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: Who was the pirate's favorite person in history?
A: Joan of R–k.
     -- By David Barker, O'Fallon, IL, US --

Q: Where do pirates go to have fun?
A: To the R–cade!
     -- By Parker Hensley, Ramona, CA, 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: 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: After the North Pole, where did the pirate sail?
A: South to R–gentina.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Which naked wet guy said "Eureka!" to the pirate?
A: R-chimedes.
     -- By Louis S. Berman, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: What was the pirate’s favorite Elvis song?
A: "R–U lonesome tonight?"
     -- By Chris Mitchell, El Paso, TX, US --

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