# Pirates and Pick-Up Lines **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633 "2022-06-03T16:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/1 "2022-06-03T16:39:51Z")
I was listening to Tom Waits and it occurred to me the song title could be part of a (wildly unsuccessful) pick up line…. “Would you like to shiver me timbers?” If this is so (and it is not), then things like “walk the plank” write themselves. Yaaaaaargh! **I’m sure you can do better!** ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/2 "2022-06-03T16:53:56Z")
No discussion of this nature would be complete without [Key and Peele’s Feminist Pirate Chantey:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JVJSc-202w) > [@](#): > > […] We say “yo-ho” but we don’t say “ho”, > 'cos “ho” is disrespectful, yo! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/3 "2022-06-03T17:56:26Z")
“Well, blow me down.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/4 "2022-06-03T18:00:43Z")
“You had me hooked at ahoy. Can I return the favor?” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/5 "2022-06-03T18:31:56Z")
“Arrr! Would ye like to feel me Peg Leg?” ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/6 "2022-06-03T19:07:25Z")
Arrrg, how old ‘r’ya, lass? Old enough to drink a cup of this here grog with a good and loyal friend like Ol’ Pervy? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/7 "2022-06-03T19:17:27Z")
Sounds like you’re looking for this song… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CouCWm1MUvQ/hqdefault.jpg "The Lazys - Half Mast Blues (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CouCWm1MUvQ) ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/8 "2022-06-03T20:23:57Z")
I was always impressed with Captain Jack Sparrow in _Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest_: _“You know, these clothes do not flatter you at all, it should be a dress or nothing. I happen to have no dress in my cabin.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/9 "2022-06-03T20:30:58Z")
_“I’ve had me eye on you…”_ (Hello, T!) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/10 "2022-06-03T20:38:23Z")
You bilge-sucking biscuit eater! ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/11 "2022-06-03T20:44:11Z")
I’d like ya to walk me plank. Aaargh! ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/12 "2022-06-03T20:48:12Z")
“Aargh, surrender yer booty to me” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/13 "2022-06-04T00:54:49Z")
Well, here’s a chanty the pirate recruiters would sing to prospective crew: “There’s men above and men below and men down in the galley. There’s Butch and Spike and Buzz and Biff and one guy we call Sally!” [Men](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAeUJ3h66iw) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/14 "2022-06-04T02:48:39Z")
Aaargh, would ya like to see me Jolly Roger? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/15 "2022-06-04T03:56:45Z")
Arrrrgh. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/16 "2022-06-04T11:36:56Z")
“Wanna see why they call me Long John?” ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/17 "2022-06-04T12:12:07Z")
_Batten down the snatch, lass!_ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/18 "2022-06-04T13:22:30Z")
Arrr, there be treasure in your chest! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/19 "2022-06-04T14:20:07Z")
Would y’like to come back to me bunk and see me iPatch? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633/20 "2022-06-04T14:27:39Z")
In case you haven’t seen this (why, yes, that IS William Marshall): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WOYhF8jgeO0/hqdefault.jpg "Amazon Women on the Moon - Video Pirates") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOYhF8jgeO0) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-and-pick-up-lines/965633.md?page=2)