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 want to go to the Middle East?
A: Because he wanted to see R–rabia.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Where do pirates go to have fun?
A: To the R–cade!
     -- By Parker Hensley, Ramona, CA, US --

Q: After the North Pole, where did the pirate sail?
A: South to R–gentina.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Where does the pirate shop for a suit?
A: At the R–mani Exchange.
     -- By Jeremy Shepherd, New York, NY, US --

Q: What do you do with a drunken pirate?
A: You R–ass and R–angue him.
     -- By Louis S. Berman, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why was the pirate's nickname "Moby Dick"?
A: Cause he carried a big R–poon.
     -- 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: Why did the pirate buy deodorant for his crew?
A: They had smelly R–mpits.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --