Clown Car V: 2020 version!

[Sommerswerd]

I've never heard k-pop. But the girls are cute. Which is what I thought the whole point of it was.

He apparently listens to it with the sound on.

Gangnam style is the jam... I said it... Fight me.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Gangnam style is the jam... I said it... Fight me.

Well, I've heard worse. I was raised in the age of disco though, so that's always true. However, I really didn't think it was bad, and it brought back some very pleasant associations from certain K-bars in Honolulu...I'll give it a seven

 

[Cutlass]

Gangnam style is the jam... I said it... Fight me.

Gagnnam style isn't a girl group. or even worse, a boy group.

 

[amadeus]

USians never say anything mocking about New Zealand.

Have you ever been around someone with a proper New Zealand accent? It’s like the British Empire decided “no, why does this far-flung colonial outpost deserve any education on how English vowels work?”

It’s bizarre, and while I can ostensibly understand spoken New Zealander, I can’t reproduce it myself.

 

[tjs282]

Gangnam style is the jam... I said it... Fight me.

First thought: WTF did I just watch?!?

Second thought: Gee, thanks, Sommer: I'd managed to avoid it until now.

Serves me right for clicking, I guess...

 

[H4run]

I've never heard k-pop. But the girls are cute. Which is what I thought the whole point of it was.

Gagnnam style isn't a girl group. or even worse, a boy group.

Never underestimate Kpop, look at this band, she can sing, she can slap that bass like a boss, and the song is a good example of well arranged pop song.

You're welcome @Cutlass

 

[Zardnaar]

Have you ever been around someone with a proper New Zealand accent? It’s like the British Empire decided “no, why does this far-flung colonial outpost deserve any education on how English vowels work?”

It’s bizarre, and while I can ostensibly understand spoken New Zealander, I can’t reproduce it myself.

It's an evolutionary advantage. It requires more effort to open your mouth further so we don't bother.

UK had a huge amount of it's population flunk a basic medical in the war years. NZ didn't.

See proof of my theory.

My ex girlfriend dumped me as she couldn't comprehend me using less than 6 words in a conversation. She was a chatterbox though and liked to use 10 words.

Just grunt coffee, beer and mumble the rest.

One before her was a romantic. She wanted to hold hands in public (ha).

NZ war declearation

WW1
Mumble mumble beer, Berlin mumble mumble

WW2
Mumble mumble F Nazis, mumble mumble.

What more do you need?

 

[amadeus]

Just grunt coffee, beer and mumble the rest.

NOW you’re speaking my language!

One before her was a romantic. She wanted to hold hands in public (ha)

Now I’m a little concerned we may be in fact the same person.

 

[Cutlass]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52151951

Venezuela navy vessel sinks after 'ramming cruise ship'

A Venezuelan navy coastal patrol boat sank in the Caribbean after allegedly ramming a cruise ship that it had ordered to change direction.

The owners of the Portuguese-flagged RCGS Resolute said the naval vessel Naiguata also fired shots in an "act of aggression in international waters”.

The collision left the cruise ship, which has a reinforced hull for sailing in icy waters, with only minor damage.

Venezuela accused the Resolute of an act of "aggression and piracy".

It also said it "did not rule out" that the cruise ship "was transporting mercenaries to attack military bases in Venezuela".

President Nicolás Maduro has previously accused the United States and other countries of plotting to overthrow him.

The incident took place near La Tortuga Island, a Venezuelan federal dependency, on 30 March.

Columbia Cruise Services, which operates the Resolute, said the cruise ship had been carrying out routine engine maintenance in international waters more than 13 nautical miles (24km) from La Tortuga.

A statement from the Hamburg-based company said that shortly after midnight, the Naiguata radioed the Resolute, questioning its intentions, and ordered the captain to follow it to a port on Isla Margarita, to the east.

"While the master was in contact with the head office, gunshots were fired and, shortly thereafter, the navy vessel approached the starboard side at speed... and purposely collided with the RCGS Resolute," it added.

"The navy vessel continued to ram the starboard bow in an apparent attempt to turn the ship’s head towards Venezuelan territorial waters."

Although the Resolute - a purpose-built polar expedition vessel - suffered minor damage, the patrol boat began taking on water after hitting its bulbous bow, according to the statement.

Columbia Cruise Services said the Resolute remained in the area for more than an hour and contacted rescue co-ordinators on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao. All attempts to contact the Naiguata went unanswered and the Resolute eventually sailed to Willemstad on Curaçao, it added.

A statement by the Venezuelan military (in Spanish) accused the Resolute of "cowardly and criminal" behaviour, "since it did not attend to the rescue of the crew".

It said all the crew of the Naiguata had been rescued, but did not give details.

Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López accused the Resolute of ramming the vessel, "which caused its sinking".

President Maduro said an investigation had been launched and he expected "maximum collaboration" from authorities in Curaçao.

So the cruise ship had an ice hardened hull. The patrol ship did not. Sucks to be them.

 

[Takhisis]

Gangnam style is the jam... I said it... Fight me.

I prefer it done Mitt Romney style, and Cutlass is -as usual- right.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52151951

Venezuela navy vessel sinks after 'ramming cruise ship'





So the cruise ship had an ice hardened hull. The patrol ship did not. Sucks to be them.

Getting rescued lost them their opportunity at a Darwin Award.

 

[Takhisis]

If they really wanted to drag an entire cruise ship into port, which might facilitate contact and contagion, they might still win it.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

If they really wanted to drag an entire cruise ship into port, which might facilitate contact and contagion, they might still win it.

To win a Darwin Award you have to actually improve the gene pool. Their surviving disqualifies them no matter how stupid their actions were.

 

[Zardnaar]

To be fair Venezuela can't really deal with a cruise ship and their health care is basically non functional.

 

[Takhisis]

If they succeed in catching a coronavirus infection don't they still win?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Venezuela's only satellite went haywire and nearly polluted the geostationary arc last week. They managed to dump it into a graveyard orbit by the skin of their teeth.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

To be fair Venezuela can't really deal with a cruise ship and their health care is basically non functional.

Which begs the question why were they trying to force a passing cruise ship to dock in Venezuela?

 

[Zardnaar]

Which begs the question why were they trying to force a passing cruise ship to dock in Venezuela?

I assumed they were chasing it away.

Derp.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I assumed they were chasing it away.

Derp.

That would have made sense. In the current world situation "hey let's go capture a cruise ship" is disorienting, to say the least.

 

[Kaitzilla]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52151951

Venezuela navy vessel sinks after 'ramming cruise ship'

So the cruise ship had an ice hardened hull. The patrol ship did not. Sucks to be them.

One does not simply ram a cruise ship.