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Re: John E. Doolittle
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Tue, 4 Jan 2000 17:31:08 GMT
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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.
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> 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.
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> (1)(copyright 2000, Steve Campbell Enterprises)
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> 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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| (...) 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... (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Bruce Schlickbernd wrote (...) Yeah. Cool, isn't it. (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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