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Four dead, dozens missing after ferry sinks off Bali
Date: 7/3/2025 Original Source: BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew0yz5xw1no)
TONY SAYS:
So, listen to this cazzo of a story, alright? A ferry, a goddamn ferry, sinks off Bali. Bali! You'd think those guys would know how to handle a boat, what with all the goddamn tourists and the coconut drinks and the… you know… water.
Fifty-three passengers, twelve crew – a real sausage fest, this whole thing. They're going from Banyuwangi to Bali, a hop, skip, and a jump, right? Except this jump ended up being a little… too long. The thing goes down at eleven twenty at night, local time. Eleven twenty! That’s when I’m usually finishing up my gabagool and getting ready for… other things.
Thirty-one survivors. That's… that's something, I guess. Better than nothing, you know? Though, with thirty-one alive, that means at least four are swimmin' with the fishes – literally. And dozens, dozens, missing. Dozens! It’s like a goddamn seafood buffet down there, except nobody ordered the special.
They’re sayin’ the engine crapped out, or maybe it was bad weather. Sounds familiar, huh? Like some of the excuses I’ve heard over the years. "The engine went, boss!" "It was the weather, Tony!" Bullshit. Usually, it's a combination of both – shoddy maintenance and a disregard for basic safety procedures. You know what I mean? Like the time Paulie Walnuts tried to cook up some ‘special’ sauce... went south real fast.
The President, this Prabowo guy, he's in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia! Can you believe that? The guy’s overseas, probably schmoozing with some sheikhs, while his country’s got a goddamn maritime disaster going on. He orders an emergency response, though, which… I guess is something, right? Better than nothing, but still… smells fishy to me. Probably trying to cover his ass.
This whole thing… it's par for the course in Indonesia, apparently. Seventeen thousand islands, they say. Seventeen thousand! That’s more islands than I’ve got… well, you know. And apparently they got the same kind of problems as we do. Lax safety regulations. They need a good whacking, these guys. A real cleanup.
You know, it reminds me of that time… (Tony pauses, takes a sip of espresso, a thoughtful look on his face) … never mind. It's a long story. Let's just say there was a boat, a little less luxurious than this one, and some guys who didn’t make it back. Let's just say some things never change. Capisce?
The bottom line? It's a tragedy. Four dead, dozens missing. It's a damn shame, you know? But hey, at least the ambulances were on standby. That’s one thing they got right. And the pictures in the paper? They looked pretty dramatic. Makes for good reading, anyway. Fuhgeddaboudit. Another day in paradise, eh? Another espresso?
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