Do you guys like this boat?
(you can’t really tell, but I crossed out the name of the boat, and wrote “church of the fsm”)
(note - in picture 2, there used to be a lady standing on the deck, but I photoshopped her out. You can still sort of see her legs if you look closely)
It’s not a pirate boat. But here’s the thing: it’s also not $2 million. This one’s a Tayana 37. The one pictured isn’t for sale, but they run about $100k, which we could probably handle *right now*.
The official FSM church missionary pirate boat IS going to happen, it’s just a matter of to what degree you want. I want to get everyone’s opinion on this. Wait until we can afford a “real” pirate ship, or get something smaller and start now? The Church makes nowhere near the amount of cash to get a millions-of-dollars boat anytime soon, if ever. The funds now are all coming from the t-shirts, car emblems, and book sales, and they’ve about leveled off. However, we do have a licensing arrangement, and there are some tv interests. That could mean some more cash for the pirate-boat-fund.
And there’s the option of fund-raising, but I’m guessing that people would be apprehensive paying into a fund like this (I would be). And are there that many seriously interested people who would pay $1k or more for a share of a pirate boat? I sort of wonder.
Maybe we could purchase a working boat, like a Baltic Trader (it’s sort of piratey), one of those ships that moves cargo from island to island in the tropics.
(baltic trader)
A trading ship would make enough money to keep it going (boats are crazy-expensive to upkeep). By the way, a Baltic Traders can easily go for a million dollars or more.
As for the actual missionary work we’ll be doing, I think it will take place somewhere tropical. Other than that, maybe we’ll just cruise around and wait for inspiration, like Jesus did.
And, as I’m sure there will be no shortage of volunteers, if we get a smaller boat we’ll have to figure out how to arrange the crewing,etc. And also I heard that it’s somewhat complicated to sail and maneuver around islands and other boats and things, so we’ll have to figure out a way to keep from sinking. Like a rule that at least a couple people onboard at anytime know what they’re doing.
Please discuss, I want to hear everyone’s opinions on this.
@Wench Beth
It seems everyone went back to being distracted though. I thought most of us were a little more mature, but perhaps this post has grown to long for people to stay on-topic.
Anyway, I also think making it look more pirate-like wouldn’t be too hard or expensive. I’m sure a lot of people would volunteer materials and labor. Bobby said he could probably handle the cheaper boat; if it’s safely made and if people would volunteer to make it look more interesting, it sounds like the best choice.
I was just thinking; Bobby never said anything about the sizes of these boats. Getting a boat that won’t hold more than ten people would be fairly pointless in my mind. If I had more information on size I could give a better opinion.
@Jean Bart
Yes, it was nice to see the Pastafarians uniting against an outside asshole rather than fighting with each other. =)
@Kristina Mar 18th, 2007 at 6:40 pm “@Wench Beth It seems everyone went back to being distracted though. I thought most of us were a little more mature, but perhaps this post has grown to long for people to stay on-topic.”
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It’s no use fighting against that: the regular posters almost make it an unwritten rule to divert a thread around the 20th comment. A really exciting topic could resist until a 30th comment, but beyond… And don’t forget, one of our Wenches was being a kind of ill-treated by an arrogant ***** (fill in the blanks), and the Pirates can’t let that pass!
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Still, on topic this one: no one answered my question (Mar 17th, 2007 at 6:41 pm):how is this ship to be used practically? No use having a brillant bunch of Pirates and Wenches aboard if nobody knows what reason to sail for. “Hey, world, there’s an FSM ship sailing, come and see it” won’t bring much valuable input to the cause I’m afraid.
@ Jean Bart,
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How about sailing for pure love of the sea and the life-giving primordial soup it was (and still is?)? It’s not very practical, but it sounds noble.
To Saucy Wench… your idea is the best so far IMHO :) but at the same time this pirate ship needs to pay for itself and the Church, so…
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(and this is where I try to answer Jean Bart’s question)
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… it would be cool to be able to sail the pirate ship to different ports, have the media informed beforehand so the news cameras and reporters could show up (hopefully!), and give people guided tours and tell them all about Pastafarianism. All this for a small fee; as Lylly suggested above, $10 or less per person.
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I think people would totally go for it just for the fun of it and wouldn’t mind paying a small price for a ticket! I sure wouldn’t! Especially when we’d all be decked out in full pirate regalia, speaking pirate-speak, etc. How could any member of any continent resist the handsome pirates and sexy wenches of the FSM?! :)))
What should we use as a figurehead? The FSM, or one of the strippers?
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It was on the good ship Venus,
By Christ you shoulda seen us,
The figurehead was a whore in bed
And the mast was a bamboo penis.
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St John the Blasphemist
Saint of Friggin’ in the Riggin’ and Other Rude Drinking Songs
this is very strange to me because a fortune cookie said that i would be invited to a social gathering, no joke. i think you should save up some cash and get something like that trader. i would donate to this if i were in control of my money instead of my parents controlling it, so i’ll need some time to save my money and convince my parents to donate to the cause. RAmen!
oh and i forgot to mention i also have some sailing experience. =P
why don’t we (pirates) steal one
“if ye can’t steal one, buy a ship” or something like that says the 4th “wwapd?”, so we could just steal one from a museum or something
@St John the Blasphemist
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
To St John the Blasphemist… I DIDN’T READ THAT!! I DIDN’T READ THAT!!
@Jean Bart
True, no real band of pirates would leave their wenches undefended. If only there was no offense to deal with to begin with.
The point of a ship would be to spread the word of the FSM and be more spiritually connected to him. Most of us claim to be pirates, but often times we don’t have a chance to connect with the sea. What torture for a pirate! If you’re thinking money-wise, I think we could carry some FSM and pirate goods, and with so many people being attracted to something so unusual as a pirate should, we could make good sales. Mostly I think it’s for fun and letting the world know of our awesome religion though.
Aye, and a good thing the FSM ship would be. I’ll tell my mate the Kraken to leave the Pastafarians be, for a good crew of pirates they are! Arrrrrgh! So hoist the sails as soon as ye can, mates, for our noble mother the Earth is a-warmin’ as we speak!
Helloooooo….Ares. Don’t know if Batman is still around and the moment. I’m sure she’ll be back if she sees you are here though…so don’t run off too quickly will you :)
We’ve been having a little chat about you :) BY the way…which romance novel are you reading from? Still the same one?
You should try and post around the same time of day, as you’ll be more likely to catch her then :)
Oh and I think you are on the wrong thread too! I believe this is the one you want
http://www.venganza.org/2007/03/16/mysterious-sand-formation-resembles-flying-spaghetti-monster.htm#comment-77279
RAmen
hahahahahaha….you know Arse….I almost genuinely feel sorry for you :)
You’re a sad sad sad case
That sounds remarkable close to something i did with Ares’ Mom last night… Don’t quite remember it was St. Patrick’s day… And i think his sister was there too…