I’ve decided that we do not talk enough about pirates on the SDMB.
There is only one thing better than talking about pirates, and that is talking about alcohol & talking birds, which can easily be incorporated into a pirate conversation.
I’ve been reading a bit about Blackbeard lately. Apparently he put lit matches under his hat to look more intimidating.
Strange fellar, that Blackbeard.
Anyone wanna add something spiffy about pirates to this wonderful pirate thread?
“We Yellowbeards are never more dangerous than when we’re dead!”
One of my favorite movies…
argh! me hearties!
[hand over one eye]yarrr! Shiver me timbers![/hand over one eye]
Avast, ye landlubber! Blackbeard is still the terror of the high seas!!
I thought Blackbeard put firecrackers in his hair and beard.
When I was a lad, I obsessed over finding pirate treasure. My family would shake their heads and cluck their tongues as I dug up the beach.
Two spiffy things:
This fine specimen of humanity is the baddest pirate mofo ever to sail the Caribbean. Period. End of discussion.
If you go to the Whydah Pirate Ship Museum in Provincetown, MA, not only will you see real pirate booty from the first pirate ship wreck ever recovered, you’ll see a real pirate! They’ve got the skeletal remains of a pirate who drowned in the wreck of the Whydah in a tank full of water in the middle of the exhibit.
Shiver me timbers an’ walk me plank! I remember it were off the coast of Floridarrrrrrr! In a place they called, “Mephisto’s Trapazoid”. So I says to Jim 'awkins, says me, “Tell me where the treasure be and I’ll show ye where the sharrrrrrk bit me!”
Oh – Last time I was in Bellingham I stopped into this really cool news stand and bought myself a Pirate Bendy
Avast! Corndogs ahoy! 
Well, official talk like a pirate day is September 19th -Talk Like A Pirate Official Website - so I am saving up for then. Wouldn’t do to run out of “matey” halfway through the day - talk about embarrassment!
Peg-leg Sue
Dang, and I was thinking of starting a Sea Shanty thread today, too weird.
I worked a gig at this place once. More fun than a rusty scupper keel-hauled up your johnny-groat, whatever that means.
We need a pirate smilie!
All together now:
Oi’ll grab me some rope!
An’ 'ead down to Straight Dope!
Hey! Ho! Blow the man down…
::lurches around with cutlass in one hand, empty jug in the other::
Yo ho, yo ho, it’s a pirate’s life for meeee!
We burn and pillage and ravage and loot
Drink up me hearties yo ho!
We kidnap; we’re savage and don’t give a hoot
Drink up me hearties yo ho!
Yo ho, yo hoooo, a pirate’s life for meeee! hic
Man I loved the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland as a wee one… still do. Can you tell? 
Pirate thread, huh?
Well, it just so happens that something Pirate-related has been buggin’ me for a couple of weeks now. You see, I own an original, first edition Privateer game. The one with the cool silk-screened canvas play field, solid brass treasure token and wood ship pieces. And the damn thing is MISSING!! I’ve been searching for it for a while now, as I want to play with the wife on Sunday nights. I can’t find the damn thing! It has gotten to the point where just not being able to locate it is worse than the thought that it might be gone!
Dammit! Arrrgh!
Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore.
waves a sword in one hand, flagon of ale and lusty wench in the other hand*
Arrhh!
With cat-like tread,
Upon our prey we steal;
In silence dread,
Our cautious way we feel!
Are you with me lads! Plunder and loot ahoy!
Paging ArrrMatey
ArrrMatey please report to the Pirate Thread.
That is all.
When we come into town to spend all our spoils,
A good time will be had by all.
We’ll all head to some pub to get drunk off our arses,
When we’re there, there ain’t no last call.
I’ll get rum for meself and buy ale for me friends,
And a great deal of loot on the wenches I’ll spend.
When the money’s all gone it’s off to sea again…
To trade cargo for cannonball.
It’s wonderful living the life of a pirate
With the freedom to take what we can
And we’ll sail the world over, searchin’ for plunder
Not fearin’ to face any man, not fearin’ to face any man
Arrr!
<<minor hijack>>
My favorite watering-hole has a plethora of Brians, all of whom are labelled by their most identifying feature…Big Brian, Short Brian, Loud Brian, Goofy Brian…you get the point. Our favorite, though, is Black Brian - it makes him sound like a pirate. After awhile, everybody stopped saying “Black Brian’s here” and, instead, put 1 hand over their right eye(s) and shouted “AARRRRGH” whenever he came in (kind of like Norm on Cheers only with double the number of people doing it). He absolutely loved it! For Halloween, he came dressed as a pirate, complete with LIVE parrot - except he called himself Black Bart (we’re not really sure why - that only made us think of Blazing Saddles’ sheriff Bart).
<<end hijack>>
Mother, mother ocean
I have heard your call
wanted to sail upon your waters
since I was three feet tall
Bartholomew Roberts (aka Black Bart, scroll down to the bottom) was a famous (and dashingly handsome) pirate.