Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew 
were in danger of being boarded by a pirate ship.
As the crew became frantic, the captain bellowed to his First Mate,
"Bring me my red shirt!".
The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which the 
captain put on and lead the crew to battle the pirate boarding party.
Although some casualties occurred among the crew, the pirates were 
repelled. Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two 
pirate vessels sending boarding parties.
The crew cowered in fear, but the captain calm as ever bellowed,
"Bring me my red shirt!".
The battle was on, and once again the Captain and his crew repelled both 
boarding parties, although this time more casualties occurred.
Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night recounting 
the day's occurrences when an ensign looked to the Captain and asked,
"Sir, why did you call for your red shirt before the battle?".
The Captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can give, 
exhorted,
"If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does not show the wound and 
thus, you men will continue to fight unafraid".
The men sat in silence marvelling at the courage of such a man.
As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there were 
pirate ships, 10 of them, all with boarding parties on their way.
The men became silent and looked to their Captain for his usual command.
The Captain, calm as ever, bellowed, "Bring me my brown pants!!
:)

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wtwjgc (Joe)
Main website:- <http://wakefield.110mb.com/>

"wtwjgc (Joe)"  wrote in message 
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> Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew were 
> in danger of being boarded by a pirate ship.
> As the crew became frantic, the captain bellowed to his First Mate,
> "Bring me my red shirt!".
> The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which the 
> captain put on and lead the crew to battle the pirate boarding party.
> Although some casualties occurred among the crew, the pirates were 
> repelled. Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two pirate 
> vessels sending boarding parties.
> The crew cowered in fear, but the captain calm as ever bellowed,
> "Bring me my red shirt!".
> The battle was on, and once again the Captain and his crew repelled both 
> boarding parties, although this time more casualties occurred.
> Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night recounting 
> the day's occurrences when an ensign looked to the Captain and asked,
> "Sir, why did you call for your red shirt before the battle?".
> The Captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can give, 
> exhorted,
> "If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does not show the wound and 
> thus, you men will continue to fight unafraid".
> The men sat in silence marvelling at the courage of such a man.
> As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there were pirate 
> ships, 10 of them, all with boarding parties on their way.
> The men became silent and looked to their Captain for his usual command.
> The Captain, calm as ever, bellowed, "Bring me my brown pants!!
> :)
>
that was a giggle Joe!
-- 
Jackie
o0o0o

wtwjgc (Joe) wrote:

> Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew
> were in danger of being boarded by a pirate ship.
> As the crew became frantic, the captain bellowed to his First Mate,
> "Bring me my red shirt!".
> The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which the
> captain put on and lead the crew to battle the pirate boarding party.
> Although some casualties occurred among the crew, the pirates were
> repelled. Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two
> pirate vessels sending boarding parties.
> The crew cowered in fear, but the captain calm as ever bellowed,
> "Bring me my red shirt!".
> The battle was on, and once again the Captain and his crew repelled both
> boarding parties, although this time more casualties occurred.
> Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night recounting
> the day's occurrences when an ensign looked to the Captain and asked,
> "Sir, why did you call for your red shirt before the battle?".
> The Captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can give,
> exhorted,
> "If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does not show the wound and
> thus, you men will continue to fight unafraid".
> The men sat in silence marvelling at the courage of such a man.
> As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there were
> pirate ships, 10 of them, all with boarding parties on their way.
> The men became silent and looked to their Captain for his usual command.
> The Captain, calm as ever, bellowed, "Bring me my brown pants!!
> :)
> 

This one too - I hope it's all right to pinch all of these Joe. Keep 'em
coming!  :-)

-- 
Bernadette

wtwjgc (Joe) wrote:
> Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew
> were in danger of being boarded by a pirate ship.
<snipped>
>The Captain, calm as ever, bellowed, "Bring me my brown pants!! :)

:)
-- 
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard are sweeter
flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk FN 2°°8 +,  Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland

On 22/08/2008 22:52, Bernadette wrote:
> wtwjgc (Joe) wrote:
> 
>> Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew
>> were in danger of being boarded by a pirate ship.
>> As the crew became frantic, the captain bellowed to his First Mate,
>> "Bring me my red shirt!".
>> The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which the
>> captain put on and lead the crew to battle the pirate boarding party.
>> Although some casualties occurred among the crew, the pirates were
>> repelled. Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two
>> pirate vessels sending boarding parties.
>> The crew cowered in fear, but the captain calm as ever bellowed,
>> "Bring me my red shirt!".
>> The battle was on, and once again the Captain and his crew repelled both
>> boarding parties, although this time more casualties occurred.
>> Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night recounting
>> the day's occurrences when an ensign looked to the Captain and asked,
>> "Sir, why did you call for your red shirt before the battle?".
>> The Captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can give,
>> exhorted,
>> "If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does not show the wound and
>> thus, you men will continue to fight unafraid".
>> The men sat in silence marvelling at the courage of such a man.
>> As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there were
>> pirate ships, 10 of them, all with boarding parties on their way.
>> The men became silent and looked to their Captain for his usual command.
>> The Captain, calm as ever, bellowed, "Bring me my brown pants!!
>> :)
>>
> 
> This one too - I hope it's all right to pinch all of these Joe. Keep 'em
> coming!  :-)
> 
Why not - I pinched them. :)

-- 
wtwjgc (Joe)
Main website:- <http://wakefield.110mb.com/>