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 France?
A: R–revoir.
     -- 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: Why did the pirate have swollen joints?
A: Because he had R–thritis.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: If the pirate had stayed in the R–my, where would he have been buried when he died?
A: R–lington cemetery.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: How did the Captian Crook try to poison the pirate?
A: With R–senic.
     -- By Marie Anne Chiment, Drexel Hill, PA, US --

Q: How did the pirate study the heavens?
A: With an R–millary sphere.
     -- 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: What train does the Pirate take when he visits Flushing, Queens?
A: The R–.
     -- By Chris Mitchell, El Paso, TX, US --