Pick up lines from pirates in bars are also a give-away: "No my dear young lady, that is not a peg-leg, but I certainly am glad to meet you!!"
Posted on 08/16/2007 6:47:43 PM PDT by blam
I was surprised to see in a recent special on modern-day pirates that most ships are not allowed to be armed. They are usually boarded at night when crews are asleep.
The latest pirate racket is just to kidnap the captain and any other important crew and then ransom them. Shipping companies usually pay up, quite privately.
Ping!
Let’s not forget the buccaneer Edward Davis whose loot helped found The College of William and Mary in colonial Virginia.
Dirty Jenny Calico-— I have no idea where that came from
Cap'n Davy Read
Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. Even through many pirates have a reputation for not being the brightest souls on earth, you defy the sterotypes. You've got taste and education. Arr! Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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'Tho me fancies t'wernt more than any man's, 'cept for me silk sleeves, Anne Bonny and Mary were the best mates a lonely corsair could hope to command -- by a hogshead!
Dancing the hempin jig was a pain in the neck, Ye might say.
Ahhhrrr!
Scourge of the Baltic
"Splice the mainbrace!" is a well recognized order in the British Navy, and was in the U.S. Navy until it went dry.
This guy always gets left out of famous pirate lists.
One man, however, may have been the most successful pirate in history. His name was Henry Avery. He was also known as Long Ben Avery.
In sixteen ninety-five, Avery and his crew attacked a ship named the Gunsway. It belonged to a great ruler of India. The Gunsway carried millions of dollars in gold, silver and jewels.
Avery and his crew took the treasure. They sailed to the West Indies, then left their ship. Some of the crew went to America. Others sailed on different ships. Avery disappeared with a captain’s share of the treasure. He was never caught. Nor was he ever heard from again.
Call me Iron Bill Avery
Yes, but the artical deems privateers as pirates. In that case, you are wrong. Privateers were not muslim. But the illegal version of privateers were often muslim.
Some historians claim that after the “friday the thirteenth” when the leader of the Templar knights was executed by the church, the escaped knights templar restorted to piracy in order to survive.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
Mad Anne Cash
Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You’re musical, and you’ve got a certain style if not flair. You’ll do just fine. Arr!
Very cool thread!
Arrgh!!
Mr. Owl:
Iron Harry Rackham
A pirate’s life isn’t easy; it takes a tough person. That’s okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!
LOL!
Pick up lines from pirates in bars are also a give-away: "No my dear young lady, that is not a peg-leg, but I certainly am glad to meet you!!"
I saw Isaac Kidd Jr. once on C-SPAN, testifying for a congressional committee and he seemed like a real character. He was saying stuff like: "When your bird farm is torpedoed and you're swimming around in the water, it can ruin your whole day."
I’m Red Mary Rackham.
“Passion is a big part of your life, which makes sense for a pirate. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!”
I like it. ;o)
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