Desert Pyrate Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Ok mates... I've got this friend who feels underqualified to be a pirate. I think (nay, I *know*!) she's got it in her to join our sweet trade, but she don't be feelin' right about lettin' go with an ARRRR. Says she holds it in! What can I be tellin' her? And just what makes ye a bonafide qualified pyrate, anyway? Help me out, mates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjöröveren Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I hate to contradict the eternal wisdom of Monty Python, but in this case, I think the most important question may indeed be: "Do you have your own hat?" If she does, she's in. If she doesn't, she's in, she'll just need to get a hat. And lots of other cool stuff. Because when yer a pirate, it's all about the swag. the Fool's Gold Pirates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maraudin Sparky Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Some are born pirate, some gain pirateyness, and some have piracy thrust upon them! I think a good sense of tenacity in doing anything to get that treasure be the best thing... oh and some desire to be free from the constrictions, laws and morals that society chains you with... As for the 'Arrr', how about getting her drunk, and then mebbe you could 'thrust' some pirateyness upon her You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. William Blake (Proverbs of Hell , (1790)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selestia Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 What makes a qualified pirate? State of mind and heart! If you think it and feel it....then you are a pirate! ~Selestia~ First Wench Pyrates Of the Eastern Sea Email - pyratesoftheeasternsea@usa.com Website - Pyrates Of The Eastern Sea Pirate Reenactor - Tales Of The Seven Seas website - Tales Of The Seven Seas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wildest dream come true ~or~ worst nightmare realized.... the choice is NOT yours.... it all depends on which mood I'm in .... and.... how much rum there is to drink! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalinda Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 ...but she don't be feelin' right about lettin' go with an ARRRR. .... Oh, tell her that's the easy part. It starts in the back of the throat.... then just let it rip...... kinda slow at first and then add a little feral growl...... Like this....... ARRRGGGh ! Try a short one if that's too much... Argh. Again: with a little more panache....... ARRRGGGGHHHH !!!! Practice repeatedly until it becomes natural and just rolls out. Then go buy a flintlock and some powder. Say Arrrgggh while you're loading it and as you squeeze off a few rounds. Presto! You're a P I R A T E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hearted Pearl Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I said me first public Arrrrgh! this weekend. I just took the plunge and sat next to this 12 year boy and said Arrrrgh! It took all I had not to break into a big giant grin to match his. Me eyes are starting to tear just thinking about it. Just have her try it out on a youngin, and she'll be hooked fer good. Arrrrgh! :angry: ~Black Hearted Pearl The optimist expects the wind. The pessimist complains about the wind. The realist adjusts the sails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilgemunky Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 See, that's the trouble with stereotypes - you don't need to say "Arrr" to be a pirate - we're a much more diverse group than that. For example, I've never been one for "arrr," but have found that "yarrrr" comes much more naturally. My brother, on the other hand, is a firm believer in "arrrggg," which I've never been too fond of, but each to their own, I sez. And best of all, you don't need to choose only one. Every now and then I think "yarrr" isn't quite saying all that needs said, and so I step it up a notch to "yarrggg," but this is best used sparingly. I AM BILGEMUNKY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King's Pyrate Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 but she don't be feelin' right about lettin' go with an ARRRR. Takes lots of Grog fer some....then ye might get more then Arrrrhhh out of her....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Bess Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I understand your friend's feelings: I, too, felt under-qualified to be a pirate. I'm not a sailor, a reinactor, a historian, swordfighter or belly-dancer. I don't know how to work a pistol, cutlass or cannon -- and I don't even have my own hat. I had been reading about pirates, writing about pirates and I have a few piratey things about the house. But I never really thought of myself as being a pirate until I found you mates here. That's when I discovered that being a pirate isn't about forcing yourself to say "arrg" or "yarr" --- it was about feeling the "arrrg" down deep inside. Yes, you have helped me get in touch with my inner pirate. And it's the greatest feeling of all. So now, of course, I want all the swag that goes with it. "Because when you're a professional pirate, you're always in the best of company!" Get your friend in the company of other pirates, and she be on account in no time! :) Ladies in Scarlet: Piratical Art and Accessories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Pyrate Posted March 17, 2004 Author Share Posted March 17, 2004 That's when I discovered that being a pirate isn't about forcing yourself to say "arrg" or "yarr" --- it was about feeling the "arrrg" down deep inside. Yes, you have helped me get in touch with my inner pirate. That, me mate, has to be one of the strangest things I've ever read. On the other hand, it's true! And on yet another hand, it sounds like a pyrate inspiration/self-help book. ...I wonder if we could write one of those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Bess Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 That's when I discovered that being a pirate isn't about forcing yourself to say "arrg" or "yarr" --- it was about feeling the "arrrg" down deep inside. Yes, you have helped me get in touch with my inner pirate. That, me mate, has to be one of the strangest things I've ever read. On the other hand, it's true! And on yet another hand, it sounds like a pyrate inspiration/self-help book. ...I wonder if we could write one of those... I be a poster-child for pirate self-help! "The Arrgg Inside: Getting In Touch with Your Inner Pirate" by Red Bess Keep a weather eye out for it, mate. A best-seller in the makin', to be sure! Ladies in Scarlet: Piratical Art and Accessories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spydre Rogue Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 That's when I discovered that being a pirate isn't about forcing yourself to say "arrg" or "yarr" --- it was about feeling the "arrrg" down deep inside. Yes, you have helped me get in touch with my inner pirate. That, me mate, has to be one of the strangest things I've ever read. On the other hand, it's true! And on yet another hand, it sounds like a pyrate inspiration/self-help book. ...I wonder if we could write one of those... I be a poster-child for pirate self-help! "The Arrgg Inside: Getting In Touch with Your Inner Pirate" by Red Bess Keep a weather eye out for it, mate. A best-seller in the makin', to be sure! Arrr.... What th' Devil....?! I think I be in ther wrong thread. Which way ta th' booze, wimmin, an sword fights? -Spydre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Tito Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Tell her it just be fun too matey. I agree and relate with all ye who brought it out without knowin how to sail. Its in ye and its tons o fun once its out. :) <span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Have Parrot Bay, will travel. WILL SHARE TOO!!!</span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captscurvyscrew Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 I was one of the ones who had piracy in me to begin with, but had the stereotypical Arrgh! stuff thrown into my job. I used to play Blackbeard the pirate for Teach's Hole Pirate Museum in Ocracoke NC and loved it, until the tourist kids wanted me to be a more "storybook" type pirate. I love entertaining the little ones, but not all pirates had a peg leg, plus an eye patch, plus a parrot, pluss said Arrrgh at the end of every sentance. Tell your friend to do what I did, find a middle ground. Being a pirate is acting out a character that you want to be. It's living an adventure of your own mind creation. Don't let her feel that she has to be like every example hollywood and storybooks have made of pirates, but b whatever type of pirate your friend wants to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Tiny Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 captscurvyscrew has got the right of it. Just tell her ta be herself in the free society o' them what is in the sweet trade. That part of her what is a pyrate will come ta the surface in good time.. The Almighty knows that be what happened with me, and me crew has been tryin' ta stuff it back down ever since! Evil Tiny I'm not really evil...oh wait...yes I am! Discipline is on the severe side of harsh, and I likes it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunting Hawk Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 According to Confuscious, or Sacratis or one o' them old wise guys. "It may take years to discover yer inner pirate. But with prayer, meditation and plenty o' rum ye'll be scuttlin ships wi' the best o them. Aaarrrrrgggghhh!" I think, therefor I am. Or maybe I just think I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkeo Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Let me try to sum up what a lot of us are trying to say......With a lot of alcohol, letting go of reality, a little time, and a whole lot of attitude your friend will be a pirate in no time..... In the mean time, I'd like to give you some advice that has been passed down from generation to generation in my family. It is a simple one word saying that has helped me get by in life and you have to say it loud and proud that word is: DRINK!!!!!! Help Pyrate Minicity grow, click a link below! Pyrate Population Pyrate Transportation Pyrate Industry http://pyrate.myminicity.com/sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captian Wolfy Wench Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 So are there just no underage pirates, or are they better pirates BECAUSE they're underage?? Or what about clean pirates...? *nervous glance* But jailbailt no more, muahaha! Captain Wolfy Wench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The WildHair'd Wench Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 I often feel underqualified which feelings grow less and less with the more I drink. She'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Dumplin Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 A pirate is a feeling an atitude . Bring her to an event and she will become a pirate, have fun thats what i do. Keep the wind to your back , and the rum full in your mug, and your mates close by your side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 And on yet another hand, it sounds like a pyrate inspiration/self-help book. ...I wonder if we could write one of those... I be a poster-child for pirate self-help! "The Arrgg Inside: Getting In Touch with Your Inner Pirate" by Red Bess Keep a weather eye out for it, mate. A best-seller in the makin', to be sure! How I found Pyracy in an unfree world? Your Pyratical Zones? The Atkins 30 day Pyrate Diet (only eat what you steal)? Ooooooh the possibilities.... Drop a kitten six feet, and she grins... Drop an elephant six feet, and ya gots yerself a mess ta clean up.... Sometimes bein' the biggest and most powerful is the LAST thing you wanna be..... Mad Ozymandias Zorg the Unsnottered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkeo Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Pirate self-help: translation: take anything and everything that you can stumble away with. Help Pyrate Minicity grow, click a link below! Pyrate Population Pyrate Transportation Pyrate Industry http://pyrate.myminicity.com/sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Pyrate Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 Well mates... she be a pyrate now. Leastwise, she's a-comin' t' an event. Watch fer her on the Royaliste o'er the Fourth o' July event in Redwood City. She'll be a-sailin', a-cursin' and a-firin' the cannons jus' like she were born t' it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMORIST Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 yyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr I love a happy endin,yyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr OH YEA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratelassie Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Happy endings are absolutely luvverly. I likes 'em. Unfortunately, I have a slightly piratical problem right about now too. Ye see, it started like this. The principal o'me high school is retirin' right, so the school's havin' a dinner ta give 'im a sendoff. 'E an' 'is wife are movin' ta Florida, and so the student-councilly type folks (meself included) have to wait tables at this seated dinner fer the school. The theme fer dress is Florida. So I figured I could wear me pirate kit because of the whole Pirates in Paradise deal. I was wicked excited all week. So last night, me mother gets wind o' me plans, and gives me a big lecture about how I have to be a team player and support the whole thing and yadda yadda yadda. I sez, pirates weren't team players with their normal society, and I think my piratical style should not be cramped. Aarrrrrrghh. So, I'll be wearin' a cutesy tropical outfit thanks ta the mum (I luv 'er, really, but how frustrating.) and accessorizing with pirate gear. Thanks fer puttin' up wi' me rantin's an' ravin's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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