# \[GAME\] a **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267 "2014-08-23T02:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/281 "2014-08-29T00:10:42Z")
Eeps! What an adventure! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/282 "2014-08-29T00:11:47Z")
Forward to Tortuga, maties! ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/283 "2014-08-29T00:46:19Z")
**G** rand choice **G** overnor Pepperwinkle! A bit of history: By 1640, the buccaneers of Tortuga were calling themselves the Brethren of the Coast. The pirate population was mostly made up of French and Englishmen, along with a small number of Dutchmen. In 1645, in an attempt to bring harmony and control over the island, the acting French governor imported roughly 1,650 prostitutes, hoping to normalize the unruly pirates’ lives. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/284 "2014-08-29T00:48:30Z")
**H** oly **H** ell! **H** ow long 'til we get there? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/285 "2014-08-29T00:55:43Z")
**I** daresay we’ll sight land by Zed. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/286 "2014-08-29T00:58:08Z")
Just a minute–this isn’t DRY Tortugas, is it? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/287 "2014-08-29T01:07:33Z")
**K** egs! We’ve got kegs and kegs of rum below, Sir. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/288 "2014-08-29T01:43:13Z")
**L** ash the mutt to the fo’castle or he’ll drink it all before we strike harbor! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/289 "2014-08-29T01:55:32Z")
Me love you long time! ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/290 "2014-08-29T02:51:44Z")
**Not** , I hope you’re talking to the keg. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/291 "2014-08-29T02:52:05Z")
Not the most sensitive thing you could’ve said. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/292 "2014-08-29T03:01:22Z")
OOPS - there’s a Nposter on board. Make him walk the plank! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/293 "2014-08-29T03:03:11Z")
Perhaps we could come to an understanding. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/294 "2014-08-29T03:15:42Z")
**Q** uantity: 20 kegs aboard ship 20 kegs **Q** uestioning why the repeat? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/295 "2014-08-29T03:18:48Z")
Rum is my favorite booze. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/296 "2014-08-29T04:59:37Z")
**S** ame here! ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/297 "2014-08-29T12:34:06Z")
**T** aste **T** esting and **T** apping kegs as we sail? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/298 "2014-08-29T13:13:52Z")
**U** nhand those kegs, ye scurrrrvy dogs! Land ho! ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/299 "2014-08-29T14:01:05Z")
**V** ita must go ashore with us (he can’t be trusted alone with the rum). ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/300 "2014-08-29T14:23:58Z")
**W** hat!?! Have I been given a sex-change on this cruise?\*\* W\*\*as a **w** oman **w** hen I boarded. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=16)