That whole walking the plank thing is only cool when our hero manages to escape. Pirate fiction glosses over the death sentence aspect.
There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Apr 09, 2009 8:46:41 am PDT #14576 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Connie Neil - Apr 09, 2009 8:47:15 am PDT #14577 of 30000
brillig
Nothing romantic or lovable about real pirates
Not even Dear Grandpa Jan Jansen, AKA Murat Reis of the Turkish Salee Rovers. Probably not a guy I'd want to have show up at the family reunion.
Toddson - Apr 09, 2009 8:49:39 am PDT #14578 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Depends on your family ... got any relatives you'd like keelhauled?
Connie Neil - Apr 09, 2009 8:50:35 am PDT #14579 of 30000
brillig
Depends on your family ... got any relatives you'd like keelhauled?
Not anymore. Hmm . . .
edit: The image of a straitlaced Puritan/Protestant family reunion being attended by a Moslem-converted, Dutch pirate who joined up because he hated Catholics so much is amusing. Especially if he turned up with appropriate entourage and attended by his Bedouin wife and adored concubine.
tommyrot - Apr 09, 2009 8:53:14 am PDT #14580 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That whole walking the plank thing is only cool when our hero manages to escape. Pirate fiction glosses over the death sentence aspect.
Although that (eta: walking the plank) seems to be a myth too.
lisah - Apr 09, 2009 8:55:16 am PDT #14581 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
sara, all that BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOOD HERITAGE PROJECT stuff is fascinating! Did you see any of that? Interviews done with older b'more residents in the 70s.
tommyrot - Apr 09, 2009 8:58:09 am PDT #14582 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, there is no evidence that pirates ever fought ninjas....
sarameg - Apr 09, 2009 9:02:25 am PDT #14583 of 30000
I hadn't looked at it directly, but yesterday I came across one and it sounded so familiar...it had to be the same guy they talked with again in the '68 riots series on the radio.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2009 9:04:40 am PDT #14584 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hogwarts snaps. My favourite so far:
Yo momma so black, she’d probably get sorted in to Ravenclaw and would be a minor character at best
I'm watching what looked like a great series: Deadliest Warrior. They're evaluating gladiators versus Apaches. They're ruining the whole thing by trash talking between the teams. They're so juvenile. They should really go at it head to head, instead of populating a simulator.
Gudanov - Apr 09, 2009 9:08:54 am PDT #14585 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Nothing romantic or lovable about real pirates.
Definitely not, they were aquathugs back in the day too.
Also, there is no evidence that pirates ever fought ninjas....
Yeah, the ninjas knew better.