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 a pirate's favorite holiday?
A: R–bor Day.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, 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 want to go to the Middle East?
A: Because he wanted to see R–rabia.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Who was the pirate's favorite person in history?
A: Joan of R–k.
     -- By David Barker, O'Fallon, IL, 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: What will the final battle that pits pirates against the world be called?
A: R–mageddon.
     -- By David Barker, O'Fallon, IL, 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: Who was the pirate’s favorite folk singer?
A: R–lo Guthrie.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --