Movement on the permafrost front!

In a civilized ceremony, The Copenhagen Post, Reuters and CTV report today that Canadian Foreign Minister and top "get off of our rock" dude Pierre Pettigrew and Danish Foreign Minister and chief "we were there first" activist Per Stig Møller met today, September 19, 2005, International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and agreed to a process by which they can solve this problem through peaceful means.

So, in essence, they solved nothing.

In a bizarre twist, Canada.com reports that the dispute was resolved... or at least it's headlined that way. No spin there...

They decided to meet in a SafePlace for them both ... so they picked the UN. I suppose someone was already sitting at the customs desk on the island (See 8/26 posting on the table). Even so, each did their thing in stellar fashion, accomplishing nothing in the end except to agree to meet again, and not send any more navy personnel to capture the other's flag, as regular readers of this blog know to be oh too familiar a story.

Our (on) crack reporters were somehow able to transcribe the following from the meeting:

Pettigrew: Arrrr, ye scurvy Danish scummer, yer can't have our island!

Møller: Ay, we will have her! We've been around longer'n yer dainty li'l country's been on me pirate map!

It's reported that, from that point on, there was some light swordplay, cursing and swearing, grog dispensing and drinking, more rather "impaired" swordplay, more grog, the introduction of a few wenches, some private jokes around the table ... and then the transcript is strangely void of conversation. About 45 minutes later, transcription picks up with both appearing much more jovial (and frankly glowing a little younger methinks), and announcing they they, er, had decided to play nice and meet again, probably here at the U.N. since the, er, hosts were so nice and all...