Monday 24 November 2008

Outbreak of commonsense ...

... in The Indian Ocean.

"Pirates reduce ransom to $15m", says the headline in The Metro.

Perhaps they've seen the results of my fun online poll, where the option "... just ignore them. How would they sell two million barrels of oil?" is currently in second place.

I wonder how much further they'll drop the price as time goes on. Like in the film Ruthless People, where the kidnappers end up offering the hostage's husband money to take her back again.

3 comments:

John Pickworth said...

I hear there are some crazied Islamicists after them too...

Apparently, they've broken the first rule of Pirate Club: "You don't nick Muslim owned oil"

Lola said...

Or the famous Woody Allen Ransome stand up routine

Anonymous said...

The piracy secotor is really feeling the pinch of the economic downturn. Pirates need a bailout too.