"'Russian cannibal rats?' Shut up and give it the front page"

[DDE]

Seven years after MV Lyubov Orlova was lost in the middle of the Atlantic and probably sunk, and six years after everyone ridiculed The Sun for the same exact headline, this happens:

How do they get away with it, you ask?

Well, it's OK if they use weasel words and reference other people!

Edited February 19, 2020 by DDE

[Vanamonde]

"Fears"? Fears of what? That the rats will turn pirate and start boarding other ships, and eating their crews? These people do understand that "cannibal" means they eat their own kind, right? 

[Shpaget]

So they have no idea where the ship is, but it's about to hit Ireland?

[StrandedonEarth]

If sounds like most derelict vessels in the North Atlantic that get caught by the Gulf Stream get swept against the coast of Ireland

[DDE]

2 hours ago, Shpaget said:

So they have no idea where the ship is, but it's about to hit Ireland?

Actually a few months after she was let loose in 2013, her water-activated emergency transmitter started chirping rather close to the Irish coast, prompting the initial wave of publications.

[kerbiloid]

Why fear the cannibal rats?

Cannibal rats eat rats, by definition.

We should love and welcome these clever furry things.

[KerbMav]

4 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

Why fear the cannibal rats?

Cannibal rats eat rats, by definition.

We should love and welcome these clever furry things.

But ... But what happens when they have eaten all the other rats ... ?

[kerbiloid]

Just now, KerbMav said:

But ... But what happens when they have eaten all the other rats ... ?

The last one will be so big and fat that it will stick in doors, so we can catch it.

[Dirkidirk]

17 hours ago, Vanamonde said:

"Fears"? Fears of what? That the rats will turn pirate and start boarding other ships, and eating their crews? These people do understand that "cannibal" means they eat their own kind, right? 

People are getting smarter, just look at flat earthers!

Edited February 20, 2020 by Dirkidirk

[StrandedonEarth]

2 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

The last one will be so big and fat that it will stick in doors, so we can catch it.

Giant rat, you say... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099697/

[YNM]

22 hours ago, DDE said:

weasel words

Thought you had a rat problem ?

[KSK]

On 2/19/2020 at 6:22 PM, Vanamonde said:

"Fears"? Fears of what? That the rats will turn pirate and start boarding other ships, and eating their crews? These people do understand that "cannibal" means they eat their own kind, right? 

Pirats surely? Arrrr.

[Mikki]

... and irish grass IS greener than any grass across the border. BADABING!

The last rat may have become vegetarian and feast on ...algae?

Edited February 21, 2020 by Mikki
the last...

[Nuke]

put the guinness down, you have had too many already. 

[kerbiloid]

18 hours ago, Mikki said:

The last rat may have become vegetarian and feast on ...algae?

And out of sea as Ratzilla.

Spoiler

 

[DDE]

On 2/22/2020 at 3:52 PM, kerbiloid said:

And out of sea as Ratzilla.

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Too bad "Vermintide" is already copyrighted.

[kerbiloid]

27 minutes ago, DDE said:

Too bad "Vermintide" is already copyrighted.

The OP rodents are copyrats and don't care.