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Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« on: August 20, 2009, 11:30:49 am »
Ahoy ye wenches and scallywags!!

There were pirates everywhere in Chicago--just everywhere!!  I was in wench heaven!!  I thought these photos deserved their own thread so the folks who just think I'm some kind of nutcase can ignore all this nonsense.

They were at the airport.......



At Navy Pier......

and this is how they got there....



on the beautiful square-rigger "Windy."

And there was this scallywag at the Pier, too!



He was a real cutie!!

There were more pirates at the Field Museum of Natural History......



Biggest Jolly Roger I ever saw!!

They were climbing the walls.......





and they were just hanging out.......



And there was this really fearsome one that scared the beejeezus outta me!!!!!



Look familiar??????

Not to mention the PBW Pirates at the symposium!!!!!





There was even this one who dressed as a "normal person" for the Gala!!!!



But the most fearsome scurvey scallywag of all was this bloke...........






Shiver me timbers!!!!!!!!!


AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

Capt Deb

PS somehow I missed Mauradin' Mary-wench and her get-up in all the fuss.  Could someone please post a pic or two of her and the dreaded pink walking stick!!!

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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2009, 11:34:37 am »
LOL! I am SOOOOOOOO gonna get you for that! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2009, 12:20:42 pm »
Captain Deb ~

Thanks for the striking pirate photos.  Good stuff!  You guys all look good in your various iterations of pirate regalia. 

Jim
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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2009, 12:49:52 pm »
LOVE 'EM!!   ;D

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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2009, 03:19:36 pm »
Captain!

Awesome pictures!!! You're a saucy AND talented wench!

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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2009, 07:15:24 pm »
It is so much fun to see ALL of the pictures of you all in Chicago! Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum...
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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2009, 07:17:40 pm »
Captain, now who could think you're a nutcase???

Love the pirate pictures - and I swear one of these days I'm going to take a sail on the Tall Ship Windy.

I hope someone has a picture of Mary in her pirate attire.

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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2009, 08:28:53 pm »
Phyl posted this pic in the symposium pictures topic (http://anausa.org/forum/index.php?topic=10294.msg118451#msg118451):



It's okay that I stole it, I'm a pirate now, and that's what we do. :)

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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2009, 03:02:47 am »
Captain Deb, 

You sure found some cute pirates!  Who would have thought there were SO MANY in Chicago!
Now - do you think you will find some in land-locked Cincinnati?

The pics are great!  Makes me want to go back to BVI and just sail away...  ;D

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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2009, 08:36:38 am »
Deb,

You are SOOH funny.
 :D

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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2009, 08:43:01 am »
Maties .... this has been one heckova hoot reading bout all the fun you all had!  Just wanted to inform those not in the know about a special day upcoming ...... September 19 .......

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

ARRRRRRRRGH !!!!!!!!

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Re: Pirates Invade Chicago!!!
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2009, 11:01:15 am »
Oh Yeah--we have been celebrating ITLAPD for 4 years around here.  I email with Ole Chumbucket himself, who has moved to St Croix, where I spent 22 years.  The website is a hoot!

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