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: Why did the pirate fail out of college?
A: Because he had lousy R–rithmetic.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why did the pirate hate Captain Crook?
A: Because they were R–ch enemies.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: How did Crook get the pirate to eat the R–senic?
A: He hid it in an R–tichoke.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Who was the pirate’s favorite folk singer?
A: R–lo Guthrie.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why couldn't the young pirate get into the movie?
A: Because it was rated R–!
     -- By Kim Wiley, Webster Groves, MO, US --

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

Q: How did the pirate accompany himself on the guitar?
A: With an R–monica.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: What state did the "Whitewater" pirates come from?
A: R–kansas!
     -- By Kim Wiley, Webster Groves, MO, US --