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Blackbeard the Pirate's Sword and Booty Discovered

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GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
04/02/09

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A "fleur de lis"? You know what this means. Get Robert Langdon there stat! And look, if you rearrange the letters of the phrase, "So dark the booty of pirates",which is a phrase used by the First Mates Templar, it spells out.... Wait, I should stop before I give Dan Brown another idea.
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Clarox
04/02/09

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That large gold nugget looks somewhat phallic.
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beercheck
04/03/09

@Clarox: And the one below it kinda looks like a pig. Standing on a rock. Howling at the moon.
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OldDog1
04/02/09

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Pirates be the koolest. FTW

Anything about pirates real or imagined should be on this site. Actually, anything cool should be fair game.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
04/02/09

@OldDog1: Pirates are cooler than zombies and they're always on this site, so I agree.
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Ddoom
04/02/09

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This article was created just so that there could be a 'pirate archaeology' section to the site, right? Because its not actually Science Fiction... but it may be syfy, right?
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Annalee Newitz
04/02/09

@Ddoom: Dude, pirate archaeology is a very important science. Not to be confused with pirate arachnidology, which is even cooler.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
04/02/09

@Annalee Newitz:

We need more pirate arrrrchaeology!

Pirates may not be SF, but they are super fannish.
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Grey_Area
04/02/09

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This is just some tie-in promotion for the Tales of the Black Frigate DVD, isn't it?
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crashedpc - Haifisch
04/02/09

@Grey_Area: Are we so cynical that even the booty of pirates is considered viral marketing?

*looks on the underside of the weight* (C) WARNER BROS LTD

SON OF A...
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PlasmaGlory
04/02/09

@Grey_Area: Black Freighter. Sorry.
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92BuickLeSabre
04/02/09

@PlasmaGlory: This is the porn version. You know like the Hustler Star Trek? [io9.com]

*realizes the implications of what he just typed*

*shudders*

*freaks out*
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corpserotten
04/02/09

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"The sword guard you see above would have rested between the sword and the blade"

Actually the correct term would be "hilt" and it would consist of guard, grip and pommel. Also it was not uncommon for the hilt to have a hole for something like a tassel to hang from it.

So it would not rest between the "sword and the blade" it would be between the blade and the grip/handle.

Still a neat find.
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Annalee Newitz
04/02/09

@corpserotten: Sorry - that was my brain-dead, end-of-day typo. Actually, I was testing you and you, um, passed. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Anyway, it's fixed now. :)
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