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    Blackbeard the Pirate's Sword and Booty Discovered
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    04/02/09

    In reply to Blackbeard the Pirate's Sword and Booty Discovered
    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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    Image of Clarox Clarox
    04/02/09

    In reply to Blackbeard the Pirate's Sword and Booty Discovered
    That large gold nugget looks somewhat phallic.
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    Image of beercheck 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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    Image of OldDog1 OldDog1
    04/02/09

    In reply to Blackbeard the Pirate's Sword and Booty Discovered
    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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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. 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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    Image of Ddoom Ddoom
    04/02/09

    In reply to Blackbeard the Pirate's Sword and Booty Discovered
    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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    Image of Annalee Newitz 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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    04/02/09

    @Annalee Newitz:


    We need more pirate arrrrchaeology!


    Pirates may not be SF, but they are super fannish.

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/02/09

    In reply to Blackbeard the Pirate's Sword and Booty Discovered
    This is just some tie-in promotion for the Tales of the Black Frigate DVD, isn't it?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch 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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    Image of PlasmaGlory PlasmaGlory
    04/02/09

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

    In reply to Blackbeard the Pirate's Sword and Booty Discovered
    "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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    Image of Annalee Newitz 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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