"Walk the plank", 1763 (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/11/2011 11:15 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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> > Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject:      Re: "Walk the plank", 1763
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> > Pirate scholars maintain that there is no evidence that "walking the
> > plank" was a popular diversion . . .
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>"Pirate scholars" -- this brings to mind the image of a peg-legged,
>eye-patched, parrot-bearing researcher walking to reference desk asking
>"Arrh, where be the special collections, matey??"

I see a peg-legged, eye-patched parrot, parrots being especially
intelligent and talking birds.

Joel

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