Capn_Enigma

Whatever you say, sir. I happen to concur with the immortal Dirty Harry on the subject of opinions.

Avec plaisir! But if the great Foxe says that there is no treasure, so be it!

Another misinformation. I know of at least one newspaper account in the Liverpool Transscript wherein the Money Pit is mentioned already in 1857. There may be more, but this is one I am aware of before 1860. Perchance you should check your sources, sir.

You have been rather badly misinformed. After digging, McGinnis found a layer of flagstones and thereafter, a layer of logs every 10 feet. McGinnis abandons the digging at a depth of 30 feet. In 1804, the Onslow Company arrived at the Money Pit and resumed digging, finding more layers of wooden logs, charcoal, putty and coconut fibre at 40, 50 and 60 feet. They kept on digging until they reached 98 feet, where they struck something that sounded like another wooden platform. By that time, the soil of the Pit had become waterlogged and they had started to bail out the water. Since the sun was setting, they decided to call it a day and knock it off. When they returned the next morning, they discovered that the Pit was flooded up to the 33 foot marking, and the water could not be bailed out. Seems to me that there is pretty convincing evidence that someone made a large effort to hide something on Oak Island.

Seems to me that although the existence of a treasure on Oak Island is as of yet not proven, just stating "There is none" doesn't disprove anything.

Hence the expression "Foxe Holes".

Are you threatening me?

Jolie Rouge. And yes, the plain red flag meant: I give no quarter, nor do I accept any.

That'd make me very wary!

It is common knowledge among sailors that earrings were worn to finance a decent burial, just in case.

For all of you who are into Seti@Home, I have just created a team there called "Pastafarians Of The Caribbean". Come and join today! Also, there are articles at several wikis now: Wikipedia and, more elaborate Uncyclopedia

Ramen to that!

Aye pyratbabe! And don't miss the wonderful new flash game! Touch the unbelievers with His Noodly Appendage to convert them into pirates! I see you at the beer volcano! May you be forever be touched by His Noodly Appendage!

I have heard of an English synchronized version some years ago. Then there are, of course, the German and French versions as shown on TV, though I am not aware of any commercial VHS/ DVD version. The German version is also available via P2P. And there is the wonderful soundtrack available from Amazon.

A 12-year-old boy accidentally killed himself as he tried to imitate Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean, an inquest has heard. More here.

Excellent choice! I have to admit, I am a little biased when it comes to this series, as I first saw it in the early 70s when I was 7 years or so. Me onesies and me friends used to make treasure maps according to the map shown in the opening credits and replay scenes from it ("I calls my parrot Cap'n Flint, after the famous buccaneer, ...") I have seen it several times since then, and it did stand the test of 30 years. But here's another impartial review.

Avast there, me mateys! I hope that ev'ryone o' you is aware of the upcoming Sept 19 "Talk Like A Pirate Day"! More information on this here website! Arrr!

Clearly you have never seen the German/ French 4 part miniseries "Die Schatzinsel" from 1966. Ivor Dean as Long John Silver came acrosss much more threateningly than the partly serious, partly comic Tim Curry in MTI. Although made on a limited budget, the miniseries still is the only near accurate film version of Robert Louis Stevenson's book.

Clement Wragge, an Australian meteorologist, started that tradition at the end of the 19th century. He used female names as well as names of politicians that had offended him.

Let's not forget Franc(o)is Le Clerc, one of the first pirates of the Spanish Main (his nickname was "Jambe De Bois", "wooden leg").

You'll want The Ashley Book Of Knots, then. Price US$50, but with its 4,000 knots and applications worth every darn penny of it.

Nawww there ain't, and everything to the contrary is just a heretic rumor. May you forever be touched by His Noodly Appendage! Ramen!

You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. For your interest, I have included a graph of the approximate number of pirates versus the average global temperature over the last 200 years. As you can see, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature. For more information, click here.

Actually, when it was implemented as the general distress call, SOS did not stand for anything. They merely took morse letters that even a morse novice could decipher: dot dot dot - dash dash dash - dot dot dot It is an urban myth that it stands for "Save Our Souls". However, it is true that the previous distress call, CQD, stands for "Come Quick, Danger".

Why, thanks, CaptainCiaran! I had good connections to members of the Titanic, Inc. salvor company. That's how I acquired the coal. The rust I got in the Hamburg exhibition in an unobserved moment (the guards were busy reprimanding a child that was messing around with a giant scale model of the wreck), so I seized the opportunity and snatched a big piece of rust that had fallen to the ground off a salvaged bollard behind a barrier. As for the Nomadic, she was in Paris until April, 2004. She now is Le Havre and in grave danger of sinking. After all, she is almost 100 years old! She is supposed to be auctioned off anytime soon.