While visiting my family at Christmas, my six year-old nephew, Parker, asked me "How does a pirate go on vacation?"

I had no idea, of course, but I was delighted to learn he did so "In an R-V!" Needless to say, we laughed ourselves silly, scowling like the scurvy scalliwags we were while stretching our "R-'s"in true pirate fashion. "Shiver me timbers, matey." AARRRRRRGH!

The following compendium is quite simply more of the same, so do enjoy. Also, if you have any pirate jokes of your own, be sure to click Contribute to share them.

Q: How did the Captian Crook try to poison the pirate?
A: With R–senic.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why couldn’t the pirate go to the party?
A: Because he forgot the send in his R–SVP.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: What kind of animal did the pirate have for a pet?
A: An R–dvark.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why did the pirate drop anchor in the bay?
A: Because he was forbidden to enter the R–bor.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: What train does the Pirate take when he visits Flushing, Queens?
A: The R–.
     -- By Chris Mitchell, El Paso, TX, US --

Q: What do pirates fear most in the sea?
A: Sh–R–ks!
     -- By Parker Hensley, Ramona, CA, US --

Q: What did the pirate say when he left Italy?
A: R–rivederci.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: After the pirate ate the R–senic, how was he saved?
A: With R–tificial respiration.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --