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“It just came up to the side, took a chuck out of the Ship and buggered off, Capt. “
Pirates waving their arms & shouting at the fleeing ship after crashing, causing damage to cannon and gunport on deck:- “Come back! We haven’t exchanged the Lloyd’s insurance policy details!”.
Pirate Captain: “Well, just fancy that. The Royal Navy issuing us with a ticket for having a faulty starboard cannon”.
Cambridge appear to be taking the boat race seriously this year!
“I say old chap, can we have our ball back?”
Blast we would have been them this year if we hadn’t hit that bloke in the water.
I really do hope they remembered to bring the cure for the wood-worm.
After the obvious deliberate collision with Captain Hill’s ship, Admiral Schumaker was black flagged by the race marshal.
“It’s alright guys, I got their flag! That’ll teach them to blow a hole in the side of our ship! Hah!”
The old blow-out-the-side-of-the-ship routine had failed once again.
The Pimlico Players’ rehearsal for ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ was cut short as a rival acting troupe resorted to foul play…
Crew shout “you’ll never take this ship from us” Other crew say “We’ll just take this bit then”
All very despondantly say “Thats not fair”
“If you be fighting use ye Cannon Balls not a flag or some costly lantern, aagh”
The men had the utmost sympathy for Sidney when they realised his urgent call of nature had caused him to miss his ship home!
“Honestly sir, it was all right until they went past us.”
Right lads make yourself comfortable the health and safety officer says no more fighting until this handrail is repaired
Looks like he couldn’t help us with a jump start, any one got the number for the AA?
Well chaps looks like we’re jolly rogered.