# So ... But ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 16, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656 "2013-07-16T11:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/161 "2013-07-28T21:14:09Z")
So, I fulfilled a childhood dream and joined the pirate crew. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/162 "2013-07-28T21:26:57Z")
But Captain Dopebeard didn’t like the cut of my jib. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/163 "2013-07-28T23:28:01Z")
So I had myself a little makeover and now Cappy and I are the _best_ of friends. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/164 "2013-07-29T02:03:50Z")
But that didn’t stop me from stickin’ a knife in his gibbet and castin’ him overboard at the first opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/165 "2013-07-29T04:03:04Z")
So as new captainof the vessel, I led the few in a hearty chorus of “Yo Ho A Pirate’s Life for Me” and we set out to sink a Royal Caribbean cruise liner. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/166 "2013-07-29T15:51:53Z")
But the liner was already becalmed. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/167 "2013-08-02T16:30:30Z")
So, I looked at my dinghy ---
**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 2, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/168 "2013-08-02T16:34:57Z")
But my crew was gettin’ a bit rowdy. ---
**Author:** ![JustsomeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JustsomeDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustsomeDude)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/169 "2013-08-02T17:45:00Z")
So I thought what the heck I row the dinghy myself. ---
**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 2, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/170 "2013-08-02T17:46:46Z")
But termites had eaten through the oars. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/171 "2013-08-02T17:52:41Z")
So, I bought a pack of hungry aardvarks to eat them. ---
**Author:** ![JustsomeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JustsomeDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustsomeDude)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/172 "2013-08-02T17:55:21Z")
But how do I get off the liner, I pondered. ---
**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 2, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/173 "2013-08-02T18:14:42Z")
So I searched the storage holds. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/174 "2013-08-02T18:30:09Z")
But the only animals I found were bilge rats. ---
**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 2, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/175 "2013-08-02T18:32:19Z")
So I turned on the Bat-signal, and waited for the Caped Crusader. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/176 "2013-08-02T18:52:35Z")
But instead, the Atom showed up, and who’s a more useless “superhero” than him? ---
**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 2, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/177 "2013-08-02T18:54:45Z")
So the Atom (who’s hands-on physics professor Ray Palmer off-duty) fixed the liner’s engines to move at supersonic speeds, and we arrived in Jamaica in a short amount of time. ---
**Author:** ![JustsomeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JustsomeDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustsomeDude)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/178 "2013-08-02T19:58:34Z")
But in the meantime we made dreadlocks just to look cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/179 "2013-08-02T20:23:44Z")
So the Jamaica Tourism Office wanted to take our pictures for their next brochure. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/180 "2013-08-03T16:08:33Z")
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