Right. Note to self: first pillage, *then[i/] burn. Got it.
As for a pirate smilie, this one almost works. It just needs a parrot on it’s shoulder. Any of ye been to Beaufort, NC? It’s claimed to have been one of the home ports of Blackbeard when he operated in that general arrrrrrea. There’s a nice little boardwalk arrrrrrea there with some fine dining establishments.
Now avast ye swabs! Bring me my swashes, for I’m in a buckling mood! How they get unbuckled is beyond me. Perhaps the wenches have something to do with it.
Cause it’s a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin’ down the plains
Stealin’ wheat and barley and all the other grains
It’s a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors
When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina’s mighty shores
I like this Blackbeard but I don’t play enough. The PC version that had been in the works should have been great; AH unfortunately was taken over by Hasbro during development and the project got shelved.
<<wiping tear from cheek>> I never thought I would find a place where the people quote Gilbert & Sullivan!! I love you guys. <sniff>
I make a lousy pirate.
Some say that pirates steal and should be feared and hated
I say we’re victims of bad press it’s all exaggerated
We’d never stab you in the back, we’d never lie or cheat
We’re just about the nicest guys you’d ever want to meet
How do pirates settle their disputes?
Arrrrrrbitration!
We can’t have a pirate thread without a few verses from Mildred Plew Meigs “Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee”
Ho! For the Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee!
He was as wicked as wicked could be,
But oh, he was perfectly gorgeous to see!
The Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee.
His conscience, of course, was as black as a bat,
But he had a floppety plume on his hat
And when he went walking, it jiggled–like that!
The plume of the Pirate Dowdee.
Moreover, Dowdee had a purple tatoo,
And stuck in his belt where he buckled it through
Were a dagger, a dirk, and a squizzamaroo,
For fierce was the pirate Dowdee.
Oh he had a cutlass that swung at his thigh
And he had a parrot called Pepperkin Pye,
And a zigzaggy scar at the end of his eye
Had Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee.
It’s true he was wicked as wicked could be,
His sins they outnumbered a hundred and three,
But oh, he was perfectly gorgeous to see,
The Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee.
With a hearty Arrrrrr from as_u_wish, who dresses up like a parrot on Halloween with a little pirate doll on her shoulder that says “ahoy matey.”
I completely agree wit the OP, pirates are discussed very little, despite their awesome nature. Also, this thread has been lackig in stupid pirate jokes, I’ve only seen one of them.
Why didn’t the pirate play golf?
He was always over parrrrrr.
almost works. It just needs a parrot on it’s shoulder. Any of ye been to Beaufort, NC? It’s claimed to have been one of the home ports of Blackbeard when he operated in that general arrrrrrea. There’s a nice little boardwalk arrrrrrea there with some fine dining establishments.