unique talent (and/or pirate repellent) that there is only one of her.

[milquetoast]

@Spud

Just doing my part to emphasize that she is a unique talent (and/or pirate repellent) that there is only one of her.

Sorry, Spud. I was just doing my part to make fun of your typo (spelling her last name as a singular).

[Spud]

@milquetoast

Sorry, Spud. I was just doing my part to make fun of your typo (spelling her last name as a singular).

And I expected nothing less as soon as I noticed it… Just after the edit window expired.

[Oakminster]

Bah…doesn’t seem to matter what kind of music it used. They’ve got some sort of sonic cannon thingy that focuses high intensity sound at the pirates. They could be using Led Zeppelin or Lynyrd Skynyrd with similar results.

[mbh]

For fighting piracy, they really should be using Metallica.

[not_what_you_d_expect]

Or Jimmy Buffett.

[xizor]

@mbh

For fighting piracy, they really should be using Metallica.

Zing! Well played.

[deltasigma]

They said using Justin Bieber would violate the Geneva Convention. I’d like see what would happen if they used Sarah McLachlan.

[Duke_of_Rat]

We know Slim Whitman works on Martians, so…

[Bam_Boo_Gut]

Barry Manilow’s lost his edge then?

[purplehorseshoe]

@Oakminster

Bah…doesn’t seem to matter what kind of music it used. They’ve got some sort of sonic cannon thingy that focuses high intensity sound at the pirates. They could be using Led Zeppelin or Lynyrd Skynyrd with similar results.

I just had a mental image of a boatful of scrawny Somalians holding up their lighters and yelling “Play Freebird!” at the Navy ship.

[deltasigma]

@purplehorseshoe

I just had a mental image of a boatful of scrawny Somalians holding up their lighters and yelling “Play Freebird!” at the Navy ship.

It occurred to me that maybe the Sarah McLachlan allusion wasn’t clear and implied she was similar to JB. I should probably cut my loses and not try to explain, but I just can’t help myself. I was imaging the pirates suddenly becoming very depressed and slitting their wrists. I actually like SM btw although this probably isn’t the time to admit that. :o

[G0sp3l]

@milquetoast

I would think that Nick Cannon would do more damage than Britney Spear.

Britney has cannon of her own.

all her own sitting way up high, way up firm and high

[Duke_of_Rat]

Probably a good thing that Britney’s new Las Vegas gig is at Planet Hollywood instead of say, Treasure Island.