here be a lusty wench

[fox]

Arr, 'tis International Talk Like A Pirate Day, mateys. And you best believe I made mention o' that when I sent a note this mornin' to me old director wishin' him a happy birthday. (Drink up, me hearties!) I'm not expectin' to get any message in return, but when I don't, it won't be because I was afeared.


I have, by my scale, lost about three and a half pounds in the past few days -- which, you know, on a person of my size is not nearly as much as it is on these skinny girls who have to make an effort to lose three pounds and fit into whatever. So I've never, I mean to say, really thought of three pounds as an amount that can make a difference between fitting and not fitting, at the point where I am. But damn if my Suit Of Victory (see last week re: unexpected good fortune) doesn't fit a little better today. Also, my cute shoes seem to fit better this morning than they did last Thursday; what's up with that?

In conclusion, best pirate dialogue ever:

KING: ... When your process of extermination begins, let our deaths be as swift and painless as you can possibly make them.
FREDERICK: I will. Would that you could render this extermination unnecessary by accompanying me back to civilisation!
KING: No, Frederick, it cannot be! I don't think much of piracy as a profession, but contrasted with respectability, it is comparatively honest. No, Frederick, I shall live and die a pirate king!
-- The Pirates of Penzance (the one about duty) (emphasis added)
(yes, yes, I know, but the subtitle is "or, The Slave of Duty")