Behold the l33tage of The Shep

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-11-06 06:20pm

Enough Said

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2004-11-06 06:23pm

What? Do you own (pwn) it or something?

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2004-11-06 06:25pm

A Liberty ship...

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-11-06 06:25pm

WTF do a Liberty Ship and a tug boat have to to with anything?

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-11-06 06:37pm

YOU SHAME YOURSELVES! YOU ARE ORDERED TO REPORT TO ROOM 212 AT RE-EDUCATION CENTRE #673A FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT BY COMRADE HIPPER FOR NOT RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE!

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-11-06 06:44pm

Hoo-kay... While we're doing that, why not tell us the joke?

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-11-06 06:54pm

Tugboat going the wrong way?

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2004-11-06 06:57pm

Soontir C'boath wrote:Tugboat going the wrong way?

How do you think they move ships in reverse?

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2004-11-06 06:57pm

No you fool can't you see its the guy waving a sign from the roof of that building to the right!!

Or possibly not

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-11-06 07:01pm

*sigh*

It appears none of you get the reference.

The John W. Brown is one of the few Operational Liberty ships
in existence. I caught her today being nudged into her berth in Baltimore;
from what was probably one of her runs up and down the Chesapeake to
raise funds.

BTW, She's a movie star. Her Engine Room was used as a stand in for
the Titanic's in the James Cameron movie.

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2004-11-06 07:03pm

Okay...nice photo. But whats a Liberty Ship?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-11-06 07:06pm

Liberty Ships were mass-produced freighters from WW2.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-11-06 07:08pm

DocHorror wrote:Okay...nice photo. But whats a Liberty Ship?

Death Squad 4511B to Room 212, Paging Death Squad 4511B ...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-11-06 07:10pm

MKSheppard wrote:

*sigh*

It appears none of you get the reference.

The John W. Brown is one of the few Operational Liberty ships
in existence.

The only other is SS Jeremiah O'Brien

DocHorror wrote:Okay...nice photo. But whats a Liberty Ship?

Your ignorance of history is disturbing comrade.

The Liberty ships where mass-produced merchant ships churned out to the tune of nearly 3,000 vessels by US shipyards during WW2. They where absolutely vital to replacing the massive tonnage losses inflicted by U-boats in the battle of the Atlantic. Later in the war, the Victory ship was also mass produced alongside the Liberty ship, which where larger and faster vessels powered by steam turbines rather then triple expansion engine. But its greater complexity and cost meant it never could replace the Liberty ship.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2004-11-06 07:13pm

Historical note: The manufacturer of Liberty ships went into business mass-producing suburban homes in California after Levitt found so much success on Long Island.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-11-06 07:15pm

I see a ship "bumping" a tugboat and sinking it.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-11-06 10:35pm

MKSheppard wrote:
DocHorror wrote:Okay...nice photo. But whats a Liberty Ship?

Death Squad 4511B to Room 212, Paging Death Squad 4511B ...

Someone remind shep that because not everyone is a military fanboi they won't have extensive and exhaustive knowledge of the various ships, planes, guns, etc. I'm not properly armed at the moment.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-11-06 11:29pm

SyntaxVorlon wrote:
MKSheppard wrote:
DocHorror wrote:Okay...nice photo. But whats a Liberty Ship?

Death Squad 4511B to Room 212, Paging Death Squad 4511B ...
Someone remind shep that because not everyone is a military fanboi they won't have extensive and exhaustive knowledge of the various ships, planes, guns, etc. I'm not properly armed at the moment.

Sorry, but you need to appalingly ignorant of history to not know what a Liberty Ship is. Its akin to saying "what happened at Gettysburg?"

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2004-11-06 11:34pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Sorry, but you need to appalingly ignorant of history to not know what a Liberty Ship is. Its akin to saying "what happened at Gettysburg?"

Whatever you say, superguy. Real quick, who were those guys George Washington fought? I bet they were Russians. Damn dirty commies, we sure showed them.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-11-06 11:43pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Sorry, but you need to appalingly ignorant of history to not know what a Liberty Ship is. Its akin to saying "what happened at Gettysburg?"

Uh... They made a movie. Right?

Ohhh, I feel so dirty now. And I like it.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-11-07 12:29am

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Sorry, but you need to appalingly ignorant of history to not know what a Liberty Ship is. Its akin to saying "what happened at Gettysburg?"

What if you're not American? Why are you supposed to know about US ships then?

Symmetry · Post by **Symmetry** » 2004-11-07 01:53am

Pcm979 wrote:
BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Sorry, but you need to appalingly ignorant of history to not know what a Liberty Ship is. Its akin to saying "what happened at Gettysburg?"
What if you're not American? Why are you supposed to know about US ships then?

You're excused, so long as your country wasn't involved in the fighting in Europe in WWII or a member of the Commonwealth.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-11-07 02:11am

I live in Hong Kong. Out on a technicality!

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-11-07 04:48am

Does this mean no Deathsquad?

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-11-07 05:03am

No, no deathsquad. Its not equivalent to asking "What happened at Gettysburg?" as it is "What was the Hunley?"