Pirates again!

Just a reminder, coming up this Friday, Sept. 19th, it’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day, so be prepared. Hopefully you can all come up with a piraty posting for that day. Go to the website for more info.


What's Apple's latest product designed for pirates? Either the EyePhone or the IPatch, waiting for consumer testing.

Easter parable

In honor of Easter, and to respond to DA’s joke post, here is an old one back at you.

Jesus was out wandering when he came to a small town. A large crowd had gathered in the town square, and Jesus walked through up to the front to see what was going on. A woman had been accused of adultery, and was tied down and about to be stoned to death. Jesus stopped in front of the crowd and looked at everyone, and the noisy mob grew quiet. In a soft voice Jesus started to talk about sins and sinners, and ended up with the famous line "let he who is without sin cast the first stone".

After a brief pause a large rock came flying out of the crowd, striking the tied woman right in the face. Jesus looked up, and the crowd moved away from the person that threw the stone. Jesus looked at her and said "Damn it mom, stop following me".

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Advance warning - Talk Like a Pirate

Oh - just a quick advanced reminder (I missed it last time around, glad for the reminder email):

INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY BE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY!

September 19th -- next Friday -- be International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
This be yer one-week reminder email, wi' details o' everythin' that be goin'
on o'er the country. It be worth readin' t'the end, because I be stickin' a
pirate joke there like normal!


You can get more details over at Cap'n Tom’s place. He is in Britain, and has a list of activities around the country that will celebrate the day.

Oh - his joke?
Q: Why are pirates good at boxing?
A: They be havin' great right hooks.

So plan ahead for your posts next Friday, and ye be talkin’ like a pirate too mates.

Joke of the day

Reading a recent post by OTJ brought to mind an old joke, which I probably have told you before but here it is again because I can’t remember if I told it before and I also can’t remember too many of those marvelous jokes that roll around in my mind periodically. Not to say that this is a marvelous one, but for now it is one I remember.

And old lady was visiting her doctor for a normal checkup, and at the end he asked if she had any questions or problems. She thought a second, then told the doctor that yes, she did have a problem, but was not too worried about it. She said that for years she has had a problem with intestinal gas, and was almost continuously passing it around, and in fact was passing some through the whole examination. But it didn’t really bother her as she was quiet about it, and it did not smell. The doctor thought about it, and then wrote her a prescription, telling her to take the pills and come back in two weeks.

Two weeks went by and she was back in the doctor’s office. He asked how she was, and she complained about those pills. Since taking those pills her gas now had become really stinky, and she was getting embarrassed to go out in public, but at least nobody heard her and so she could avoid the blame. The doctor thought a bit, and then said:

Ready?

“Well, now that we’ve cleared up your sinuses let’s work on your hearing.”