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Surnames That Reveal Pirate Ancestry
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 8-17-2007
| Nick Britten
Posted on 08/16/2007 6:47:43 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
08/16/2007 6:47:45 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
How about people with surnames like Blackbeard?
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posted on
08/16/2007 6:49:05 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: Texas Eagle
To: blam
“Old Roger” is also the term for the Devil. Really? Hadn't heard that one before. Old Nick, sure. (Not to be confused with St. Nick.)
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posted on
08/16/2007 6:50:53 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a Liberal when I married her.)
To: Tanniker Smith
Old Nick, sure.Haven't heard of that one. Hillary, sure.
To: blam
Most pirates throughout history have been Muslims in the service of local Sheikhs, who extort tribute and ransom from the Infidel whenever possible.
This is still true today.
There is nothing remotely attractive or appealing about piracy. They are about as romantic and admirable as the Taliban scum holding the 21 Korean missionary hostages in Afghanistan today.
Scum then. Scum today. Scum always. Murderous putrid Muslim scum.
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posted on
08/16/2007 6:53:20 PM PDT
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: blam
8 generations removed from Captain Richard Locke, Ship's Captain of the Speedwell, London to Philadelphia. Not a pirate but the grandfather of several Revolutionary War Patriots.
To: ConservativeofColor
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posted on
08/16/2007 6:56:07 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: blam
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posted on
08/16/2007 6:58:43 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: Old Sarge
To: gridlock
Hear, hear - um, I mean, ARRRRR!
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posted on
08/16/2007 6:59:50 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: blam
This thread should be rated “Arrrgh!”
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posted on
08/16/2007 7:00:28 PM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
To: blam
Hmm...well, my granddaddy Aloisius “Pegleg” Drill was fond of getting wasted on absinthe and sliding down the bannisters with cutlass in hand yelling “Keelhaul the Bos’n’s Mate!” but I thought it was a holdover from his time in the seminary...
To: blam
Another theory is that “Jolly Roger” is an English corruption of the French “Jolie Rouge” referring originally to a red flag used by pirates and which eventually came to refer to any pirate flag, esp using the skull & bones or skeleton motif.
To: blam
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posted on
08/16/2007 7:03:18 PM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: blam
William Kidd, born around 1645 in Renfrewshire, Scotland, and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean. That's all too short of summary of the very interesting case of Captain Kidd. Even the unreliable Wikipedia is better than that its article here.
(In particular, the bit currently in the Wikipedia article about Captain Kidd and Takarajima appears to be unreliable (Takarajima is literally "Treasure Island" in Japanese.) It seems very unlikely that Captain Kidd had anything to do with that Japanese island.)
To: blam
"Might I be seein' some proof o' age, Missy?"
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posted on
08/16/2007 7:04:55 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: blam
Of course, their descendants are probably busy running hedge funds, or maybe getting large government contracts.
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
OK Kids, What is the pirate’s favorite letterin the alphabet?
Give up?
The letter is Rrrrrrrr!
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posted on
08/16/2007 7:16:33 PM PDT
by
BatGuano
To: blam
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posted on
08/16/2007 7:17:14 PM PDT
by
JillValentine
(Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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