You know how unverified stories like to tear around the net at warp speed, with not too much consideration for actual facts? Well, it’s happening again…
Here is one example of a current item that I’ve seen on quite a few sites lately:
“A Russian luxury yacht company is now offering pirate-hunting trips that promise the chance to be attacked by real sea bandits. The yachts cruise from Djibouti to Mombasa in Kenya at deliberately low speeds in the hopes of attracting pirates.
Passengers pay $5,000 for the trip, and an extra $17.50 a day for an AK-47 and 100 rounds of ammo. The price includes free origami towels in the rooms. Former Special Forces troops are on board to make sure none of the cruise passengers are injured.”
You’d think that folks would read it, have a chuckle, and then get on with their day, but nope: if you read the comments on these articles there are a few folks busily trying to figure out where to sign so they can go off and catch their own Jack Sparrow.
Guess what! You’re never going to believe it – it’s all complete tripe. Shock and Horror!
For a full article about this, which I’m not just going to copy and paste on this blog (that whole pesky copyright thing again…), click here. Cruise Critic looked into it and discovered what most of us were awake enough to already figure out – someone with an overactive imagination and (unfortunate) access to the internet, is having a laugh – at your expense.
Sorry to be THAT guy who has to rain on everyone’s parade, but apparently some folks require a spot of drizzle every now and then.
The origami towels were a nice touch though, don’t you think?
