Eat a Lime!

I'm not always a fan of following fads-- I mean, let's face it. I waited two years to get my first stretch pants in middle school, and by then they were going out of style. Of course, mine were yellow with leopard print on them, so if I'd held on to them for another decade or two, I'd actually have been in style again... And I can't honestly tell if that's sorta cool, or really really scary.

But anyway, this post is about Pirates. I definitely loved Johnny Depp's performance in Pirates of the Caribbean. And when I heard about "Talk Like a Pirate Day" on the radio, I thought that was pretty cool, and I laughed about it quite a bit, too. But there is a house on my street that has enclosed the front porch with large pirate flags, posted a sign across the front of the house proclaiming it a Pirate's Nest, and they use this as an excuse not to mow the weeds in the front lawn. They also don't shave much, and BO is, of course, a natural part of a pirate's life, so to be authentic, they don't seem to shower much. That's a bit too much pirate for me. That's when the term "fad" starts to mean "foolish and dumb" in my little book of words. And I wasn't so keen on the sequel and prequel movies, either. One good pirate movie was enough.

So I'd sorta decided the whole Pirate thing just wasn't for me. And then there was the Pirate Car, with the drunk and half-naked copilot wearing ratty breaches, an eye patch and a sword... ran into them one day getting gas for my car. They were trying to have a deep philosophical conversation about discrimination against pirates, but the drunk guy kept losing track of his sentences and hiccuping and stuff.
Yeah... No.

But that was before I discovered Captain Bogg and Salty. Now, I crave a bumper sticker, a t-shirt, and a CD. In that order. Just listen to the song about Scurvy! and I think maybe you'll be a convert, too. And even if you're not in on this particular local fad... I guarantee you'll smile about the limes, the bunny rabbit, and the rum. Don't ask. Just visit the website, and click on "Warm Up Podcast" on the far right in the middle, scroll down to Scurvy! and turn up the volume. Aarrrrr!