Comments on: A Pier Before The Embarkation

By: catya

catya — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:07:57 +0000

yeah i went on a pirate ship in hakone too.
it was awesome

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:22:00 +0000

No, it’s not. But it wouldn’t be surprising if it were. Pirates were primarily engaged in warfare between Spain and Britain, so from the English perspective, we expect pirates to be Spanish. But the most extensive use of piracy, and the most horrific acts, were by the British. Of course, the use of a black flag was so the King / Queen could diplomatically deny involvement in terrorism… so you wouldn’t actually SEE a union jack on British pirates.

By: ThyGoblinking

ThyGoblinking — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:56:39 +0000

That’s the punniest comment so far!

By: ThyGoblinking

ThyGoblinking — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:55:11 +0000

Mixed homophobic remark fail!

By: sbd

sbd — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:24:51 +0000

C’mon, folks, I made a subtle “pirate smoker” joke – you should be all over it…

By: MaxwellEdison

MaxwellEdison — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:42:15 +0000

Missed the boat?
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“was it ever worth it? was there all that much to gain?
well we knew we’d missed the boat and we’d already missed the plane
we didn’t read the invite, we just danced at our own wake
all our favorites were playing so we could shake shake shake shake shake
tiny curtains opened and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
a tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all them folks
and drifting around on bubbles and thinking it was us that carried them
when we finally got it figured out that we’d truly missed the boat”
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-Rodent of Neverending Humility (Modest Mouse)
No real reason for this connected rebuttal other than to pass on this earworm.

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:27:17 +0000

I say Aye!

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:03:18 +0000

Well of course you should a pier before the embarkation. If you a pier after, you’ve missed the boat.

By: Jackie Pancake

Jackie Pancake — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:27:17 +0000

Pirates of the Caribbean WIN

By: momo

momo — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:31:45 +0000

haha i know this boat. i went on that during my trip to japan. it was when we went to hakone, i think. we rode the boat back instead of the train.

By: MaxwellEdison

MaxwellEdison — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:18:54 +0000

Yarr…I not be knowin too much about the sailing o the ship. But i do be knowin that thar pufferstick ye be givin yer lip service to do carry a stern warning from the Sawbones Admiral.
P.S. I want to start a movement to rename emphysema as ’squid-lung’. Who’s with me?!

By: purdlemeow

purdlemeow — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:51:51 +0000

I don’t think real pirates will pay much attention to the sign. They are “guidelines”, after all…

By: sbd

sbd — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:11:21 +0000

Does the second sign mean no gays allowed?

By: Mephiles

Mephiles — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:46:10 +0000

Pirate ship, you aren’t allowed to smoke, but everyone else can. ;p

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:26:27 +0000

I’ll mount YOUR foremast!

By: Kanchou

Kanchou — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:58:54 +0000

I think it’s meant to be a stern-wheeler. With sails. And a foremast mounted atop the end of its bowsprit. Ingenious…

By: Luddite

Luddite — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:06:07 +0000

is that a Union Jack on the “pirate ship”?

By: Kanchou

Kanchou — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:46:10 +0000

Heh! Wonderful. The kanji says “kaisatsuguchi” (ticket barrier), while “pirate ship” is “kaizokusen”. Was the mistake made before they even tried to translate it?

By: MaybeTru

MaybeTru — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:20:16 +0000

Gief amusement park?

By: Huggy Bear

Huggy Bear — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:20:06 +0000

wait… WHAT???????????????????????????

By: ChucklesMginty

ChucklesMginty — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:06:54 +0000

Not even a pipe? It’s a pirate ship for f***’s sake.