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Skip · 06-11-2007, 07:32 PM

Sunset Bob was smart to keep a distance from those ferocious birds!

The picture and subsequent posts remind me of a story my great uncle told me about one of the last remaining pirates that cruised the big Lake many a year ago.....it goes somrhting like this:

Many years ago a tourist met an Old Winnipesaukee pirate in a bar at the Weirs (down by one of those new fangled fluorescent signs) and they took turns recounting their adventures in life. Noting the pirate's peg leg, hook and eye patch, the tourist asked, "So, how did you end up with the peg leg?"
The pirate replied, "We was caught in a monster storm off the Broads and a giant wave swept me overboard. Just as they were pullin' me out, a great big snappin’ turtle appeared from the deep and bit off me leg!"
"Whoa!" said the tourist. "What about the hook?"
"Ahhhh," mused the pirate, "we were gonna board the old Mount, pistols blastin' and swords a swingin'. In the fracas, me hand got chopped off."
"Yikes," said the tourist. "And how did you come by the eye patch?"
"A seagull droppin' fell into me eye," said the pirate.
"You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?" the tourist asked.
"Well," said the pirate, "it was me first day with the hook."

06-11-2007, 07:32 PM	#13
Skip Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 1,615 Thanks: 256 Thanked 514 Times in 182 Posts	Those Gulls can be dangerous!!!! Sunset Bob was smart to keep a distance from those ferocious birds! The picture and subsequent posts remind me of a story my great uncle told me about one of the last remaining pirates that cruised the big Lake many a year ago.....it goes somrhting like this: Many years ago a tourist met an Old Winnipesaukee pirate in a bar at the Weirs (down by one of those new fangled fluorescent signs) and they took turns recounting their adventures in life. Noting the pirate's peg leg, hook and eye patch, the tourist asked, "So, how did you end up with the peg leg?" The pirate replied, "We was caught in a monster storm off the Broads and a giant wave swept me overboard. Just as they were pullin' me out, a great big snappin’ turtle appeared from the deep and bit off me leg!" "Whoa!" said the tourist. "What about the hook?" "Ahhhh," mused the pirate, "we were gonna board the old Mount, pistols blastin' and swords a swingin'. In the fracas, me hand got chopped off." "Yikes," said the tourist. "And how did you come by the eye patch?" "A seagull droppin' fell into me eye," said the pirate. "You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?" the tourist asked. "Well," said the pirate, "it was me first day with the hook."