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Re: you forgot

pillaging
plank walking
booty dividing
marooning
swinging from ropes with swords in teeth

the theory is
avast me hearties (scurvy dog management at sea)
there be treasure here (land based navigation)
pox on you all (crime and punishment at sea)
board 'er lads (the collison regs how to collide)
why ye be a pretty wench (R and R the pirate way)




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Ha ha ha

.. think I'm falling for that .. I'll have to nick 'em somewhere or I'll be chucked oot afore I stert!

Bugger! we've forgotten the carronading where do they do lessons in that these days?

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Following a long search of the NHS website I've established that the operation to remove your left eye and have your right leg amputated below the knee is available on the NHS (Note: removal of right eye and amputation of left leg is excluded however). Waiting times vary by region with the shortest current waiting list being Sandwell in the West Midlands.

However, the supply of a suitable eye patch and genuine hand turned wooden leg is NOT covered by the NHS. Apparently you have to bring along your own eye patch and wooden leg prior to the operation in order to qualify for NHS funding.

Rumors of a new EU directive requiring all piratical wooden legs to bear the EU "stars" symbol have been denied, though I understand that they must carry the CE mark and pass the appropriate flotation tests.

Those intending to engage in piratical activities withing other member states of the EU are entitled to similar operations in member states on production of the E111 from.

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Re: Double Decker

Bloody stern chaser .. ha! Bow chaser do'nt you mean? Mind you Corsair has the right sort of ring to it. Much less racist thn Black Pearl .. do you thinnk she's fast enough for a proper pirate ship?

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I thought pirates have upgraded to RIBS and AK47's these days - suggest the answer is a bigger engine!

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Can anyone tell me ........

What is a 'swash' and how do I buckle it?.

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Might I suggest, to get the feel of your new persona, you really should be starting your posts with a rumbustuous "Aaa haaaaaa, matey" with liberal doses of "shipmate" thrown in for good measure.

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Donald

A sword and only one 'd' in his name.Could be a freudian slip - the charges levelled at chandleries ('swindleries') could also be aimed at saddleries.

Anyway, he'd have to come over here and fight me for it.

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Sunsail Mount Gay Regatta ...

... or that's what I thought the headline in the "Caribbean Compass " said, before I was familiar with Mountgay rum.

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Clever dick replies

To swash is to strike someone or something heavily. Therefore if you strike someone heavily with a buckle...? Or strike a buckle heavily...? Or buckle up something used to strike something or someone heavily...?

So could it come from the Errol Flynn school of piracy in which the sword belt (the sword being that weapon which is used to swash things) is worn rather fetchingly over one shoulder, with a very prominent buckle positioned mid breastbone? On the other hand, maybe not

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Re: Clever dick replies

Bucklers - hard leather shields.
Swash - strike heavily
So, hitting shields hard in battle

All of which is complete nonsense, cos everyone knows that Swashbuckle is a variety of rose!!! So it stands to reason that Swashbuckling is growing roses. QED. Jimi wants a new career as a gardener

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Now we\'re getting somewhere

Didn't some ancient army used to beat(swash) its shields (bucklers) to frighten the fertiliser out of it enema?

In which case, if they were swashbuckling in that sense ( we're big, we're strong, and we're going to marmelise you) it comes close to the dictionary definition of swashbuckling:- swaggering (bully or ruffian).

"Earl David with his two sticks, Duke Finvarr restrained in line,
With Hector there and Grimwulf, beating shields to keep the time.
The mighty voice of Ealdormere poured forth the warriors’ song,
As the battle column formed up from that armed and dancing throng."

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