tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post8388914161701846271..comments2024-03-16T04:59:09.172-08:00Comments on Pauline's Pirates & Privateers: Booty: Coincidence... Or SomethingPaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-33455872552199012002011-02-05T12:54:08.154-09:002011-02-05T12:54:08.154-09:00Ahoy, Undine and Captain and thankee indeed.
Undi...Ahoy, Undine and Captain and thankee indeed.<br /><br />Undine: I agree on all counts. Our modern world makes me drink, too. I'm particularly fond of Mr. Poe's satires a la "Psyche Zenobia". If only I knew who all those people he was making fun of were; although I've a hunch you will eventually clue us all in over at The World of EAPoe :)<br /><br />Captain: Great stuff! I'll be looking into Pi and his tiger on your recommendation. Hoist a tankard for me!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-87785407576559948332011-02-05T09:56:00.351-09:002011-02-05T09:56:00.351-09:00First off, many congrats on post #500 - and all o&...First off, many congrats on post #500 - and all o' them worthy of a read!<br /><br />Secondly, another coincidence...that the unfortunate crewman in question aboard the Mignonette dinghy is named "Richard Parker". A most fantastic account of more recent note (and a Canadian connection), Yann Martel's award winning book "The Life Of Pi" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_of_Pi - about Mr. Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel and his misadventure at sea...for 227 days in a lifeboat...with, among other things, a Bengal Tiger accidentally named "Mr. Richard Parker".<br />Neither the Tiger, nor Pi get eaten...however others do...<br />If ye've not read this semi-biographical novel I recommend it. The protagonist, Mr. Patel, is alive and well and living with his wife in Scarborough, Ontario (Canada) and related the story to Mr. Martel to write over the course of many weeks.Capt. John Swallowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06143131721521384174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-68345518770967606732011-02-05T03:45:09.643-09:002011-02-05T03:45:09.643-09:00If I wasn't already such an insufferable egoma...If I wasn't already such an insufferable egomaniac, I'd be blushing. Thank you!<br /><br />Actually, Poe wrote a number of things (not just his fiction, but letters and newspaper columns) where he definitely seemed to "see" the future in odd ways. His writings have many strange coincidences to them. I believe he knew exactly what our modern world would be.<br /><br />And that's probably why he drank.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-50691906066408352022011-02-04T21:27:00.879-09:002011-02-04T21:27:00.879-09:00Ahoy, Timmy! Yeah, nobody could be further from a...Ahoy, Timmy! Yeah, nobody could be further from a pimp than Poe, but still funny.<br /><br />And hey, there were lots of ships, including Navy vessels, named "Grampus". Let's name our next dog Grampus, shall we?Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-84630538190570520502011-02-04T18:00:58.319-09:002011-02-04T18:00:58.319-09:00Ahoy, Pauline! And congratulations (and props, yo)...Ahoy, Pauline! And congratulations (and props, yo) on your 500th Triple P post... Huzzah!<br /><br />I thought you'd like that article, not only for the Poe thing, but for the fact that it does include quite a bit of "nautical nonsense", if you will. The "pimp" picture cracks me up too...<br /><br />A couple other things that I find amusing, anyway: The title of Poe's novel almost sounds like the start of a really bad limerick and the name of the whaling ship "Grampus"... Oh well, I guess I am easily amused, Pirate Queen.Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.com