Comments on: 7 Lies About Pirates You Learned From Movies

By: Trent

Trent — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:01:08 +0000

Now I want to watch One Piece all over again

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:35:49 +0000

First and last rule of Piracy : there is no rules!

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:05:18 +0000

@Sassmo–

And they couldn’t get male prostitutes why?

By: Narc

Narc — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:01:27 +0000

Of course nowadays all the pirates are from som-aaarrr-li-aarrr.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:36:41 +0000

Great article. I keep trying to tell people that pirates aren’t fictional creature roaming around chasing giant squids.

By: Sassmo

Sassmo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:19:29 +0000

When it was time to divide the loot, even the lowliest pirate received an astronomical paycheck for that time period, which they happily spent on prostitutes and rum. (That pirate stereotype is actually true.)

Actually, this was only true some of the time… I have a good friend who is writing his thesis for his doctorate in History about how many pirates were actually gay.

By: Scarletpirate

Scarletpirate — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:54:14 +0000

Great article! I had never thought about doctors or medicine when it came to pirates. Check out my blog — I have pictures from helping set Portland, OR Guinness World Record for Largest Gathering of Pirates. ARR!

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