Fri 29 Sep 2006
What Would a Pirate Do?
Posted by anaglyph under Ephemera, Mysterious Corner, Pirate, Signs, Whimsy
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A tiny bit late for International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but this is a birthday present I received from my friend Sarah. As we know, being a pirate isn’t just for one day of the year, so any time I find myself short of a pirating action, I aim to make good use of this as we set sail into the silly season, and onward into 2007.
And from Pil & William, this little guy:
Who has, predictably enough, swashbuckled his way into Mysterious Corner…
Avast! Hoist the Jolly Roger and stow the idle chat ye bilge rats! Back to the decks or I’ll have ye all keelhauled!
Arrrrrr!
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Did Glitch make the spinner land on that anti-dog spot? And, “that’s a really big hook…” And, how refreshing: a pirate that *isn’t* Johnny Depp.
“chat”?
Stymie: Hey, Capm, can I have a cutlass?
Sea Capm: Well … what KIND of cutlass?
Stymie: I want a VEAL cutlass.
Jam: Glitch probaby would have favoured Take No Prisoners. Re: Johnny Depp – yeah well, I thought he was fun but really he just joins a long line of Errol Flynn wannabes IMO.
JR: [Origin: 1400–50; late ME; short for chatter] Dictionary.com. Well in common usage by the 17th C.
Joey:
Prince John: Tie that man to a stake!
Bluebottle: Oh no! Don’t do that Captain! I am a vegetarian!
Prince John: Very well then! Tie him to a stick of celery!
Sea Capm: … and the crew was taken by malaria.
Stymie: I didn’t even know she was there.
Sea Capm: Didn’t know WHO was there?
Stymie: Why, the lady you was talkin about.
Sea Capm: WHAT lady?
Stymie: MALARIA!