Posted on 05/15/2008 3:29:13 PM PDT by forkinsocket
I liked him when he was clean cut in 21 Jump Street.
Now he’s just too greasy for my taste.
Actually Bluebeard was a landlubber, not a pirate. However Edward Thatch (Blackbeard) was a pirate, and a fine one at that. Thatch was a great believer in public relations. He wore a baldric equipped with at least 6 pistols, stuck lit slow matches up under his hat, so that when he attacked a ship his face was wreathed in smoke,”like the very devil himself”. When he captured a ship and thought the crew was holding out treasure on him, he started threatening with death, then got inventive. However, when researchers started to look closely at his career and that of his associate,”Black Sam” Bellamy, they found that with over 300 ships taken between them, there were precisely 0 casualties. Actually firing upon a ship risked loosing any possible plunder, and the ship was valuable in it's own right. Getting into any type of sword fight or close quarters pistol work risked your own skin, all that lovely booty goes for naught if your own personal booty is sharkbait. Yes, Thatch shot his own quartermaster, Israel Hands under the table once, just to remind the crew who he was. But, Hands survived and remained loyal to Blackbeard right till the end. None of this excuses Blackbeard or any of the other pirates for their actions, some of who were just as bloodthirsty as legend tells. They should have known that taking the product of others labor through fear, intimidation, and deadly force if necessary, is the proper role of government, and not independent contractors.
Arrrggggghhhhh, shipmate. I be off then. If’n ye be seein’ the rat, tell him Cap’in Frank ‘as the black spot fer ‘im.
Keep yer stern to the cosmic wind an’ grog in yer cup!
Fare thee well, mate!
hahahahaha
Oh, let us Ladies have some fun; it’s just eye candy and we’re all Hale and Hearty Lasses! Post your own version. Let’s see your taste in “eye-candy.”
P.S. It’s not so much Depp as it is the Pirate-thing. To each her own. :)
Well...maybe not, LOL! I’m guessing it most likely involves bunnies and slippers... ;)
Good. Then we won’t have to fight over him, unlike a coworker who insists he’s hers. (lol)
Umm. Recently, Sweeney Todd, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Earlier, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare On Elm Street, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Crybaby, Dead Man, Donnie Brasco, From Hell.
Always ratty, wispy hair, blacked over eyes ... a “type” ...
Made for teen girls.
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