yes! once again arrrrgh…

it’s

National Talk Like a Pirate Day

 

 19 September 2013

 

c’mon

let’s hear you…

 

arrrrgh!

 

 

sailing back from the 17 April 2011 post...

 

gunpowder, rum and tattoos

 

 

warning...do NOT try this at home

 

Arrrrgh

 

 

 

Pirates added gunpowder to rum as a proof test.

 

If the gunpowder and rum mixture did not ignite,

it was under proof—watered down rum.

 

Arrrrgh

 

 

Blackbeard the Pirate is the most famous

consumer of gunpowder rum.

 

Gunpowder and rum were also used

by pirates to create tattoos.

 

Arrrrgh

 

 

Nowadays it’s safer to stick with

Captain Morgan’s Tattoo brand rum...

 

and a monogrammed tattoo in thread

 

 

 

Disclaimer…

I don’t imbibe Captain Morgan’s while thread tattooing

 

 

 

tattoo threads.....

 

 

strawberries are to chocolate

 

 

like...

 

 

threads are to tattoos

 

 

 

at least in my realm

 

 

 

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

 

 

doe dialogue.....

You lookin’ at me?

You talkin’ to me?

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

x marks the spot.....

Geocaching…

a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game

players try to locate hidden containers called geocaches

using gps coordinates and clues

Kim at Snug Harbor Bay, who has found

almost 1700 geocache treasures,

inspired me to give it a try...

I chose a listing nearby from geocaching.com

off into the woods, up a hill, round the bend

and over to the forgotten cemetery...

woo-hoo…

I actually found it!

on Kim’s bucket list  -  get a tattoo

So Kim,
step into my tattoo parlor...

my embroidery tattoo parlor…

I’ll send you the gps coordinates of your new

geocache-K tattoo

oh but Kim...on your bucket list…

just write sort-of after the 'get a tattoo'  

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

arrrgh...talk like a pirate day.....

September 19th...every year

International Talk Like A Pirate Day

St. Augustine FL 2011

the point of the holiday…

from the post... arrgh defined

there is no point!

silliness is the holiday’s best selling point

from the post...gunpowder, rum and tattoos

originating in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers

aka Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket

from the post...step into.....

The day gained notoriety when Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist Dave Barry

published a Sept. 8, 2002 column about the

fun, and great potential for such a holiday.

need help generating your own pirate name…

try the iTunes app a.k.a.

a.k.a. dubbed me Jolly Swordfish

arrrgh, what be your pirate name?

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

arrrgh defined.....

arrrgh…..yes

arrrgh…..I agree

arrrgh…..I’m happy

arrrgh…..I’m enjoying this beer

arrrgh…..My team is going to win it all

arrrgh…..Blackbeard would love this Pirate stadium

Let’s go Bucs!

This embroiderarrrgh is ready to catch those foul balls!

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

disrobe...

no peeking!

and step into my parlor...

my tattoo parlor...

my embroidery tattoo parlor, that is!

Needles? 

Yes, there are needles with many, many colors.

This won’t hurt a bit!

C. F. F. O.

‘dis robe is now sporting a monogram sleeve tattoo!

Dis this monogram looks to match mid-century

1950’s style design.

But surprisingly,

it is based on artwork drawn much earlier in 1902.

What's your favorite dis robe?

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

tattoo monograms...

If Billy the Kid,

and Captain Jack Sparrow...

were swapping lies tales over some

Gunpowder and Rum

(yes, gunpowder and rum...go here)

The next morning,

they might find themselves with a new...

monogrammed tattoo like B’s

...its just embroidery, have fun with it!