Ahoy Me Hearties!
I recently came across this cool way to talk 'Pirate' on facebook. Another one of these nicknack's the amazing world of facebook has to offer and trust me I've been hooked literally.
Suddenly, my news feed is called the booty, The inbox is my bottle o' messages, My friends are my mateys, the women in my profile are wenches and men are mate's. Blimey!
Well this got me to do a bit of me own Pirate research and look what i dug out.
Obscure but Awesome Pirate facts you din't know.. Till now!
1. When a pirate said "shiver me timbers" it was actually a request for another pirate to shave an especially difficult to reach portion of his back. While pirates would allow their faces and chests to get hairy, there was a strong superstition against hairy backs. By the way, "shiver" means "shave" and "timbers" means "lower back."
- Not exactly where you were going with this ,eh?!
2. Female pirates were very common and much prized for their hair-free lower backs.
- Ahem..
3. Pirates were known for chasing busty wenches on Caribbean ports. However, there were a few “gentlemen” pirates who were above such rude behavior, or at least they were a little more discreet in their rum drinking and wench chasing.
- Looking for chivalry ladies!
4. Gilbert and Sullivan were the two most dangerous pirates to ever live. Born conjoined twins, they were finally blown apart during a vicious sea battle with a British Major General when an errant cannonball struck their shared hip. While together, they were considered to be the King of Pirates. Apart, they were forced to retire to a life in the theater, reenacting their final battle in Penzance for pennies a day.
- Okay! I'm not buying this one..
5. They took care of their own! By writing into the ship’s constitution that crewmen would be compensated for being maimed or losing a limb. They even priced it out in detail:
Loss of a right arm: 600 pieces
Left arm: 500
Right leg: 500
Left leg: 400
Eye: 100
Finger: 100
6. The Jolly Roger's (Skull and Cross bone)
The Jolly Roger is the flag hoisted to identify the ship's crew as pirates. How did the Jolly Roger get its name? Nobody knows for sure – although some historians believe it comes from the English pronunciation of Ali Raja, the Arabic words for “King of the Sea.”
7. .Some odd but famous pickup lines used by Pirates,
8. Some very well known quotes Pirates quoted,
9. And some yum Pirate recipes of their time,
Grog
Water and rum mixed together was often called Grog. A dram (a small amount) of rum was often added to a sailor's water ration.
Rumfustian
Rumfustian consists of sugar, sherry, ale, egg yolk, lemon peel, gin, cinnamon stick, nutmeg and several cloves.
Ginger Rum (Caribbean)
Take a big glass jar. Fill it halfway up with fresh ginger, pour white rum to the top and put the lid on. Let it stand for about two weeks and "roll" the jar two times a day. After two weeks the rum turn golden, this means that it is ready. Serve straight in small glasses.
What can i say.. They loved their Rum!
Flip
12 oz Ale
1 oz Brandy
1 oz Lemon Juice
1 Egg yolk
1 tbsp Granulated Sugar
1/4 tsp ground Ginger
So you see, apart from the looting, pillaging and plundering, pirates weren't such bad people after all. That's if you go beyond their bad breath and outrageously stinkful bodies, you'll find a fun loving weirdo who after hard day of man slaughterer just wanted to have some light heated fun.
And that's how we want to remember them.. So let go at times, be a little weird, have a little fun, be a tinsy winsy psychopath.. umm ok don't be a psychopath! But all the other good things i just said out there..
You know what i mean.. grab an eye patch, make yourself a wooden peg, tie a bandanna, wear funny hats..
and as they say "Hoist a new figurehead to yer litany of misdeeds!"
That actually just means putting up a new profile pic on facebook.. But you can do more than that! =)
APPENDIX
I recently came across this cool way to talk 'Pirate' on facebook. Another one of these nicknack's the amazing world of facebook has to offer and trust me I've been hooked literally.
Suddenly, my news feed is called the booty, The inbox is my bottle o' messages, My friends are my mateys, the women in my profile are wenches and men are mate's. Blimey!
Well this got me to do a bit of me own Pirate research and look what i dug out.
Obscure but Awesome Pirate facts you din't know.. Till now!
1. When a pirate said "shiver me timbers" it was actually a request for another pirate to shave an especially difficult to reach portion of his back. While pirates would allow their faces and chests to get hairy, there was a strong superstition against hairy backs. By the way, "shiver" means "shave" and "timbers" means "lower back."
- Not exactly where you were going with this ,eh?!
2. Female pirates were very common and much prized for their hair-free lower backs.
- Ahem..
3. Pirates were known for chasing busty wenches on Caribbean ports. However, there were a few “gentlemen” pirates who were above such rude behavior, or at least they were a little more discreet in their rum drinking and wench chasing.
- Looking for chivalry ladies!
4. Gilbert and Sullivan were the two most dangerous pirates to ever live. Born conjoined twins, they were finally blown apart during a vicious sea battle with a British Major General when an errant cannonball struck their shared hip. While together, they were considered to be the King of Pirates. Apart, they were forced to retire to a life in the theater, reenacting their final battle in Penzance for pennies a day.
- Okay! I'm not buying this one..
5. They took care of their own! By writing into the ship’s constitution that crewmen would be compensated for being maimed or losing a limb. They even priced it out in detail:
Loss of a right arm: 600 pieces
Left arm: 500
Right leg: 500
Left leg: 400
Eye: 100
Finger: 100
6. The Jolly Roger's (Skull and Cross bone)
The Jolly Roger is the flag hoisted to identify the ship's crew as pirates. How did the Jolly Roger get its name? Nobody knows for sure – although some historians believe it comes from the English pronunciation of Ali Raja, the Arabic words for “King of the Sea.”
- Some snazzy bone work there!
7. .Some odd but famous pickup lines used by Pirates,
- Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?
- Wanna shiver me timbers?
- They don’t call me Long John because my head is so big.
- That’s the finest pirate booty I’ve ever laid me eyes on.
and how could the female pirates stay too far behind?
- Aye, I guarantee ye, I've had a twenty percent decrease in me "lice ratio!"
- Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!
- So, tell me, why do they call ye, "Cap'n Feathersword?"
- You. Pants Off. Now!
8. Some very well known quotes Pirates quoted,
- To err is human , To Arr is Pirate
- Surrender your booty
- Time flies when you're having rum
- Sealed with a curse as sharp as a knife, doomed is your soul and damned is your life
9. And some yum Pirate recipes of their time,
Grog
Water and rum mixed together was often called Grog. A dram (a small amount) of rum was often added to a sailor's water ration.
Rumfustian
Rumfustian consists of sugar, sherry, ale, egg yolk, lemon peel, gin, cinnamon stick, nutmeg and several cloves.
Ginger Rum (Caribbean)
Take a big glass jar. Fill it halfway up with fresh ginger, pour white rum to the top and put the lid on. Let it stand for about two weeks and "roll" the jar two times a day. After two weeks the rum turn golden, this means that it is ready. Serve straight in small glasses.
What can i say.. They loved their Rum!
Flip
12 oz Ale
1 oz Brandy
1 oz Lemon Juice
1 Egg yolk
1 tbsp Granulated Sugar
1/4 tsp ground Ginger
So you see, apart from the looting, pillaging and plundering, pirates weren't such bad people after all. That's if you go beyond their bad breath and outrageously stinkful bodies, you'll find a fun loving weirdo who after hard day of man slaughterer just wanted to have some light heated fun.
And that's how we want to remember them.. So let go at times, be a little weird, have a little fun, be a tinsy winsy psychopath.. umm ok don't be a psychopath! But all the other good things i just said out there..
You know what i mean.. grab an eye patch, make yourself a wooden peg, tie a bandanna, wear funny hats..
and as they say "Hoist a new figurehead to yer litany of misdeeds!"
That actually just means putting up a new profile pic on facebook.. But you can do more than that! =)
APPENDIX
- Ahoy " Hello!"
- Avast! " Hey! " or "Who goes there?
- Blimey! "An exclamation of surprise"
- Booty "Loot"
- Davy Jones' locker "The bottom of the sea"
- Me "A piratical way to say "my"
- Me hearties "Typical way for a pirate leader to address his crew"
- Matey "A piratical way to address someone in a cheerful, friendly fashion"
- Pillage "To raid, rob, and sack a target ashore"
- Pirate "A seagoing robber and murderer. Contrast with privateer"
- Rum (noun) "Traditional pirate drink"
- Wench "A young woman or girl, especially a peasant girl"
