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on piracy on the high seas…

So I am less than 34 hours from starting my new job at ACS, and suddenly I am dreading it. I’m not looking forward to it at all, in fact. Not because I don’t think I can do it. Not because I don’t think it’s a good job. Not because of any fault of the job itself at all in fact. No, I am dreading it, because I am beginning to realize that maybe I missed out on one of my child hood dreams. I don’t want to work in an office anymore. I want to do what every kid wants to do. I want to be a pirate!

Not the kind that steals music or software. Not the kind that wrestles, like jakegarrett. Not the kind that has anal sex with other men. No, I want to be a real honest to goodness pirate. Raping and pillaging on the high seas! See, I thought like so many other adults that the days of piracy were over. A vestige of times gone by. But apparently that is not true. It turns out that piracy can still be a highly lucrative career. Why the hell didn’t anyone tell me that you could still go out and be a pirate in the 21st century? Dammit, I never would have bothered with the whole college thing, if I’d known that. Fuck! Ok, granted, these particular pirates were lame and were scared off by a sound effect, but that doesn’t mean that the idea isn’t sound. I’m ready, I have the sword, all I need is a parot and I’ll be all ready to take to the high seas. Who’s with me. max1975? My hypos is getting the better of me. What say you?

And yes, nemesisn4sa, I’d totally be willing to be a ninja instead. In fact, I’d prefer it. If you can find me a lucrative business opportunity doing that, I’m totally in. Until then, Arrrr!

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26 comments for “on piracy on the high seas…

  1. November 6, 2005 at 5:11 am

    I’m bad at taking orders, so I’d have to be captain, but sure, I’m in. Arr!!!

    1. mav
      November 6, 2005 at 5:26 am

      not on my ship you won’t. You got a problem with that, you can walk that plank right now and swim to shore.

      1. November 6, 2005 at 6:09 am

        Aye aye, “sir!”

        *splash*

        1. mav
          November 6, 2005 at 6:20 am

          hey… at least you have code.

          1. November 6, 2005 at 6:25 am

            Naturally. You never know when God’s gonna be watching.

          2. mav
            November 6, 2005 at 6:53 am

            Did you order the code red?!?!

          3. November 6, 2005 at 7:52 am

            shyeah right, like you can handle the truth…

          4. mav
            November 6, 2005 at 8:15 am

            Boy, don’t you know I’ll rip out your eyeballs and piss in your dead skull? You’re fucking with the wrong marine pirate.

  2. November 6, 2005 at 6:19 am

    Actually, piracy is a big problem in southeast asia. Pirates will take over a cargo ship, kill the crew, and fence the goods. Rumor has it that they sell them in China, perhaps with the cooperation of the Chinese military.

    http://www.cargolaw.com/presentations_pirates.html
    http://www.google.com/search?q=modern+piracy

    1. mav
      November 6, 2005 at 6:22 am

      and you couldn’t have pointed that out to me 13 years ago?

  3. November 6, 2005 at 2:18 pm

    You know I’m down. I’ve already got a parrot on my shoulder, and I’ve been looking for a good reason to add the word “pillage” to my resume. Arrrrrr!

    1. mav
      November 6, 2005 at 3:54 pm

      because you already have rape and plunder?

      1. November 6, 2005 at 5:25 pm

        No, I just think that “pillage” is a neat word.

        1. mav
          November 6, 2005 at 6:46 pm

          then by all means, just add it. Say you used to pillage for SEI. Who’s ever gonna check?

  4. November 6, 2005 at 3:44 pm

    oh mav, you can’t be willing to be a pirate and a ninja. they are natural enemies. it’s one or the other, and i see where your loyalties lie. power, riches, rape…the ninja seeks not these things.

    1. mav
      November 6, 2005 at 3:56 pm

      I have no loyalty. Loyalty is for suckers. I blow with the wind. And right now, I’m torn. On one side we have power and riches with the pirates, but I hear the ninjas have a great dental plan and a 401k. These decisions are so hard.

      1. November 6, 2005 at 4:08 pm

        loyalty is for ninjas. you have chosen which side you stand on.

        1. mav
          November 6, 2005 at 4:48 pm

          bah! to hell with it… I’m a ronin. I’ll kill you all!

  5. November 6, 2005 at 4:56 pm

    Yarr! Captain Fancypants and I are totally in!

    1. mav
      November 6, 2005 at 6:48 pm

      wow… assembling a decent crew. So how much startup capital do we need to invest in a decent pirating vessel?

      1. November 6, 2005 at 7:37 pm

        arrrr!! need a figurehead for yerr boat? I’d be willing to wear a mermaid tail…

        1. mav
          November 6, 2005 at 8:17 pm

          heheh… if you really want, I never thought be strapped to the front of the boat would be that much fun, but uhhh… whatever floats your boat… uh, or something…

  6. November 7, 2005 at 1:54 am

    Personally, when I grow up, I want to be neither a pirate or a ninja, I want to be a ROBOT! With DEATH RAY EYES!

    1. mav
      November 7, 2005 at 1:59 am

      I know a lot of people who are always saying they want stuff like that, but I never wanted to have any elective cyber replacement stuff… maybe if I lost a body part or something, but cutting out your eyes to replace them with lasers on purpose is just kinda scary

      1. Anonymous
        November 7, 2005 at 2:38 am

        No, no. Not become a robot, BE a robot. With the blinky lights and the mechanical walk and the pincher hands.

        1. mav
          November 7, 2005 at 2:48 am

          either way… I’ll stick to the flesh and blood thankyouverymuch

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