F***king fundies
October 3, 2006 9:56 AM Subscribe
Breaking News: Hijacked! A Turkish airliner carrying 107 passengers flying from Tirana to Istanbul has been hijacked by two Turks simply to protest Pope's visit to Turkey and are ready to surrender. No passengers have been hurt. Greece and Italy sent fighter jets to escort it before it landed in Brindisi, Italy.
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I'm sure it scared the crap out of the people on board, but the plane has landed safely. No injuries to anybody. The hijackers surrendered.
To ask an age-old question, why is this on MetaFilter?
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:59 AM on October 3, 2006
To ask an age-old question, why is this on MetaFilter?
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:59 AM on October 3, 2006
Yeah. I guess you can tell I didn't even click the link now.
posted by dead_ at 10:03 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by dead_ at 10:03 AM on October 3, 2006
Thank God you have brought this to my attention!
(Rummages through closet for superhero outfit.)
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:04 AM on October 3, 2006 [1 favorite]
(Rummages through closet for superhero outfit.)
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:04 AM on October 3, 2006 [1 favorite]
Do you mean flying from Toronto?
posted by Flashman at 10:06 AM on October 3, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by Flashman at 10:06 AM on October 3, 2006 [1 favorite]
I'm hijacking this thread to protest its shittiness!
Who's with me?!?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:14 AM on October 3, 2006
Who's with me?!?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:14 AM on October 3, 2006
Nice to see a traditional protest hijacking for once. Those terrorists have totally hijacked hijacking, I tell you.
posted by reklaw at 10:15 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by reklaw at 10:15 AM on October 3, 2006
Death to bad sentence construction! A Turkish airliner ... are ready to surrender.
posted by black bile at 10:17 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by black bile at 10:17 AM on October 3, 2006
ok... so... that was completely retarded. people seriously need to think their so called "statements" through before making them.
posted by Doorstop at 10:18 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by Doorstop at 10:18 AM on October 3, 2006
Isn't this the first hijacking since 9/11? I think it's sorta big news. I mean, it's already in wikipedia.
posted by yeti at 10:19 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by yeti at 10:19 AM on October 3, 2006
Wikipedia is ridiculous. Seriously. The pope fucking farts and it has it's own page 5 minutes later. "This article describes a current event!"
posted by dead_ at 10:21 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by dead_ at 10:21 AM on October 3, 2006
F***king fundies
Stunning, brilliant, insightful, ground-breaking, mind-alteringly incisive. Please tell me there's a blog.
posted by scheptech at 10:22 AM on October 3, 2006
Stunning, brilliant, insightful, ground-breaking, mind-alteringly incisive. Please tell me there's a blog.
posted by scheptech at 10:22 AM on October 3, 2006
I have had enough,
of these motherf***kingsnakes/collisions/mushrooms/fundies,
on this motherf***king plane.
..and thanks everyone for no FPPs about the Amish
posted by CynicalKnight at 10:23 AM on October 3, 2006
of these motherf***king
on this motherf***king plane.
..and thanks everyone for no FPPs about the Amish
posted by CynicalKnight at 10:23 AM on October 3, 2006
I am sick and tired of all the whacked out people who became angry just because they couldn't find all of the popes in the pizza.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 10:23 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 10:23 AM on October 3, 2006
No doubt the pope will say something stupid to escalate the situation. In other news: North Korea to help Repedlicans by staging nuclear test.
posted by Mr_Zero at 10:27 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by Mr_Zero at 10:27 AM on October 3, 2006
I kinda thought that hijackings where you expect to survive the experience were a thing of the past. If someone took your plane and told everyone to sit tight because they have no intention of hurting anyone, would you believe them?
posted by dreamsign at 10:28 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by dreamsign at 10:28 AM on October 3, 2006
Threat of a liquid bomb on plane = banning of liquids
Hijacking of plane = banning of... hijackers?
Oh, and my previous wikipedia comment was sarcastic. I just forgot the /sarc tag.
posted by yeti at 10:29 AM on October 3, 2006
Hijacking of plane = banning of... hijackers?
Oh, and my previous wikipedia comment was sarcastic. I just forgot the /sarc tag.
posted by yeti at 10:29 AM on October 3, 2006
This is a little Turk-centric is it not?
posted by fire&wings at 10:29 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by fire&wings at 10:29 AM on October 3, 2006
This BBC site? Is it new?
posted by NationalKato at 10:30 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by NationalKato at 10:30 AM on October 3, 2006
A Turkish friend of mine sent me this article -- "Pope, Islam, and the Sword" -- today. I too think it is worth the time to read.
posted by Aghast. at 10:30 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by Aghast. at 10:30 AM on October 3, 2006
Here is my local weather.
You may now return to your lives.
posted by craven_morhead at 10:36 AM on October 3, 2006
You may now return to your lives.
posted by craven_morhead at 10:36 AM on October 3, 2006
Fire and Wings, the plane was Turkish and the hijackers were Turkish, plus lots of Albanians are ethnically Turkish, so it's really tough to report this story without speaking to Turks and maybe saying "Turk" or "Turkish" now and again.
posted by Mister_A at 10:36 AM on October 3, 2006
posted by Mister_A at 10:36 AM on October 3, 2006
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