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Re: John E. Doolittle.
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:56:09 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Tony Priestman writes:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Richard Parsons (<Fo5yxv.3nE@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> 09:13:50
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> > But what about his adventures on the high seas - is nothing known at all?
> > Doesn't anyone know anything about what he got up to? A newspaper clipping
> > from London? An insurance report? A sighting at a 7-11 in Roswell?
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> Report in 'a London newspaper':
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> DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY LOSES FACE
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> It is reported that a ship of the Dutch East India company was attacked
> in the South Pacific, and native artefacts, including one of the head
> statues from Easter Island were removed from the vessel.
> None of the crew were killed, but all of the armament on the Dutch ship
> was spiked.
> Reports of a parrot advising on personal injury claims, suggest that the
> attack was carried out by John E. Doolittle.
> --
> Tony Priestman
"What kind of party pirates be ye, ya silly nits? I TOLD ye to spike the
PUNCH, not the guns!"
An alleged pirate-type but not until ye prove it in court or I'll have a
personal-injury anti-defamation suit slapped on you so fast....
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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| Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message news:Fo6HLL.8wK@lugnet.com... (...) all? (...) clipping (...) And I think I know a certain parrot who would be willing to advise you on your case... Tim (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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| On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Bruce Schlickbernd (<Fo6HLL.8wK@lugnet.com>) wrote at 15:56:09 (...) Arr, they're a rum lot! But at least they're not your here toddy, gone tomorrow buccaneers. 'Where's your buccaneers?' (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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| Bruce Schlickbernd indicated that he was (...) Now it seems to me that there is an opening here for a bright, technically able parrot to make quite a tidy living out of this sort of behaviour. Impunity might end up hanging out a shingle. Richard (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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| On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Richard Parsons (<Fo5yxv.3nE@lugnet.com>) wrote at 09:13:50 (...) Report in 'a London newspaper': DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY LOSES FACE It is reported that a ship of the Dutch East India company was attacked in the South Pacific, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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