Be Careful with using "Son of a Gun", cuz we don't think much about it these days. It 'Sounds like' Grand,Good Pirate talk, Aye?? U Ole Son of a Gun That was how the offspring were referred to that came from a 'visit' between the cannons on the Gun decks in the ole frigate days. The Sailors were 'impressed' into service (no goin' ashore for those lads Aye?) so when in Port, the Officers (who 'could' go ashore) would have Ladies of the Evening brought out & to come aboard to entertain the troops (and avoid a mutiny). Nine Months later? Oh, Son of a Gun! ga ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig F. Honshell" <chonshell@ia4u.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 6:57 AM Subject: M_Boats: and . . . The British headquarters: http://www.thomasscott.net/yarr/talk.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Craig F. Honshell To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:54 AM Subject: shibber me timbers! Did you check your calendars? Today is International "Talk Like a Pirate Day"! http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html Avast, me hearties! Welcome to the one and only, official, accept-no-substitutes Talk Like A Pirate Day Web site. You've read about it in Dave Barry's column. Maybe you caught one of our radio or TV interviews. Or maybe you just stumbled on to our site while googling around for sites your mother probably wouldn't approve of. Perhaps you were one of the millions of people from South Africa to Australia, from New York to the Pacific Northwest, who partied like pirates on September 19th, 2003. However you got here, stick around an' learn all about September 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Are ye ready for Talk Like A Pirate Day 2004? Plans are afoot around the globe - and we want to hear about yours. Keep a weather eye on the site for news about plans for a whole Talk Like A Pirate Weekend ... our public appearances ... and other crazy ideas as they spring to our rum-addled brains. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats