The beast that shouted “aye!” at the heart of the world
Yesterday, at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, in line, a Small Child craned his neck over his mother’s shoulder to size me up. He asked, in that direct way that is a winning feature of Small Children, “Are you a pirate?”
I nodded emphatically. “Aye, lad.”
Thank you, Small Child.
Abby:
I sincerely hope this is a true story. I also hope you were wearing the “Kiss me I’m Pirish” shirt.
11 July 2006, 7:37 amColin:
It is absolutely true, with witnesses. Oddly, although I was wearing the other pirate-themed T-shirt you gave me, it was out of view under my jacket, so the kid must have just picked up my pirate attitude… or my musky pirate smell.
11 July 2006, 9:13 amAbby:
Why do I keep giving you pirate t-shirts? On one hand I feel like I should change it up and give you other things, but on the other hand, pirate t-shirts are cool and you are quite piratey and I think you deserve good pirate t-shirts.
12 July 2006, 9:47 amColin:
Apparently, the consensus is that I am quite piratey. The next question - parrot or monkey? I’ve never been able to come to a satisfactory conclusion. Does anyone know of a place where I could demo a monkey without offending local custom? Ideally, I’d be able to try out being a monkey pirate without losing my gentleman-pirate credentials.
I’m pretty sure I could borrow a parrot without too much difficulty.
12 July 2006, 2:58 pmPunam:
P4L!
24 June 2008, 4:53 am