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Title: Avast, Mateys...
Post by: SalientAngle on September 19, 2013, 08:47:32 AM
...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 (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/18/talk-like-a-pirate-day-2013-_n_3946133.html?utm_hp_ref=uk)
Title: Re: Avast, Mateys...
Post by: SalientAngle on September 20, 2013, 06:46:29 PM
well, talk like a pirate day passed... now I am back to my Irish roots:
Bhi craic agus ceol againn... Craic to all !!!
Title: Re: Avast, Mateys...
Post by: Jim_ME on September 20, 2013, 11:39:49 PM
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... ;)
Title: Re: Avast, Mateys...
Post by: Tim on September 21, 2013, 08:16:11 AM
Quote from: Jim_ME on September 20, 2013, 11:39:49 PM
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!
Title: Re: Avast, Mateys...
Post by: Jim_ME on November 01, 2013, 01:32:51 AM
Quote from: Tim on September 21, 2013, 08:16:11 AM
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...