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Re: John E. Doolittle
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:20:02 GMT
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s.a.campbell@larc.nasa&antispam&.gov
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Richard Parsons wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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
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http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html
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| (...) I forget who started this! Richard? "Arrrr, is a Baroque anything like a Bark or Brig?" The Corsair Bruce (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Bruce Schlickbernd wrote >The pirate babe is his older ex-partner's daughter - she just didn't want to (...) fooling (...) ya (...) Too (...) I'm (...) hostage, (...) So not only is the honest, brave, shrewd Capt John E. Doolittle pursued by the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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