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[Doggy Styles]

Why are they called the Pirate Party?

It's because...

[Andy2]

Sweden’s Pirate Party, which wants an internet filesharing free-for-all, is one of the surprise entrants to the European Parliament after winning 7.4 per cent of the vote.

Aaaaar

So all the potnoodlers voted for them

[SallyAnne]

Anyone know the history of "the Jolly Rodger"?

No, but i have made Roger very jolly, on more than one occassion

[ace00]

Sweden’s Pirate Party, which wants an internet filesharing free-for-all, is one of the surprise entrants to the European Parliament after winning 7.4 per cent of the vote.

Aaaaar

[Churchill]

Shamelessly stolen from http://www.talklikeapirate.com

Roger Tennant was a disgruntled haberdasher and experimental tailor. He is credited with designing the first “Beer Hat” which employed technology far ahead of its time – 1647. Two tankards were cleverly strapped to the wearers head and leathery tubes (made of finest sheep entrails) wound around the wearers head and led directly to the mouth. This was popular attire at bear-baiting and public hanging events.

Kendrick also pioneered the field of “T-shirt” design. While he was not a professional fashion designer, he was an enthusiastic amateur. In fact, the “T” in T-Shirt stands for “Tennant.” At the time, folks would say, “Oh! Thou art wearing a Tennant, aren’t thou?” He even began writing short saying to put on the front of his Tennant Shirts – for instance, a man’s shirt might read, “If I Told The Thou Were’t Buxom, Wouldst Thou Hold Them Against Me?” and his popular women’s Tennant Shirt – “Codpiece Inspector.” As his riches poured in, he became known for his good humor and generosity. “Jolly Roger!” the townspeople would call him.

Sadly, his career and his life came to an end when he sold a new design to the first mate of a notorious pirate – one named, “Blackbeard.” The first mate’s unfortunate Tennant Shirt depicted a finger pointing to the wearer’s right with a sign that read, “I Bee Withe STUPID!” and he showed the bad planning to wear the offending shirt when the whole crew was posing for their annual woodcut engraving – and, of course, the first mate stood to Blackbeard’s left – leaving the finger pointing directly at the tragically violent sea man.

Fortunately for the first mate, his skills were too valuable to Blackbeard to have him strung up from the mizzenmast. Unfortunately for Roger Tennant, Blackbeard was not a fan of avant-garde fashion and needed to punish someone.

But, ever the setter of trends, as “Jolly Roger’s” decaying skeleton dangled from the heights of the pirate ship – other pirates who couldn’t afford an actual haberdasher and experimental tailor’s skeleton of their own did the next best thing – they sewed symbols of the same onto flags which they then flew to identify to all the world, “We Really Hate Novelty T-Shirts!”

Well, it was either that or “Nobody knows.” Which would you prefer?


P.S. Yarrrrr!

The "Skull & Cross Bones" was first used by the Knights Templar to signal that if you f**ked with one of their ships then "No Quarter" would be given!

[DaveB]

Anyone know the history of "the Jolly Rodger"?

Shamelessly stolen from http://www.talklikeapirate.com

Roger Tennant was a disgruntled haberdasher and experimental tailor. He is credited with designing the first “Beer Hat” which employed technology far ahead of its time – 1647. Two tankards were cleverly strapped to the wearers head and leathery tubes (made of finest sheep entrails) wound around the wearers head and led directly to the mouth. This was popular attire at bear-baiting and public hanging events.

Kendrick also pioneered the field of “T-shirt” design. While he was not a professional fashion designer, he was an enthusiastic amateur. In fact, the “T” in T-Shirt stands for “Tennant.” At the time, folks would say, “Oh! Thou art wearing a Tennant, aren’t thou?” He even began writing short saying to put on the front of his Tennant Shirts – for instance, a man’s shirt might read, “If I Told The Thou Were’t Buxom, Wouldst Thou Hold Them Against Me?” and his popular women’s Tennant Shirt – “Codpiece Inspector.” As his riches poured in, he became known for his good humor and generosity. “Jolly Roger!” the townspeople would call him.

Sadly, his career and his life came to an end when he sold a new design to the first mate of a notorious pirate – one named, “Blackbeard.” The first mate’s unfortunate Tennant Shirt depicted a finger pointing to the wearer’s right with a sign that read, “I Bee Withe STUPID!” and he showed the bad planning to wear the offending shirt when the whole crew was posing for their annual woodcut engraving – and, of course, the first mate stood to Blackbeard’s left – leaving the finger pointing directly at the tragically violent sea man.

Fortunately for the first mate, his skills were too valuable to Blackbeard to have him strung up from the mizzenmast. Unfortunately for Roger Tennant, Blackbeard was not a fan of avant-garde fashion and needed to punish someone.

But, ever the setter of trends, as “Jolly Roger’s” decaying skeleton dangled from the heights of the pirate ship – other pirates who couldn’t afford an actual haberdasher and experimental tailor’s skeleton of their own did the next best thing – they sewed symbols of the same onto flags which they then flew to identify to all the world, “We Really Hate Novelty T-Shirts!”

Well, it was either that or “Nobody knows.” Which would you prefer?


P.S. Yarrrrr!

[Mich the Tester]

Anyone know the history of "the Jolly Rodger"?

There used to be a lot of jolly rodgering on Dutch TV but since the 'Christian Democrats' came to power it's been cut back and you have to buy a decoder now.

[Churchill]

Anyone know the history of "the Jolly Rodger"?

[oracleslave]

I thought this was going to be about Ross Kemp chasing pirates off the coast of Somalia. Watched that last night, was a bit rubbish and the pirates won out in the end

[TheRefactornator]

My nephew is the image of Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball. I don't think it's the look he's going for but he can't help it.
Yearrggg.

[Mich the Tester]

Yarrrrr!

Aharrrrr!

[SallyAnne]

Arrrrr!

Yarrrrr!

[Mich the Tester]

Arrrrr!

[dang65]

There was a cover story on one of the news magazines a few weeks ago (Time or Life or one of those sort of mags). It was about the Danish Navy patrolling the Somali coastline. I suspect the whole thing was written up purely so they could use the headline...

VIKINGS vs PIRATES

[VectraMan]

I suppose there's something to be said for politicians that are upfront about their thievery.