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Ghost ship filled with cannibal rats headed to Great Britain.

Jan 23, 2014#1

Dave

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...uld-be-heading-for-british-coast-9080103.html

I'm really not kidding.

Jan 23, 2014#2

Krisken

Amazing this day in age how we still have trouble finding a boat.

Jan 23, 2014#3

Yoshimickster

They thought they were safe, they thought wrong. This summer, RAT BOAT UK! This time, rat traps YOU!

Jan 23, 2014#4

sixpackshaker

Krisken said:
Amazing this day in age how we still have trouble finding a boat.

In this day and age of global commerce... it is amazing that no ship has run into it. Also the whole needle in a hay stack issue.

I am a little shocked that the US or Canadian Navy did not sink it once it wandered out into international waters.

Keep the ship afloat until there is only one rat left. Then capture and breed the strongest rat ever.

Jan 23, 2014#5

figmentPez

Well, that beats the headline I was going to share: Woman Stabs Husband with Squirrel for Coming Home Without Beer

Jan 23, 2014#6

Krisken

figmentPez said:
Well, that beats the headline I was going to share: Woman Stabs Husband with Squirrel for Coming Home Without Beer

She has the feat "Improvised Weapon".

Jan 23, 2014#7

Ravenpoe

So much rodent related news.

...

Where's @Emrys?

Yes, I know ferrets aren't rodents, they're mustelids. But still... the scampering.

Jan 23, 2014#8

Emrys

I thought you were going to suggest that I use the doomweasels to get rid of the rats and benefit all of mankind.

HA! I've bred the rats into a super-mutant army and sent them on their way as part of my plan to conquer Europe. This is... The Skittering!

Dun dun duuunnn!

Jan 23, 2014#9

ThatNickGuy

That'd actually make for a really great story...from the rat's point of view.

Think of it like a darker, modern version of Mouse Guard (great comic, btw, if you've never read it).

Jan 23, 2014#10

Dave

figmentPez said:
Well, that beats the headline I was going to share: Woman Stabs Husband with Squirrel for Coming Home Without Beer

Yours had a better final line.

The condition of the squirrel wasn't reported.

Jan 23, 2014#11

WasabiPoptart

Sounds like something SyFy will make into a movie.

Jan 23, 2014#12

strawman

Dave said:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...uld-be-heading-for-british-coast-9080103.html

I'm really not kidding.

Those Canadians are planning an attack on Britain, eh? Finally realized what the US knew over 200 years ago...

Jan 23, 2014#13

sixpackshaker

WasabiPoptart said:
Sounds like something SyFy will make into a movie.

or the next season of, Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

Jan 23, 2014#14

strawman

It's a bit more radical than throwing a bit of tea in the harbor, though...

Jan 23, 2014#15

General Specific

WasabiPoptart said:
Sounds like something SyFy will make into a movie.

Rat-tanic!

Jan 23, 2014#16

strawman

Not quite as catchy as snakes on a plane.

Jan 23, 2014#17

ThatNickGuy

Rats on a Raft!

(Well, okay, it's bigger than a raft, but it's catchy.)

Jan 23, 2014#18

General Specific

In my head, it's a movie about the Titanic having been brought back to the surface by a giant gas bubble (ignoring the whole "splitting in two" thing) and set back on course to arrive in New York. A team is sent to investigate and all that is sent back is a picture of seemingly intelligent Rat-people that have killed the team and are in the process of devouring them.

Jan 23, 2014#19

ThatNickGuy

Cannibal Cruise!

Jan 23, 2014#20

Dave

ThatNickGuy said:
Cannibal Cruise!

Maybe there's a murder or a clue on this Cannibal Rat-filled ship...that has to be investigated by...wait for it....

Dill.

Jan 23, 2014#21

WasabiPoptart

Maybe they'll evolve into R.O.U.S.-es!

Jan 23, 2014#22

Dave

WasabiPoptart said:
Maybe they'll evolve into R.O.U.S.-es!

Rodents of Unusual Size?

I don't believe they exist.

Jan 23, 2014#23

ThatNickGuy

Dave said:
Maybe there's a murder or a clue on this Cannibal Rat-filled ship...that has to be investigated by...wait for it....

Dill.

Dill would run out of bullets before he could shoot them all.

Jan 23, 2014#24

Emrys

Could Dill roll into a ball and run them down?

Jan 23, 2014#25

Dave

Emrys said:
Could Dill roll into a ball and run them down?

Yes, unless the only ones left are the ones who mutated after killing all the rest.

Jan 23, 2014#26

Emrys

I didn't mutate them that big.

I mean... yes, of course, that makes sense.

Jan 23, 2014#27

sixpackshaker

quick, Kickstart an action side-scroller game. Giant Dillo vs. Mutant Cannibal Zombies on a Cruise Ship.

each deck is a new level to fight through...

Jan 23, 2014#28

ThatNickGuy

Emrys said:
Could Dill roll into a ball and run them down?

Nope. He's not a 3-banded armadillo, which are the only type of dillos that can do that.

Jan 23, 2014#29

Bowielee

WasabiPoptart said:
Sounds like something SyFy will make into a movie.

I think you're going the wrong direction in time. Sounds more like the grounding of the ghost ship in Dracula.

Jan 23, 2014#30

Emrys

Bowielee said:
I think you're going the wrong direction in time. Sounds more like the grounding of the ghost ship in Dracula.

Ah, then we should look for it on the History Channel.

Jan 23, 2014#31

Bowielee

Emrys said:
Ah, then we should look for it on the History Channel.

All it needs is a corpse lashed to the helm.

Jan 23, 2014#32

Dave

Bowielee said:
All it needs is a corpse lashed to the helm.

And a pawn shop, because that's all they show any more.

Jan 23, 2014#33

sixpackshaker

Dave said:
And a pawn shop, because that's all they show any more.

I like the show, but damn, I want more history than that.

Jan 24, 2014#34

CrimsonSoul

sixpackshaker said:
quick, Kickstart an action side-scroller game. Giant Dillo vs. Mutant Cannibal Zombies on a Cruise Ship.

each deck is a new level to fight through...

Am I the only one that read that as giant dildo?

Jan 24, 2014#35

Emrys

CrimsonSoul said:
Am I the only one that read that as giant dildo?

No.

Jan 24, 2014#36

Bowielee

*snicker* Armadildo *snicker*

Jan 24, 2014#37

Celt Z

Bowielee said:
*snicker* Armadildo *snicker*

That sounds like it would hurt more than anything else. :Leyla:

Jan 24, 2014#38

sixpackshaker

Bowielee said:
*snicker* Armadildo *snicker*

ribbed for her.... nevermind

Jan 24, 2014#39

Officer_Charon

When you're done with it, it rolls up into a ball for easy storage.

Jan 24, 2014#40

Cheesy1

And it LOVES to burrow! :unibrow:

Jan 24, 2014#41

Chad Sexington

I'm so turned on right now.

Jan 24, 2014#42

Emrys

Jan 24, 2014#43

strawman

Dave said:
Ghost ship filled with cannibal rats headed to Great Britain.

Emrys said:
HA! I've bred the rats into a super-mutant army and sent them on their way as part of my plan to conquer Europe. This is... The Skittering!

Chad Sexington said:
I'm so turned on right now.

Emrys said:

Not exactly the response you were hoping for?

Well... make the best of it!

Jan 24, 2014#44

Emrys

You're such a doofus, @stienman.

Jan 24, 2014#45

strawman

Emrys said:
You're such a doofus, @stienman.

Only on Fridays and bank holidays.

Jan 24, 2014#46

Ravenpoe

Jan 24, 2014#47

Gilgamesh

ThatNickGuy said:
Think of it like a darker, modern version of Mouse Guard (great comic, btw, if you've never read it).

Got the first Mouse Guard for my kids as a gift, ended up buying them all for myself.....

Jan 24, 2014#48

LittleSin

I REMEMBER THIS SHIP.

It was sealed up in St. Johns harbour forever. The owner (yes, someone owns it) refused to have it moved. We had it towed out to sea because it was taking up valuable space and was becoming a hazard.

Then it almost ran into Hibernia and we towed it further after the fucker still refused to do anything with it.

There's some dude out there that is hoping his ship full of biological warfare rats are going to run aground.

Jan 24, 2014#49

Yoshimickster

LittleSin said:
I REMEMBER THIS SHIP.

It was sealed up in St. Johns harbour forever. The owner (yes, someone owns it) refused to have it moved. We had it towed out to sea because it was taking up valuable space and was becoming a hazard.

Then it almost ran into Hibernia and we towed it further after the fucker still refused to do anything with it.

There's some dude out there that is hoping his ship full of biological warfare rats are going to run aground.

I like this post for two reasons. NUMBER ONE: It is informative. NUMBER TWO: It is the first time in years I have heard the sentence "I remember this ship" and doesn't involve the romantic lives of fictional characters.

Jan 24, 2014#50

ThatNickGuy

Yoshimickster said:
I like this post for two reasons. NUMBER ONE: It is informative. NUMBER TWO: It is the first time in years I have heard the sentence "I remember this ship" and doesn't involve the romantic lives of fictional characters.

You've obviously never read her slash fan fiction with this ship and Titanic.

I'll never look at a propeller the same way ever again.

Jan 24, 2014#51

Cheesy1

"I want you to draw me like one of your French shiAWMAWGAWDTHERATSTHERATSTHERATS!!!!!"

Jan 26, 2014#52

Hailey Knight

Rats tend to live two to three years. They can become pregnant by the age of three to four months, with a one month gestation period, and a litter of rat pups tends to be eight to twelve babies, but sometimes more. After they're born, the mother can become pregnant again.

Consider those brief lifespans and the size of the litters, with the number of decades that have passed with no other food present but other rats. Dozens of generations of rats eating each other, with the strongest rats surviving to eat those, breed more, et cetera. Likely you're looking at multiple colonies nested in different parts of the ship, but ignoring that and just going from a survival of the fittest perspective, at this point those are some mean fucking rats, descending from generation after generation of mean fucking rats.

I love rats and I would be terrified to set foot on that ship.

Jan 26, 2014#53

SpecialKO

Zero Esc said:
Rats tend to live two to three years. They can become pregnant by the age of three to four months, with a one month gestation period, and a litter of rat pups tends to be eight to twelve babies, but sometimes more. After they're born, the mother can become pregnant again.

Consider those brief lifespans and the size of the litters, with the number of decades that have passed with no other food present but other rats. Dozens of generations of rats eating each other, with the strongest rats surviving to eat those, breed more, et cetera. Likely you're looking at multiple colonies nested in different parts of the ship, but ignoring that and just going from a survival of the fittest perspective, at this point those are some mean fucking rats, descending from generation after generation of mean fucking rats.

I love rats and I would be terrified to set foot on that ship.

Holy shit, so it's like the rat version of all those post-apocalyptic movies!

...someone needs to turn this into a mod (or DLC) for Fallout.

Jan 26, 2014#54

PatrThom

Bowielee said:
*snicker* Armadildo *snicker*

Now we just have to wait for someone to complete a properly-textured mod.

--Patrick

Jan 26, 2014#55

bhamv3

SpecialKO said:
Holy shit, so it's like the rat version of all those post-apocalyptic movies!

...someone needs to turn this into a mod (or DLC) for Fallout.

Huh... so that's where those huge-ass molerats come from.

Jan 29, 2014#56

fade

Isn't this how it happened in Dracula?!? For real. Watch for a large dog leaping from the deck when it makes landfall under the cover of a huge storm. Followed by Victorian women suddenly thinking sex is neato.

Feb 5, 2014#57

figmentPez

Bringing back this thread because of:

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