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: What was the name of the pirate's parot?
A: R–lene.
     -- By Kitty Knapp, Racine, WI, US --

Q: Why did the pirate join forces with Jason to seek the golden fleece?
A: He wanted to be an R–gonaut.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

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 he shop there?
A: Because he could get a ba R–gain.
     -- By Jeremy Shepherd, New York, NY, US --

Q: Why did the pirate sail to the North Pole?
A: He wanted to feel the R–ctic temperatures.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why did the pirate go to Yale?
A: Because he couldn’t get into R–vard.
     -- 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 state did the "Whitewater" pirates come from?
A: R–kansas!
     -- By Kim Wiley, Webster Groves, MO, US --