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 did the pirate say when he left Japan?
A: Domo R–igato.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Who was the famous Greek mathema-pirate?
A: Pythagoras, he gave us pi–R–squared.
     -- By David Barker, O'Fallon, IL, US --

Q: Why did the pirate sail to the North Pole?
A: He wanted to feel the R–ctic temperatures.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: What's the latest brilliant design by pirate costumer Marie Anne Chiment?
A: Blue/R–ange.
     -- By Kim Wiley, Webster Groves, MO, US --

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

Q: What kind of animal did the pirate have for a pet?
A: An R–dvark.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: Why did the islanders fear the pirate’s Jolly Roger flag?
A: Because it was an R–binger of doom.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: What was it about Crook that annoyed the pirate?
A: He was an R–dhearted, R–gumentative, horse’s R–rse.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --