Academy of Martime Technology Adapts Curriculum For 21st Century Challenge

[Robert Cohen]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090202/D963LN1O0.html

Upgraded AMT course in defending against piracy includes:

10, how to lure away a coloful, articulate parrot with soda cracker
9. how to psych out & communicate with wannabe Blackbeard: I'm okay,
you're romantic literature
8. lesson #1, do not ever say, "popeye," as it is very offensive in
normative pirate culture
7. however, do provide spinach to soothe impolite kidnappers
6. practice survival skill of walking the plank in drydock, and if you
become disabled then no more annoying seasickness & sweaty work
spraying away impudent boating sportsmen that troll
the seas for fun, treasure, and disparagement
5. --1. you gotta have the requisite training and credentials, because
maritime skill isn't chopped
guppy