Ahoy, me rumbustious rapscallions, "PC" be standin' for "PirateCon " not "politically correct" and there's nothin' a PirateCon rascal enjoys more than a skinful o' grog and a jolly roger ;-) Arrrr!
'Ere we be providin' ye wi' a little light relief from the unrelentin' trials and tribulations of a life spent adventurin' on the high seas. 'Ere be comely wenches, drinks, jokes, songs, info & links t' rouse ye carousing spirit.
Pirate art
Arr, we be startin' wi' some sexy pirate lasses t' tickle yer fancy...
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Grog
Now don't be fooled into thinkin' that grog be referrin' t' just any kind o' alcoholic beverage. The original Grog was a mixture of water & rum and it was invented by "Old Grog" aka Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon (British Royal Navy) on August 21, 1740.
Vernon acquired the nickname of "Old Grog" from his habit of wearing a boat cloak made of grogam (a thick waterproof material made of silk, mohair & wool) and created the drink to prevent his sailors from aggregating their rum rations and getting drunk & unruly.
Grog v2.0: Because the water, stored in casks, became stagnant on long voyages, citrus juice from limes & lemons was added to the recipe to make it more palatable. This practise had the fortunate consequence (caused by the vitamin C in the juice) of making Vernon's men the healthiest in the navy and is what eventually earned the British the nickname "limeys."
Grog bombs
A Grog bomb, aka "Salty's ruin" is the PirateCon.info approved beverage of choice - Grog brought up-to-date. It was (perhaps) invented by Salty and it needs t' be:
- A quantity of beer - the quantity can be as large as a pint or as small as a shooter and, although the beer should ideally be a cask-conditioned English ale, it can be any beer you prefer
- A shot of rum - must be dark rum, preferrably Jamaican, dropped into the beer - the "bomb"
- Drunk often - as ye will be if ye do so
Pirate jokes
Why are pirates good in bed?... Multiple Arrr-gasms
A pirate walks into a bar
Pirate songs
Yo Ho Ho (and a Bottle of Rum) - Original version (I bet ye can't sing it like these fellows)
Pirate porn
We include this, not just because we're trying to be outrageously risque, but because it's genuinely noteworthy: At the time of writing, the most expensive porn films ever made are in fact pirate movies.
Arrr indeed, the 2005 movie "Pirates" (aka "Pirates XXX") is an adult action-adventure film produced by Digital Playground and Adam & Eve and was the most expensive porn film made to date: It had a reported budget of around $1 million and featured "unusually high production values for a pornographic film." [Wikipedia]
The success of Pirates spawned a sequel, Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge, released in 2008, which offered more of the same but had an even larger reported budget of $8 million [Wikipedia]