The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for May 02, 2020

Location: Pirate Bay

looks great – no kidding…

Bligh me. No history of mutiny!

I was going to steal this, but that would be piracy, wouldn’t it? Maybe we could just keep this as arrgh little secret, eh?

He’ll be hooked on this place for quite some time. They also sell pirates earrings too for a buck an ear!

However, the ship’s wheel gets attached to his belt. Why? “Arrr, that be drivin’ me nuts!”

Looks like they hooked him.

Hopefully no crocodiles that swallowed a clock either.

How is it’s plank walking rating??

Yo ho ho and a bottle of free rummmmmmteedummmmdummm

The Beach Boys said “Thar’s no place like Kokomo.” (Indiana, Hawaii,Fiji..?).

My brother’s girl friend had a home in Charleston, and many of the shorefront houses once belonged to ship officers. She had a ghost of a supposed sea captain who was so randy that he kept groping her. A medium suggested that she keep out a glass full of rum for him. It worked. The drunk ghost loved booze more than pretty girls.

You had me at free rum and working cannons. Par-tay!

TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK --

Unfortunately, there’s a no parrots policy.

Revisit on September 19. Talk Like a Pirate Day.

I once attend a science-fiction convention in Iowa City, where the opening ceremonies featured a performance by the Trans-Iowa Canal Company playing the role of pirates sailing around the world. Everywhere they went they’d say “Arrrr arrrr” until they got to Japan, when they went “Ellll ellll”.

Will they shiver me timbers?

Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Free Rum!

Funny on so many levels. Another gem from Hilburn. Heck, even if there were no dialogue, I’d have laughed just at what was on the screen!

He’ll rent it for his 80th birthday party. So he can say, “Aye, Matey!”