hoist the black flag

[whiskeytown]

"There comes a time when every man feels the urge to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken

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I like your new avatar.

[Dynasty]

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Internet posts can be submitted as evidence in a court of law.

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"There comes a time when every man feels the urge to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken

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RB

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I /images/graemlins/heart.gif H.L. Mencken.

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[ripdog]

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"There comes a time when every man feels the urge to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken

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I /images/graemlins/heart.gif H.L. Mencken.

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Yes, Mencken is up there with the best of them. My personal favorite is:

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." -H. L. Mencken

[somethingstupid]

What has 2 thumbs and is confused ?

[blatz]

In days of old, when ships were bold
Just like the men who sailed them
and if they showed us disrespect
we'd tie them up and flail them
often men of low degree
and often men of steel
who'd make you walk the plank alone
or haul you 'round the keel

Hoist the Jolly Roger!

Adam Ant (don't bother discussing)

[jakethebake]

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You're a big government, pro-union, left-wing, socialist whacko and you're going to use a pirate flag for your avatar? /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Blarg]

Haha, that's truly a great one!

I always loved the "American boobeoisie" phrase. I think describing us as "the great unwashed" was also his.

[IronDragon1]

You going lifting or something?

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GREAT avatar.

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"There comes a time when every man feels the urge to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken

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RB

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I /images/graemlins/heart.gif H.L. Mencken.

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Yes, Mencken is up there with the best of them. My personal favorite is:

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." -H. L. Mencken

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I've always been partial to the WJB obituary and the essay on chiropractors. There's an essay on Coolidge with a title I can't remember that's also hilarious.

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[SuitedSixes]

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In days of old, when ships were bold
Just like the men who sailed them
and if they showed us disrespect
we'd tie them up and flail them
often men of low degree
and often men of steel
who'd make you walk the plank alone
or haul you 'round the keel

Hoist the Jolly Roger!

Adam Ant (don't bother discussing)

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In Days of Old
When Knights were bold
And condoms had not yet been invented,
The Knights put socks around their cocks
And pregnancy was prevented.

[Phat Mack]

I don't think much of our profession, but, contrasted with respectability, it is comparatively honest. No, Frederic, I shall live and die a Pirate King.

Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly,
Than play a sanctimonious part,
With a pirate head and a pirate heart.
Away to the cheating world go you,
Where pirates all are well-to-do;
But I’ll be true to the song I sing,
And live and die a Pirate King.

For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!