Why is it that there’s never a “Weird things you saw today” thread going on the days when I see weird things?
Earlier today I was visiting one of my favorite seaside tourist communities. As I was walking up the main street, I saw a woman wearing a red dress that I can only describe as… oddly out of place. Like from a different era, but I can’t describe exactly why. She was holding hands with a pirate. He had the pants, the poofy shirt, the vest, the boots, the hat, and the swashbuckling sword.
Odd. There is a place there that will photograph people in period costumes, so maybe that’s where they were from.
A minute later I saw a woman dressed up in a bridal gown and carrying a bouquet. She was holding hands with… a pirate.
A little later I overheard a conversation in which someone mentioned “the pirate wedding.” There is a pirate ship near there that I’ve gone on a few times. They fly a skull and crossbones flag, and Captain Russ and the crew dress the part. I wonder where the ceremony took place.
Whatever the deal was, it has arrrrrsome written all over it. I hope that the happy couple is shivering each other’s timbers later tonight. And I can’t think of a better place for a honeymoon, matey.
Last year some of my pirate friends (entertainer pirates, not the real ones off Somalia) asked me if we were going to have a pirate wedding. We’re not that crazy.