Avast, Mateys...

[SalientAngle]

...it's talk like a pirate day 2013!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/18/talk-like-a-pirate-day-2013-_n_3946133.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

[SalientAngle]

well, talk like a pirate day passed... now I am back to my Irish roots:
Bhi craic agus ceol againn... Craic to all !!!

[Jim_ME]

Saw this image today and thought about this thread... That's how these things get started...some innocent Pirate talk...then toss in some p*werboats [and grog]...pretty soon you got a real situation... ;)

[Tim]

Saw this image today and thought about this thread... That's how these things get started...some innocent Pirate talk...then toss in some p*werboats [and grog]...pretty soon you got a real situation... ;)

;D ;D ;D

She does kinda look like Sparrow!

[Jim_ME]

She does kinda look like Sparrow!

Jack Sparrow's possible androgyny aside, I have to confess that it did seem a little amusing that this aspiring modern-day pirate's inspiration and attitude seemed to transcend gender...

Yet this got me wondering if there were any good [bad?] female pirate role models that I should know about, and should be more famous [infamous?] than they currently are...?

I found this enlightening [spoiler alert: piracy was a more equal-opportunity field than I realized] historic video...
http://www.history.com/videos/special-true-caribbean-pirates---mistresses-of-the-sea

This one is also interesting, and makes our current day first aid/medical care and cruising chow (both refrigerated and non-refrigerated) look pretty good by comparison...  :)
http://www.history.com/videos/life-aboard-a-pirate-ship

There are some other pirate videos on the webpage that also look good...