They invented uppy downy seat posts and head set spacers.

rogerthecat – Member

It’s nicer than rice pudding?

That deserved at least a slow hand clap. Well done.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayan_Hirsi_Ali

What has Somalia done for the world….

They brassed up a load of Americans?

I’ll just post that again, shall I?

They have the best pirates!

They have the best pirates!

They arrrrr, arn’t they….

A bit of rather dull land in a very useful place whose few inhabitants were a little surprised when these white men arrived and said ” you are now subjects of the king and he like these presents called taxes. Oh – and these chaps in funny shirts want a word with your priests”

Hundreds of years later its a bit fubared

those white life boats were confiscated off the pirates and taken here in the Seychelles, we see them all the time.

it must be a mega dangerous place because its been done by the daddy of hard men….

Well it’s given a nice career change to some of my former colleagues. Thanks Pirates!

Doesn’t it now act as a staging post for most of the gak that comes in to Europe?

So… no Somalia? No nose-bag!

Somalia.

certain UK health care professionals can earn 3+ times their salery working in Somalia as compared to the NHS!

Oh – and whilst they’re not your traditional type, pirates are cooooooool (subject to being captured)!!!!

PS: its not easy being a pirate:

Another unusual revelation that Stig’s research has gleaned is that many Somalis enter into piracy to support their many wives – some have as many as 13! A common complaint he hears from pirates is how their family networks rapidly increase after they begin earning money from hijacks; unknown and distant cousins begin appearing at their doorsteps, asking for a slice of the profits.

ref: http://www.wales.ac.uk/en/NewsandEvents/News/General/ProfessorAmongPirates.aspx

And we’re going to see A LOT more dead ones in the near future.

There used to be a lot of Somalis working on UK ships as legitimate sailors rather than pirates. I guess they were cheap. All the ones I met were decent enough.

Blimey! If you had 13 wives, you’d be heading out to sea and shooting people too 😯

No, I’d be too knackered from all the shagging 🙂

No, I’d be too knackered from all the shagging

You’re not married / not been married long, then? 🙁

I suspect the opprobrium directed at the OP derives from the choice of language. The point of any country is to provide somewhere to live for its inhabitants, obviously, and I think Somalia does that like any other.

Asking what the point is comes across as being very derogatory.

Not sure I get your point. Is there a reason why Somalia should impress you in some way?

Ha brilliant.

What tyres for Somalia ?

It’ll be a useful location for the MOD to send squaddies to top up their tans after Afghanistan packs in.