Pirate Quotes, Jokes, and Sayings.

[Pandie]

Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.

The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate.

Life’s pretty good, and why wouldn’t it be? I’m a pirate, after all.

It is when pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves.

Where there is a sea there are pirates.

Take what you can, give nothing back

Ahoy! lets trouble the water!

To err is human , To Arr is Pirate

Rules of Swashbuckling, #3 Swing on ropes whenever possible

Piracy, a viable career option

Dead men don’t bite

I don't think much of our profession, but contrasted with respectability, 'tis comparitivly honset

[Pandie]

Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew were in danger of being boarded by a pirate ship. As the crew became frantic, the captain bellowed to his First Mate, "Bring me my red shirt!". The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which the captain put on and lead the crew to battle the pirate boarding party. Although some casualties occurred among the crew, the pirates were repelled.

Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two pirate vessels sending boarding parties. The crew cowered in fear, but the captain calm as ever bellowed, "Bring me my red shirt!". The battle was on, and once again the Captain and his crew repelled both boarding parties, although this time more casualties occurred.

Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night recounting the day's occurrences when an ensign looked to the Captain and asked, "Sir, why did you call for your red shirt before the battle?". The Captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can give, exhorted, "If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does not show the wound and thus, you men will continue to fight unafraid". The men sat in silence marveling at the courage of such a man.

As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there were pirate ships, 10 of them, all with boarding parties on their way. The men became silent and looked to their Captain for his usual command. The Captain, calm as ever, bellowed, "Bring me my brown pants!!