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gamaliel114 |
Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!
Sep 19 2009, 1:22 AM EDT
Ahoy, me hearties! It almost be Talk Like a Party Day heer on the briny west seas. yea easterners and landlubbers should already be cussing up a storm that'd make yer poor mother take a widow's walk. It also be me glorious day of birth, so it be three sheets to the wind for me!!! Maybe four. Visit yea this here net link to learn more:http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ ~Capt. Gamal Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! me hates the sea and everthing in it!!!! ~Simpsons Do you find this valuable?
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washingtoncougar |
1. RE: Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!
Sep 19 2009, 1:36 AM EDT
HAPPY B-DAY. I read someplace recently why they say three sheets to the wind but for the live of me I can't remember.Dave Do you find this valuable? |
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gamaliel114 |
2. RE: Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!
Sep 19 2009, 1:53 AM EDT
On a scale of one to four sheets how drunk one is.
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aubreyreynolds9@gmai |
3. RE: Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!
Sep 19 2009, 10:12 PM EDT
Happy Happy Birthday. My research reveals that it is a nautical term. The phrase "three sheets to the wind" does indeed come from the world of seafaring, specifically sailing ships. The "sheets" in the phrase are not sails, but ropes. Of course, the first thing one learns about ropes once aboard ship is that they are never called "ropes." (Sounds a little like *learning the ropes*, eh?)They are named according to their particular function: halyards (which move or hold things, usually sails, vertically), sheets (which move or hold things horizontally), and lines (which hold things in a static position). The sheets in this case are those ropes which hold the sails in place. If one sheet is loose, the sail will flap in the wind and the ship's progress will be unsteady. Two sheets loose ("in the wind"), and you have a major problem, and with "three sheets in the wind," the ship reels like a drunken sailor.The specific number of "three sheets" in the phrase wasn't random, by the way -- there was, at one time, a sort of rating system of inebriation among sailors, where "one sheet" meant "tipsy" and so on, up to "four sheets in the wind," meaning to be completely unconscious. Do you find this valuable? |
pvjjh |
4. RE: Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!
Sep 19 2009, 10:48 PM EDT
Man I missed this one. Happy Birthday - belated - 3 sheets or 4, I hope you enjoyed your day/ Paul Do you find this valuable? |
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gamaliel114 |
5. RE: Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!
Sep 20 2009, 7:43 PM EDT
Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! I mean Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! not quite four sheets, but I don't remember coming home. I think we polished off the whole keg and cooked a whole cow.I'm getting a new camera and in a few months a 16" saw and other equipment. great b-day! I can't wait to torture y'all with pictures. ~Zeke Do you find this valuable? |
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gamaliel114 |
6. RE: Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!
Oct 17 2009, 9:08 PM EDT
The day before my birthday i found this jade on lower finney creek:http://cash-and-treasures-wiki.travelchannel.com/photos/album/96693/Finney+Creek+WA/photo/7829768/PirateJade Notice the way the black looks like an eye patch. Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! That's not a good picture, but the best shot i have of the eye patch....to see the jadiness follow this link; http://s790.photobucket.com/albums/yy184/jadadara/FINNEYCREEK/LowerSummer09/PirateJade/?albumview=slideshow ~Zeke Do you find this valuable? |
