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: Which naked wet guy said "Eureka!" to the pirate?
A: R-chimedes.
     -- By Louis S. Berman, 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 want to go to R–vard?
A: He wanted to study R–cheology.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why did the pirate save up his coins?
A: So he could use them in the penny R–cade.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why did the pirate drop anchor in the bay?
A: Because he was forbidden to enter the R–bor.
     -- 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: Why did the pirate study opera?
A: He wanted to sing an R–ria.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: How did Crook get the pirate to eat the R–senic?
A: He hid it in an R–tichoke.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --