Does anyone else find it fascinating that there are still pirates in the world? In 2004, there were 324 reported pirate attacks (about 1/3 of which occured in Indonesian waters). While I was riding the bus, living in the suburbs, preparing for life in a cubicle, embedded in a world of many and diverse applications of concrete, there were other people who were growing up to become /pirates/.
And still with the same title for the job as in the 1600s. Cobblers and haberdashers are few, but pirates are still going strong. The mind boggles.
(I also find it very funny that the ad embedded in the middle of the news article on worldwide pirate attacks is for cheap tickets on a cruiseline. Oh indiscriminate advertising, you’re high-larious.) 🙂
On an old West Wing episode, the “wife” of the President was almost excluded from being able to attend a Daughters of the American Revolution event, on account of her great-great lineage which connected her to a “pirate”. However, when it was established that he was a “privateer”, that is, a pirate under contract to the Americans to wreak havoc with the Brits, all was forgiven. What’s in a name, after all?