Pirate's Body Washes Ashore With Money

AP via AOL News ^ | January 11, 2009 | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN, AP

[rightwingintelligentsia]

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Jan. 11) - The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said Sunday, as the spokesman for another group of pirates promised to soon free a Ukrainian arms ship.

Five pirates drowned Friday when their small boat capsized after they received a reported $3 million ransom for releasing a Saudi oil tanker. Local resident Omar Abdi Hassan said one of the bodies had been found on a beach near the coastal town of Haradhere and relatives were searching for the other four.

[aimhigh]

Just proving that when you die, you can take it with you.

[gwilhelm56]

RULE NUMBER 1:

If you want to PLAY PIRATE, Be Sure YOU CAN SWIM!!!

[Dumpster Baby]

Aaarrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhh!

[popdonnelly]

Ill-gotten gains didn’t help Fred C. Dobbs much, either.

[yooper]

So, money laundering too?

[popdonnelly]

“Just proving that when you die, you can take it with you.”

But spending it is a problem.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Maybe the “resident” can spend some of that $153,000 to buy the drowned rat some flowers and a nice casket.

[anymouse]

Pirate was just “spreading the wealth around.” ;)

[dfwgator]

“Wait a tic...blimey, this redistribution of wealth is trickier than I thought.” - Dennis Moore (Monty Python)

[shankbear]

Guess he can’t float me a loan. He needed a bailout.

[CodeToad]

“If you want to PLAY PIRATE, Be Sure YOU CAN SWIM!!!”

LOL!

[Red_Devil 232]

$153,000 Wow he must of had some deep pockets!

[Radix]

Skinnies without swimmies!

[PGR88]

God (or in their case, Allah) does have sense of humor!

[razorback-bert]

What currency was the money in, anyone know?

[LiberConservative]

PARTY TIME!!

[SanFranDan]

Love the Bogart reference!!! PING

[sheik yerbouty]

He was trying to float some cash..

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I love a happy ending.