My new pirate identity (shhh, it's a secret)
It has been a pirate-y month for this ole scalawag, and while I have enjoyed all the fun and friviolity, I am a bit concerned that
1) I have been too much in the public eye, which is not good for a pirate, especially when that pirate is a pudgy, grey-headed middle-aged broad who's ruthless days are mostly behind her (as, by the look of her butt, most things are);
and
2) there's a very real chance my old crew-mates may now be able track me down, which would NOT be good because there was a slight disagreement about the redistribution of wealth the last time we met which, of course, I won. (I cheated ... Hello! Pirate!)
I will never renounce the name Red-Handed Jill (which I stole, like the good pirate I am, from someone else) but will now also have an alter- ego I can default to when the British Navy gets too close on my heels, or my crew insists on its share of the booty, or I decide to run for Governor. It's good to have choices.
There really was a Captain Ann Bonney, by the way. No relation to Billy the Kid. Or Billy Budd, for that matter. She's dead now. Her name is fair game.
3 comments:
Iron Jack Flint here
Hey, a pair of jacks! My luck is improving!
Iron Mary Flint here, Oh my goodness is Jack related????
Maybe a lost son, but then that would mean that Anne Bonney stole him from me....just like a pirate!!!
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