Kali ([info]saucy_duck) wrote in [info]fanficrants,
@ 2008-04-13 12:54:00
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Definitaly not a Class C
Dear PotC Author,

Why in the world would there be such a thing as Drivers licenses for ships back then? What was there some Department of Sailed Vessils where a bunch of pirates and merchants had to stand in line and wait for hours upon hours? What class lincense would that be C? No it must have depended on the type of ship you wanted to "drive". Class C for any standard boat/ship you know your passanger ships, Recreational ships and oh Fire/emergency Ships of course. 

SERIOUSLY! Think about what you are saying before you put it down into print. Why would there even be the need for a drivers license for boats way back then! It may have sounded like a good idea at 3am to write a story where Jack runs away at age 16 and gets his boats license and never looks back, but heh it wasn't.

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[info]sw_fangirl
2008-04-13 08:19 pm UTC (link)
Ahhhh-hahahahahahahhaha! *breathe* Ahhhh-hahahaha! XD

Seriously, this is extremely hilarious. XD I just pictured Barbossa standing in line ... for HOURS ... trying to get his commodore license. I think I can keep myself easily amused with this for at least two hours. XD

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[info]ecchipiro
2008-04-13 08:47 pm UTC (link)
Yah, and yelling at younger pirates trying to shove themselves in front of him. XD

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[info]sw_fangirl
2008-04-13 09:52 pm UTC (link)
"What ARRRRRRRRRE y'doin'?"
"What? I'm just gettin' in line, mate."
"What ARRRRRRRRRE y'doin'? I was here first!"
"Oh shut it, grandpa!"

XD

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[info]ecchipiro
2008-04-13 10:19 pm UTC (link)
"Hey gramps, sure ye can handle one of the newer vessels? Ye look so yesterday!"

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[info]chibikaijuu
2008-04-13 09:19 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I was just thinking it would make a hilarious parody.

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[info]mmejavert
2008-04-13 08:25 pm UTC (link)
The high percentage of stupid fangirls not knowing a whit about historical facts is why I stopped reading 99.9% of POTC fic.

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[info]lullabee_lj
2008-04-13 08:29 pm UTC (link)
It'd make excellent crackfic, I suppose, but... why would pirates follow regulations like that, anyway?!

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[info]lysimachia
2008-04-13 08:31 pm UTC (link)
I know! "We're pirates and we disregard laws, but we must be properly licensed to sail our scurvy ships!"

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[info]ldymusyc
2008-04-13 09:53 pm UTC (link)
"Seventy-five knots per hour, ya've got to be kiddin' me. I thought that was a guideline."
"Waaaaaaayll, Mister Pegtoes, maybe in yer seas they're guidelines, but in these here parts, we take 'em serious. That'll be five hundred doubloons, and please walk the plank."

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[info]ansela_jonla
2008-04-13 11:48 pm UTC (link)
My monitor thanks you for the lemonade shower. Really, it does.

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[info]lazzchan
2008-04-13 08:32 pm UTC (link)
*snorts* Oh, wow. That's a new one.

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[info]ecchipiro
2008-04-13 08:45 pm UTC (link)
THANK YOU for the good laugh! *is in stitches here* XD

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[info]saucy_duck
2008-04-13 09:08 pm UTC (link)
Always glad to please. :)

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[info]joereaves
2008-04-13 08:50 pm UTC (link)
Not to mention, on top of the general hilarity of needing a 'driving license' at 16 he's about 6 years late. Midshipmen (in the Royal Navy anyway) started on average between the ages of about 9 and 12.

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[info]hy_gin
2008-04-13 09:09 pm UTC (link)
"Drivers licenses for ship"

0.0
>.<
0.o
*brain explody!*

Bah, at least the lols were worth it.

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[info]nixitall
2008-04-13 09:10 pm UTC (link)
I think someone has been watching too much SpongeBob Squarepants before writing seaworthy fanfics.

However, I bet the employees at the DSV (Dept. of Sailing Vessels?) would be friendlier than their DMV counterparts considering they are dealing with people of low moral fiber (pirates) who might run them through. Wait, that is really not different than the town I live in.

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[info]lttledvl
2008-04-13 09:45 pm UTC (link)
Not necessarily. The clerks at the DSV would be used to dealing with roudy pirates and totally not be impressed.

Clerk: This is the wrong form.
Pirate: Tis the one ya told me ta use!
Clerk: No it isn't. I told you DA-97C. This *points at form* is clearly at DA-97E.
Pirate: C, E! Wha's the difference??
Clerk: It's a form processing procedure.
Pirate: ARRR! *pulls out pistol and aims it at clerk* Bloody take it!
Clerk: *pulls out mini-canon* Pleeease. Now go get the proper form. You're holding up the line!

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[info]sw_fangirl
2008-04-13 09:53 pm UTC (link)
This is some funny shit. XD

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[info]lttledvl
2008-04-14 01:50 am UTC (link)
Thanks! I blame it on [info]nixitall. I read that and the plot bunny took over.

:D

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[info]nixitall
2008-04-14 03:40 am UTC (link)
Cool! I get blamed for lots of stuff, so it least it's something funny this time! :D That scene could explain pirates use of the word "Arrr!"

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[info]finmagik
2008-04-13 10:38 pm UTC (link)
LOL that made my day!

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[info]lttledvl
2008-04-14 01:50 am UTC (link)
Welcome!

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[info]genericminion
2008-04-14 06:14 am UTC (link)
It's a cannon, not canon. And going for your guns when someone already has you in their sights is just silly.

/pedantic bastard

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[info]orangenoslide
2008-04-14 02:40 am UTC (link)
I'M HAVING SOME ICON LOVE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

Just so you know.

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[info]nixitall
2008-04-14 03:43 am UTC (link)
Why, thank you. I had to make it myself because there was a serious shortage of rubber-chicken-with-a-pulley-in-the-middle icons in the world. You can take it if you want.

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[info]orangenoslide
2008-04-14 01:19 pm UTC (link)
Hahaha, I don't really want it, I'm just glad I recognized it! A few seconds later I was like "Well, maybe that wasn't a pulley, it was just something weird...maybe that person thinks I'm retarded now...." I'm glad to see I was correct. It's an excellent icon.

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[info]ditaykan
2008-04-14 01:43 pm UTC (link)
I... I...

My first reaction to your icon was to try and steal it with my brain so I could go see Meathook.

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[info]sidewalk_doctor
2008-04-13 11:36 pm UTC (link)
OMG, that is hilarious! Oh fantards, what will you think of next?

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[info]coinin
2008-04-14 01:37 am UTC (link)
Just the ides of a bunch of sailors and pirates standing on a line in a DSV for hours on end is just way, way too funny.

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[info]zxora
2008-04-14 02:02 am UTC (link)
Ugh, those lucky pirates...they don't have to worry about construction...or gas prices for that matter!

~*Kelsey*~

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[info]csi_tokyo3
2008-04-14 02:02 am UTC (link)
Regulations for all this must be damn amusing. Especially since a Fire Ship is literally that: set on fire, abandoned, and sailed into an enemy's harbour. Having to get a license for that when you're planning it out must involve finding a local DSV office in the middle of the Atlantic (floating branch?) and getting a license to set your boat on fire.

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[info]immortal_jedi
2008-04-14 04:28 am UTC (link)
I'm blaming you for this . You, and everyone who commented on this post.

(Not that it's a bad thing...

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[info]elvenpiratelady
2008-04-14 06:49 am UTC (link)
WIN! Jack and potplant, forever mortal enemies...

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[info]immortal_jedi
2008-04-14 03:26 pm UTC (link)
Yep, forever fighting. And in the end, there will be only one.

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[info]duct_tape_fairy
2008-04-14 04:45 am UTC (link)
That would be the most awesome DMV ever. Wait DBV? Department of Boating Vehicles? Honestly, it sounds like a Monty Python sketch.

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[info]saucy_duck
2008-04-14 09:12 pm UTC (link)
I think it was decided that it must be DSV. Department of Sailing Vessels. 8D

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[info]elvenpiratelady
2008-04-14 06:48 am UTC (link)
And there'd be license plates! L-plates for new captains and P-plates for intermediates!

So if there are driving licenses for ships, would there be speed cameras and road safety officers too?

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[info]sollersuk
2008-04-14 04:47 pm UTC (link)
Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear *wipes eyes*

Dear fanbrat, even if they did have licences, whatever makes you think they would be American ones?

Just for the fun of it, from the UK perspective: when my mother learned to drive she didn't need a licence - they didn't come in here until she had been driving for many years*. She was exempt from taking any driving test because of that, but her brothers insisted on her taking the test before taking their mother on holiday. And what's a Class C licence anyway?

*She started when she was about 12 or 13, when her elder brother would send her to fetch the car from the garage where it was kept about half a mile away in another part of Swansea.

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OMG...
[info]mia_in_chains
2008-04-14 05:33 pm UTC (link)
Ok, that just made me laugh like a lunatic.

Have they ever heard of somewthing called historical research?! I have and I must say it's a good way to not have flames and reviews calling you ignorant!

And why would there be a ships driving licence back then?! Cars didn't even exist!

I tell you, fanfic has gone to the pits! Or was it already before I started reading it?!

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[info]moonfall86
2008-04-14 11:01 pm UTC (link)
I'm surprised nobody mentioned that in modern times, you actually DO have to have a license to operate a boat (you're supposed to, but a lot of people break the law). You can't even fish without a license anymore.

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[info]genericminion
2008-04-15 06:49 am UTC (link)
I find it hard to believe that your area requires a license to operate a boat. Do you have a link?

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