Piratical Proverbs - Let's cross Zen with Arghhh

[DaveL]

It's not the look of the Mr Blobby, but the Mr Blobby inside us all that counts.

YArrrr...

I think there is sumthin for all of us in that one

[Black Bart]

Speak for yourself matey!

[Opsa]

Y'Arrrr, the Mr. Blobby inside of me doesn't know OW to count!

_{oi was hoping he'd show me...}

[anthrobabe]

Opsa I can 'elp ye get to 10, but then ye be on yer own

firs off sits down and takes off ye boots

(not you DaveL---- the stink'll kill us, and fellas no cheatin to 11(or 13 or whatever) by droppin ye drawers)

[Black Bart]

"A cutlass is a means to an end, not an end to mean old git"

[Opsa]

Any mean old git what gits atween me an' me doubloons will git a taste o' me cutlass and oi don't cares what Chuang Tzu has ter say about it!

[Rev. Rowan Redbeard]

A Pirate Haiku

Avast, ye mateys!
lamplight gleams off a cutlass
reeking fish head stew

[Opsa]

Cor, it's like poetry or something. RR, come join us at the haiku game here:
(some one has written the first two lines, you supply the last line of the haiku and write the first two lines of the next one) http://toadfishmonastery.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=32&topic=69.new#new

[pieces o nine]

From the Aye Ching
Hexagram Nine: Small Plunderin:

1. The first NINE, undivided, be a pirate returnin from the pubbes an pursuin his own ship. What open boat should he fall into? There be good fortune.

2. The second NINE, undivided, be a pirate returnin to is proper route. There be good fortune.

3. The third NINE, undivided, be a keel, the rope beneath bein removed. Nothing be lost.

4. The fourth SIX, divided, be a pirate protestin innosense. The danger of angin be averted, and all charges dismissed. There be no misfortune.

5. The fifth NINE, undivided, be a pirate buyin a round o drinks, and drawin his mates to his bosom. Rich in booty, he hires some wenches.

6. The topmost NINE, undivided, be a storm brewin, and progress thwarted. But a cabin boy hexercisin restraint, however firm and correct he be, be in a position of peril. If the captain flogs his crew there will be mutiny.

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The Aye Ching be a mysterious guide, best pondered after a few tankards of ale.
Next week we'll look at hexagram XXVI: Great Plunderin.

[Griffin NoName]

     

I swear by that book !

[pieces o nine]

From the Aye Ching
Twenty-Six Great: Great Plunderin:

1. The first NINE, undivided, shows a cabin boy in a perilous position. It will be advantageous for him to stop his retreat.

2. The second NINE, undivided, be a great chest, the hinges an strappin' bein' removed. Nothing be lost iffen dead men tell no tales.

3. The third NINE, undivided, shows a pirate cap'n urging on his men wif a cat o'nine. Hit will be good fortune to press on wif all haste.

4. The fourth SIX, divided, shows a young bilge rat. There will be great good fortune in the galley.

5. The fifth NINE, divided, shows the teeth of a castrated hog. There will be good fortune. [NB: I did *not* edit this one!]

6. The topmost NINE, undivided, shows a pirate in command o' the crow's nest, on th' watch fer a proper island hideyway. There will be great fortune iffen it be shared out among few mates.

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The Aye Ching be a mysterious guide, best pondered after a few tankards of ale. Oi'll be off to ave one now an ponder me yarrow sticks.

[Black Bart]

A wench in me hand is worth two behind The Olde Bushe.

[Opsa]

In a Zen monastery they sez "OM". Here we sez "YARRRRGH..."

Y(eee) signifois the launching of yer ship into new territory.

A(ahhh) represents yer basic happy mouth noises as ye pillage new stuff and knowledge an that, etc.

RRRRRGH(rr) is the sound of slowing down again at the end of the day to drink and count yer coin.

... (silent) is fer after you've used everything up and sit and think about yer next voyage.

[Black Bart]

Aaaaaargh...it be the SILENT part wot these Pirates keeps gettin wrong...the only Pirate I knows who can hover silently like a Ninja be Cap'n Cronan an that's because he be dead or undead or somat.

[Black Bart]

Oh...I forgot HEADLESS HARRY...he be quite quiet.