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Sunday, September 13. 2009

Attribution for accidental piracy

We posted a Pirate Hunting Cruise a few months ago. It came to us over the transom, and we had no idea about the source.


Turns out the source was the esteemable Doug Ross Journal (which we link regularly) which had produced the full version. I have also noted that on the link, which occasionally gets some attention because it is good sadistic gun fun.


We do not wish to be pirates. Not by accident, anyway. Arrrrghhh.

Posted by Bird Dog at 12:18 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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Okay, the female pirate depicted in the painting...give me the real thing and I'll drink rum with her and then I'll bury my treasure. Arrgh!
#1 Jephnol (Link) on 2009-09-13 16:16 (Reply)
jep,

I know 'they' are hiding in the bushes waiting for someone else to ask the obvious question....but I won't...
#2 Garry on 2009-09-13 23:17 (Reply)
It's probably better that way.
#3 Jephnol (Link) on 2009-09-14 01:00 (Reply)
Always protect the family jewels, and bury them in the right spot.
To much rum might get you forgetful and regret burying them with the wrong person .......... I mean spot. : )
#3.1 jappy on 2009-09-14 08:02 (Reply)
jappy,

Now that you're out from behind the bushes (plse see #2)...I was going to ask Jephnol "How deep would a real pirate bury his treasure?"

Any idea?
#3.1.1 Garry on 2009-09-14 13:10 (Reply)
As always, Jappy, you are wise...
#4 Jephnol (Link) on 2009-09-14 10:08 (Reply)
jappy and jephnol my dears ... That particular pirate is perhaps displaying her family jewels a little too ostentatiously, don't you think?

Marianne
#5 Marianne Matthews on 2009-09-14 11:33 (Reply)
Ostentatious yes....but also a displayed with a bit of "Pirate Pride" I'd say!!
#5.1 Garry on 2009-09-14 13:24 (Reply)
Talk Like a Pirate Day. This Saturday, Sept 19th

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/
#6 Earl Wertheimer on 2009-09-14 12:24 (Reply)
All pirates have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, so naturally I would put my treasure in the hole, take it out, then I'd put it back in and then I would take it out. I would repeat this pattern, as any OCD pirate would, until I satisfied the compulsion completely.

Marianne, it's hot in the Caribbean and the poor lass looks to have been exerting herself preparing to bury the treasure. I attribute her scant wardrobe to this activity. I'll bet she's covered herself with a dew of perspiration, her golden skin glistening in the sun. I've warned enough of these young women to stay out of the noon-day sun, next time she's in for a tongue lashing before I bury my treasure.
#7 Jephnol (Link) on 2009-09-14 17:44 (Reply)
Jephnol ... You are a Very Bad Man -- charming, but Very Bad.

Come up and see me sometime, to quote the Great Mae.

Marianne
#8 Marianne Matthews on 2009-09-14 21:36 (Reply)

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