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In lugnet.pirates, Steve Campbell writes:
> Richard Parsons wrote:
> >
> > Bruce Schlickbernd wrote >The pirate babe is his older ex-partner's
> > daughter - she just didn't want to
> > > Waite any longer. Which is just as well, since Doolittle's wife was fooling
> > > around with his partner! As to whether they were barristers or soliciters, ya
> > > got me! We only have one form of lawyer here (all at once: And That's One Too
> > > Many!). ;-)
> > >
> > > Doolittle is simply being honest and admitting he is a pirate (Oooooooo, I'm
> > > gonna get sued). His partner wants his daughter back. She doesn't want to
> > > go. The authorities are under the impression that she is being held hostage,
> > > so are reluctant to engage him broadside to broadside.
> >
> > So not only is the honest, brave, shrewd Capt John E. Doolittle pursued by
> > the British navy (whose captains hold for him a sneaking admiration, so they
> > don't press the point too hard, except for the upper class, wet behind the
> > ears, fresh out of the Naval Academy types), but he is also pursued by the
> > wealthy and dishonest (overbilling, doublebilling, fee marking up) Malcolm
> > P. Waite (barrister, likely to burst into oratory without warning and on an
> > apparently random basis, as the mood takes him), who, truth be told, seeks
> > Doolittle not to rescue his daughter, but to avenge his own slighted honour,
> > and to avoid Doolittle's ex-wife, who despite being drop dead gorgeous, is a
> > pain in the domestic neck of truly biblical proportions.
>
> Don't forget, Doolittle is also pursued by the nefarious Capt. Malcolm
> Brickering(1) from whom he won the Aurora (formerly the Queen Anne
> Revamped, re-named, of course, for his Lady Fair, Ms. Waite) in a
> personal injury litigation on behalf of the Widows and Orphans of the
> ill-fated HMS Royal Ork.
>
> (1)(copyright 2000, Steve Campbell Enterprises)
>
> SteveC
> LEGO Perilous Pirate Page
> http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html
> They moved the Lighthouse! To find out how:
> http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/movie.html
This history is getting positively baroque. We need a summation from...oh hey,
I forget who started this! Richard?
"Arrrr, is a Baroque anything like a Bark or Brig?"
The Corsair
Bruce
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> "Arrrr, is a Baroque anything like a Bark or Brig?"
Yea, it's a Bark which has been hit by a full broadside from a 1st rate
ship of the line, and now it's baroque in two...
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes:
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> > "Arrrr, is a Baroque anything like a Bark or Brig?"
>
> Yea, it's a Bark which has been hit by a full broadside from a 1st rate
> ship of the line, and now it's baroque in two...
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
> -----------------------------
> Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
And here I be thinking that Baroque be the condition of me swag bag affer I
purchase said vessel from Lego wif'out it being on sale. I be such a lubber at
times.
The Corsair
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote
> This history is getting positively baroque.
Yeah. Cool, isn't it.
> We need a summation from...oh hey, I forget who started this! Richard?
I'm writing as fast as I can, but my y2k compliant quill isn't made for this
kind of high pressure work.
I'll try to knock it out late tonight :-)
So far so good, no-one seems to have crossed storylines, everything has been
a consistent addition. And I like it!
I guess the smart thing to do is to throw it up on a web page (sans pictures
obviously, I have some building and photography to do. In fact, I have a
LOT of building and photography to do ;-).
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Richard Parsons (<FnuGp7.A2@lugnet.com>) wrote at
04:05:24
> I guess the smart thing to do is to throw it up on a web page (sans pictures
> obviously, I have some building and photography to do. In fact, I have a
> LOT of building and photography to do ;-).
But you do it so well :-)
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Tony Priestman
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