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: How did the pirate study the heavens?
A: With an R–millary sphere.
     -- 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's a pirate's favorite holiday?
A: R–bor Day.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: What did the pirate say when he left Italy?
A: R–rivederci.
     -- 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 --

Q: Why did the pirate want to go to R–vard?
A: He wanted to study R–cheology.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why can't the pirate eat spicy foods?
A: He suffers from frequent h–R–tburn.
     -- By Barbara Chiment, Ramona, CA, US --

Q: Where was the pirate born?
A: R–dsley.
     -- By Jeremy Shepherd, New York, NY, US --