December 5 - Annual Day of the Ninja

[Ron]

For those who don't wish to talk like a Pirate.



http://dayoftheninja.com/index2.html

[Manedwolf]

That's not a very realistic pirate.

Besides, pirates had their own ships, and plenty of rum. Who would be more fun at a party? 

[The Viking]

That's not a very realistic pirate.

Besides, pirates had their own ships, and plenty of rum. Who would be more fun at a party? 

Mmm, rum. Yummy .

[K Frame]

Pirates also tended to have lots of wenches.

Ninjas? Quasi-ascetic lives devoted to rigorous training. Not a lot of wenches in the picture.

Of course, pirate wenches tended to have lots of nasty social diseases...

[Manedwolf]

Pirates also tended to have lots of wenches.

Ninjas? Quasi-ascetic lives devoted to rigorous training. Not a lot of wenches in the picture.

Of course, pirate wenches tended to have lots of nasty social diseases...

There were exceptions. Calico Jack Rackham had two women who were his lovers and who fought as pirates as well, which was pretty much unheard of.

[jefnvk]

Of course, pirate wenches tended to have lots of nasty social diseases...

But as either, you aren't living long enough to be killed by an STD, and meds can take care of the rest......

[Manedwolf]

Blackbeard once raided a port just to demand a medical kit. Pirates could do that sort of thing.

[AZRedhawk44]

Blackbeard once raided a port just to demand a medical kit. Pirates could do that sort of thing.

That proves it... Hillary is a pirate, intent on stealing our medicine for folks who didn't earn it.   

[K Frame]

Blackbeard once raided a port just to demand a medical kit. Pirates could do that sort of thing.

AARGH! We be needin' mercury! AARGH!

[El Tejon]

Bah, ninjas just sneak in and steal the medical kit.  Besides a ninja can go out in the woods and make medicine from the Chinese herbal remedies brought to Japan.

[Manedwolf]

Bah, ninjas just sneak in and steal the medical kit.  Besides a ninja can go out in the woods and make medicine from the Chinese herbal remedies brought to Japan.

That must be why the ninjas died out. Lead poisoning.

[Balog]

Well, you've gotta avoid the pirate wenches, everyone knows that. Hence the raiding; you need fresh wenches.

[mustanger98]

Pirates also tended to have lots of wenches.

Ninjas? Quasi-ascetic lives devoted to rigorous training. Not a lot of wenches in the picture.

Of course, pirate wenches tended to have lots of nasty social diseases...

There were exceptions. Calico Jack Rackham had two women who were his lovers and who fought as pirates as well, which was pretty much unheard of.

Rackham (sp?) was an idiot. He got drunk and, against the urging of the women who were topside with him, told the British who they were. Rackham was hanged. The two women were imprisoned to be hanged pending delivery of their children... one died in childbirth and the other disappeared from the records. That said, Jack and Ann did set a record. However, for numbers of ships taken, Black Bart Roberts has them all beat.

[mustanger98]

Blackbeard once raided a port just to demand a medical kit. Pirates could do that sort of thing.

AARGH! We be needin' mercury! AARGH!

I just realized this one... mercury... ya'll ever heard the phrase "mad as a hatter"? That came from mercury's use in the manufacturing of felt hats... hatters often went mad from exposure to mercury. I wonder how many STD carriers went mad from using mercury as a remedy.

[seeker_two]

Yeah....but who would go watch a movie called "NINJAS OF THE CARRIBEAN"?..... 

[vaskidmark]

I'm sorry, but I had better things to do.

Tuesday night at 11:30 I started celebrating the repeal opf Prohibition.  After taking a tour of the distilled products of Ireland and Scotland, I worked my way Westward via the Carribean (where I saw no pirates) to the USA where I stopped for samplings from seveeral of the States.  Crossing the northern Paciffic I was greeted by and communed with representatives of several Asian nations - avoiding a repeat of the 1970 encounter with the dreaded "Bannana Rum", a psychedelic corrosive cruciform of the worst kind.  I saw no ninjas, but did encounter some very fine Japanese, and Chinese of wonderful character.

As the day wore on, I boldly crosses the steppes and entered Europe.  Things became a little hazy then, as there was a great controversy to between the quality of distilled and brewed, as well as that whole grape vs. grain notion to be sorted out.  These issues slowed my progress considerably, and the close of the day was approaching while I still had Central and South America, as well as the Southern Pacific to attend to.

Fearing a great mental confusion, as well as possible physical disorientation, which might be caused by moving too quickly, I decided that I would extend the time for celebration and allow myself a full additional 24 hours to complete my journey.  I gladly report that I was able to cross both New Zealand and Australia off my itinerary before dinnertime yesterday.  I returned home via a stopover in Japan to complete my till-then incomplete sampling of brewed grain products.

I awoke at 8 AM to a feeling of complete disorientation and a great cacophony.  I have, based on initial though spotty reoprts, determined that the Japanese are somehow to blame for this state of affairs.

And to add insult to injury, some young clown in an ROTC uniform just wished me a "Happy Pearl Harbor Day".  Had I been able to swivel my head to perform a double-take, I might have raised my voice above the mere whisper I can barely tolerate to fill in the gaps in his understanding of the day.

There, I think I've covered everything.

stay safe.

skidmark