Cap'n Coyote

Arrr! Just missed gettin' 'ere on th' day itself. 'appy birthday, Mate!

How did I miss this one?

“Pirates”: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

”Who’ll make his mark”, the captain cried.

”To the devil drink a toast.

We’ll glut the hold with cups of gold

And we’ll feed the sea with ghosts

I see your hunger for a fortune

Could be better served beneath my flag

If you’ve the stomach for a broadside

Come aboard my pretty boys

I will take you and make you

Everything you’ve ever dreamed.”

”Make fast the guns tonight we sail

when the high tide floods the bay,

cut free the lines and square the yards

get the black flag stowed away

the Turk, the Arab, the Spaniard

will soon have pennies on their eyes

and any other laden fancy

we will take her by surprise

I will take you and make you

Everything you’ve ever dreamed.”

Six days off the Cuban coast when a sail ahead the spied

”A galleon of the treasure fleet,’ the mizzen lookout cried

”Closer to the wind my boys,” the mad-eyed captain roared

”For every man that’s alive tonight will be hauling gold aboard.”

”Spare us,” the galleon begged but mercy’s face had fled

Blood ran from the screaming souls the cutlass harvested

Driven to the quarter deck the last survivor fell

”She’s ours my boys,” the Captain grinned ”and no one left to tell.”

The Captain rose from a silk divan

With a pistol in his fist

And shot the lock from an iron box

And a blood red ruby kissed

”I give you jewelry of turquoise

A crucifix of solid gold

One hundred thousand silver pieces

It is just as I foretold

You... You see there before you everything

You’ve ever dreamed.”

Anchored in an indigo moonlit bay

Gold-eyed ‘round fires the sea thieves lay

Morning... white shells and a pipe of clay

As the wind filled their footsteps

They were far... far... away.

”Our sails swell full as we brave all seas

On a westward wind to live as we please

With the wicked wild-eyed woman of Portobello town

Where we’ve been told that a purse of gold

Buys many man a crown

They will serve you and clothe you

Exchange your rags for the velvet coats of Kings.”

”Who’ll drink a toast with me

I give you Liberty

This town is ours... tonight.”

”Landlord, wine make it the finest

Make it a cup for a sea dogs thirst

Two long years of bones and beaches

Fever and leeches did their worst

So fill the night with paradise

Bring me peach and peacock till I burst

But first, I want a soft touch in the right place

I want to feel like a King tonight

Ten on the black to beat the Frenchman

Back you dogs give ’em room to turn

Now open wide sweet Heaven’s gates

Tonight we’re gonna see if Heaven burns

See how she burns... Oh she burns

I want an angel on a gold chain

And I’ll ride her to the stars

It’s the last time for a long long time

Come the daybreak, we embark...”

On the flood of the morning tide

Once more the ocean cried.

”This company will return one day

Though we feel your tears it’s the price we pay

For there’s prizes to be taken and glory to be found

Cut free the chains make fast your souls

We are Eldorado bound...

I will take you always forever together

Until hell call our names...”

”Who’ll drink a toast with me

To the devil and the deep blue sea

Gold drives a man... to dream!”

One of my favorite parts is actually a technical matter. In many scenes belowdecks, there was no "incidental" music, and you could hear the various creakings and other ship's noises very clearly. In a dark theater, with a good digital surround sound system, it really added to the ambience.

Welcome back, El P! Hope everything went well for you.

Wishin' ye a fine day o' floggin'! Givin' or receivin', whichever is yer preference!

'ave a good one, Lass!

Just got back from seeing Master and Commander (sometimes it pays off to pull part-time at a theater). What an incredible movie. I'm not going to post any details, but it was well worth losing sleep over.

Looks nice and dark.

When I first heard about it, I was not impressed...then I saw the trailer.

I love the makeup for the mermaids in their brief appearance (especially the webbed hands), and I like the music they used. If anyone is curious, the song is Clocks by Coldplay.

'appy Birthday, Lass!

Damn pirates...

Wow, a Simon and Garfunkel lyric and a Firesign Theatre quote.

You guys rock.

It seems to me that Disney is desperately pushing their animated stuff ever since Pixar cleaned up with Nemo.

I believe Iron Bess mentioned in another thread that Disney was hedging their bets on PotC. Not being sure it would be profitable, they did not stock up on merchandise.

I say we nick him and troll him for bait behind the boat. After all. Sharks have to eat too.

With a hearty "So long, Chum!"

Seein' it Thursday night!

Course, for us visual learners, the upshot of all that is that you can get the DVD and watch it with subtitles to learn the vocabulary, then see what it applies to as the movie goes on.

Found this whilst surfing. Some of you may find it of interest:

Jack Sparrow study

Best wishes, El P. Thinking of you and yours.

I've seen the books on basic knotwork. What would be a good resource for the decorative stuff?

Marlinespike is the art of seamanship that includes the tying of various knots, splicing, working with cable or wire rope, worming, parceling, serving and even making decorative ornaments from rope or line.

The name marlinespike is derived from the tool that is used for splicing. It can be a tapered metal pin or carved of wood. Alternate spellings include marlinspike, marlin spike, marlingspike.

I'm not sure, but a fid may be the same thing. Can anyone confirm?

Stynky!

I knows ye gots all kinds a time on yer hands. Put down that barnanar cream pie and git us pirates what likes ter sing an appropriate smiley!

Writing or researching!

Or Beta Testing!!!

(Beta'd Diablo II)

Yes, Norn. We know. Take two flaming marshmellies and have a nice lie down. That's it...rest now.

If you tell me you won't release it on DVD, I'll nail yer...etc.

'appy birthday to all o' ye!

Cheers three times over!

you must have found the rope from my high sc hool days=all pink and shades therof.

now my rope be black-white-white/blue.

looking for some red

tack shop has some purple.

hmmm...

Captweaver,

If you need ropes of certain colors, try checking your local outdoor sports stores. Rock-Climbing rope is available in all sorts of "Hurt your eyes" combinations, as well as "boring" colors, too.

(it's also rated for about a 2000 pound tensile strength :) )

Well, me #1 wench ain't gonna let me stay fer th' strippers, so I'll queue up some Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and some Boston and leave ye to it.

Night all. Enjoy th' cake.

*Exits*

If I understand the website correctly, they will try to raise her soon? Do they have any info on how close they are to their target $ figure?