Saskia

I voted "what's a boat" because although I have been sailing in the past on boats I don't own, it has been aaaaaaaages since I stepped on to one. Unfortunately. I just don't get the opportunity. I've applied for a sponsorship to go sailing on the Leeuwin in June/July this year, though, since I'm too poor to pay the whole thing myself. The Leeuwin is a 55-foot tall ship... I think a brig, but I'm not too crash -hot on my terms. It's three-masted, mostly square rigged, but with some lateens as well. It's used as a sail training ship. Here's a link, if you want to find out more. http://www.leeuwin.com/

I did it with my middle name included and got Deadeye Maggie- but since we already have a Maggie, I took out the middle name and it came up with Blackspot Rose. I kind of like the name Rose, actually

aaawwww they are so cute!

I think it started when me Mum made me middle name Marina (ocean). Like Wolfy, I always loved the sea... A very early memory of mine is going shopping with Mum and being allowed to buy one of those books on tape. (abridged, with a book to read along with) She wanted me to choose Peter Rabbit... but I wanted Treasure Island. Actually I was a bit scared of it at first because I listened to it by myself while my parents were out. But later I decided I loved it again, and eventually I got around to reading the actual unabridged version of it - which I loved even more. I think I like the romantic icea of Pirate than the actual pirates. I don't really know much about pirates but I'm aware of the havoc they caused... even if they did have some codes or something. PotC had a lot of influence on me too, though , and Peter Pan as someone else said. And just general tales of the High Seas, mostly by R.L. Stevenson (that genious...)

Aye, Happy birthday, me lass!

Good on ya, mate, we're all proud of ya! Sorry your trophy's gone missing... but here! *produces a trophy from her loot* Just try to ignore that it says "Best New Artist: Natalie Imruglia" on the side...

How about... How do pirates defend their country? They join the ARRRmy. What do you call a pirate who likes to make coffee? A bARRista. Oooh and how about this? What would you get if you put pirates in a famous sci-fi flick? DARRRth Vader. Ahaha.

Wow! I knew parrots were smart, but I didn't know they were that smart. That's fascinating. yeah they probably will take over the world someday... imagine in a few thousand years there'll be parrots with human slaves, and parrot children in school will be learning about the great interspecies war of 8926. Except they'll probably change the dating system. I wonder how they would do it... would they start at zero from the point of winning the war? That seems most likely. And they would celebrate parrot liberation day every year, that would be their biggest celebration. ... sorry I get carried away sometimes

Ah, all quality quality jokes... by the way, did you get the "drives me nuts" one from the PotC fandom? I saw it there, anyway... I don't think I know any... good pirate jokes.