Wed 19th September 2012

Avast me hearties and ye landlubbers! Had a rollicking night with me Welsh wench aboard Ye Black Pig, a-moored on ye Lancaster Canal. We spent all our tin on ye olde English zoider and downed mugs o' red we plundered from Van Diemens Land. But alas! Aft I took ye busty buccaneer to ye fo'c'sle to splice her midships, me main mast wouldn't go up her rigging!

She were set for sendin' me to th' gang plank but, ah haa! On th' morn I greased her sails and set me prow for a course up her fore porthole. I came aground like an able seaman! Haaah!

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Comment from: Homer [Visitor]

I would engage with International Talk Like A Pirate Day, but I don’t know any Somali.

Wed 19th September 2012 @ 21:42

Comment from: [Member]

Haaaa! Next time I be in Valparaiso, I’ll gi’ ye a slap on yer comely arse for yer wit, me girl!

Wed 19th September 2012 @ 21:46

Comment from: furtheron [Visitor]

I missed all this… but frankly can’t speak let alone type like a pirate any how!

I could try and work Seaman Staines and Roger the cabin boy gags in here but we’ve all heard them before…

Thu 20th September 2012 @ 09:37

Comment from: [Member]

Aaaaaargh! (and i mean that in every sense of the word….)

Thu 20th September 2012 @ 11:41

Comment from: The Unbearable Banishment [Visitor]

Jack Sparrow on ecstasy.

Thu 20th September 2012 @ 12:07

Comment from: twisted scottish bastard [Visitor]

AArgh, me hearties, Burn Rape and Pillage.

But get the bloody order right.

Don’t forget to grease the Main Course before raising the Main Mast.

Sat 22nd September 2012 @ 10:57

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