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's the pirates favorite stop on the N & W line to Queens?
A: Ditm–R–s Boulevard.
     -- By Chris Mitchell, El Paso, TX, US --

Q: Where did the pirate go when he visited Eastern Europe?
A: R–menia.
     -- By Chris Mitchell, El Paso, TX, US --

Q: If the pirate had stayed in the R–my, where would he have been buried when he died?
A: R–lington cemetery.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why did the pirate lose his boat?
A: Because the R–bitrament was against him.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

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 did the pirate turn his boat and make a run for it?
A: He was being chased by an R–mada.
     -- By David Mills, Yonkers, NY, 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: What did the pirate say when he left Japan?
A: Domo R–igato.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --