Shiver me crossbones and yo-ho me parrots.
It be the Root Shoot Marry Pirate edition, it do. Be.
Ah fuck it. There's only so long you can maintain an accent in print.
Remember last week, when I let slip I was bored?
I got some help, from here, and here and here.
Actually, one of these suggestions came even before I was bored, but I'm lumping them all in together.
And yea, they came unto me through the great and lately unsung miracle of email, and they suggested themes.
Goooood themes. Themes to amuse me, and you too, I hope.
Pirates! Comedians! Progeny!
You are, in case you missed the cannon load of cliches up thar atop the mizzen mast, getting Pirates this week. Next week Comedians, and the following week, Progeny.
And I think part of the game this week could very well be to try to match the blogger to the theme. Give it a shot. There could be bonus points. There may even be a hint somewhere in the text...
So, before I get tempted to let slip about my very own pirate fantasy and the history thereof, let us draw blades! Rip our bodices! Swash our buckles! And LEAP aboard the very very special Pirate edition of
Root, Shoot, or Marry!
And we're mixing up the boys and girls a bit this week, so pay attention.
Oh, and first up, a quick re-cap of the rules, because there have been some quite alarming departures lately and it Simply.Will.Not.Do.
Some of you more flagrant transgressors might actually want to bookmark my new Rules post. You know who you are. Don't make me hyperlink you in a paragraph of shame .
First up this week, of course, has to be Captain Jack Sparrow.
Was there ever a man who wore eyeliner in a blokier way?
Then, by special (actually, slightly obsessive) request of this week's RSM theme suggester
Ms Keira Knightley, Elizabeth somethingorother in the film, isn't it?
More convincing as a well-born wench here than as Elizabeth Bennett in that pointless remake of Pride and Prejudice, anyway...
And now, a special treat for the Australians, Captain Blood himself!
Oh, Errol. I would give everything...
(I'd do anything for James Reyne, too, but that's for another RSM)
And back on his ship for the next pic, but this time I want you to think of that most gracious of wenches, Miss Olivia de Havilland. Which is, a bit surprisingly, her real name.
And now, saving the best until last, a double act to make every Generation X heart beat just a little faster.
The Pirate Movie's Christopher Atkins and Kristy McNicholl
And he's SINGING!
The scariest thing for me was realising that:
a) I knew every word to this song
and
b) I had no idea I'd learned it from this movie.
Ahem.
So there's your seafaring, rum-swilling, parrot-perching RSM for the week, my fellow sailors.
Johnny, Errol and Christopher; Keira, Olivia and Kristy.
Roger 'em senseless, make 'em walk the plank, or sail off with them into the sunset.
The choice is yours.
And remember the rules, else ye could find there be some mighty hungry sharks around here.
Yo ho ho.
mtc
Bec
ps - and a bonus set of cutlasses AND a free monkey for any commenter who correctly matches the three themes to their three suggesters.