I know it is a little late for Talk Like a Pirate Day, but here it is. The idea here is to see how true this great song is for you. I will mark each thing that is true with an asterisk, and see how I compare with the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything. In other words: do I have more or less of a life than some animated vegetables?
we are the pirates who don't do anything
we just stay at home, and lie around
and if you ask us, to do anything
we'll just tell you, we don't do anything
* well I've never been to Greenland
* and I've never been to Denver
* and I've never buried treasure in St Louie or St Paul
* and I've never been to Moscow (not even Idaho)
* and I've never been to Tampa
and I've never been to Boston in the fall (once to find a dorm for my brother)
* and I've never hoist the main sail
* and I've never swabbed the poop deck
* and I've never veered starboard,
'cause I've never sailed at all (3 times at camp but no hoisting, swabbing or veering for me. Just sunburning.)
* and I've never walked the gang plank
* and I've never owned a parrot
and I've never been to Boston in the fall (once)
* I've never plucked a rooster
* and I am not too good at ping-pong
* and I've never thrown my mashed potatoes up against the wall
* and I've never kissed a chipmunk,
* and I've never gotten head lice
and I have never been to Boston in the fall (once)
* and I've never licked a spark-plug (but Devastatingly Handsome licks 9 volt batteries to "test them")
* and I've never sniffed a stink bug
* and I've never painted Daisies on a big red rubber ball
* and I've never bathed in yogurt
* and I don't look good in leggings
and I've never been to Boston in the fall (once)
we are the pirates we don't do anything
we just stay at home, and lie around
and if you ask us, to do anything
we'll just tell you, we don't do anything
Well, there it is, folks. I am only slightly ahead of veggies. How do *you* compare?
never swabbed a poop deck? what, your kids didn't have potty-training accidents?!
poop deck aside, i think i would have less than you, because i have *never* been to boston in the fall. (only in the summer, and only once, i think, when i was 13 and staying with my massachusetts cousins in suburban worcestor.) i *have* been to portland, augusta, & bar harbor in the fall, but i don't think that counts.
i bet i have thrown my mashed potatoes up against a wall, but i was probably too young to remember.
OH!!! i am not too good at ping-pong. there, i might be ahead of you. oh wait; you marked that too. i am confused; never mind.
Edited by 40winkzzz on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 12:03 AM
well, it's been my lifelong dream to accomplish everything on that list. I think the easiest will be throwing some mashed potatoes up against the wall, but the harder ones would be being good at tennis or looking good in leggings. :S
When Madeline and I took driver's ed, our teacher was showing us a real spark plug, and I was VERY tempted to lick it...
I haven't done any of those...
and I'm not too good at ping pong --
BUT the pirates also never
Blogged.
Wrote a first draft of a novel.
Had 4 kids.
Homeschooled those same 4 kids.
did a bazillion loads of laundry in one day.
Had a dog that ate the A+D ointment tube.
They've never cleaned up dog vomit.
So - HA!!
Pirates eat your hearts out.
.... or guzzle your rum.. Whatever. :-)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - I Didn't Realise That I Was Doing You a Favour When We Went to Boston
Posted by Your Brother
Boy, if you hadn't gone to Boston with me, then you wouldn't have had much of a life. I'm so glad I could be of service to you. (P.S. it was a very nice room on a Pleasant Street.)
