I'd say the new Smack the Penguin is awesome, but why is it so small? I can hardly see anything. 
        
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For this "NEW AND FIRST ALLIANCE TOURNAMENT", why don't we go for a G.R.O.S.S. - SF - ANZAC team? I figure there are a lot of ties among the three of us. 
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| Just like to state no one ever did answer the question on the actual translation of 'tortuga'. Place of eating, eating place, lunch time... what? |
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damoose:
Tortuga is an island off the northern coast of western Hispaniola (modern-day Haiti). In the heyday of Carribbean piracy, Tortuga was a convenient base of operations for many pirates. The trade winds in this area tend to run east-to-west. Tortuga's location made it an ideal base from which to hit merchant ships in the passage between Cuba and Hispaniola, as well as the Spanish treasure galleons in the Florida Channel.
As the island is known for virtually nothing EXCEPT being a one-time pirate base, GROSS's choice of its name for their haven is an appropriate one, though others were far more infamous.
Not sure about the origins of the word "tortuga" itself, though. Arrrrgh!
    
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OOPS Kit brought out the stripes.
   
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| As the island is known for virtually nothing EXCEPT being a one-time pirate base, GROSS's choice of its name for their haven is an appropriate one, though others were far more infamous. |
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One of the things most aren't taught in school was that piracy in the 17th century was actively encouraged by the colonial powers.
The most famous "Privateer" to sail out of Tortuga was likely Henry Morgan who sailed under French letters of commission. Essentially the French allowed him to raid anyone he wanted as long as they weren't French. Such "Privateers" were routinely used by the English, French, Spanish, and Dutch in the West Indies. The Practice virtially ended in Tortuga by 1688 as laws were passed making any national sailing under foreign letters of commission a felon. A sort of amnesty was granted and many of the buccaneers given Royal commissions for active navy service. The era of Privateers was over. Some, however, turned to out and out piracy. Ironically the year of Morgan's death in Jamaica was also 1688.
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| Nope. It was the power of the force young Pontius |
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LMAO yeah right. It's a glitch in the quoting function.
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P.S. My schwartz is bigger than yours. LMAO How are things at Spaceballs central there Yoda?
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Speaking of the force, Use the force to get your sweetie to put on one of these for Valentines day. Yeah!!!!
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A Pirate Joke
An able-bodied seaman meets a pirate in a bar, and
they they take turns recounting their adventures at
sea. Noting the pirate's peg-leg, hook, and eye
patch the seaman asks:
"So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?"
The pirate replies:
"We was caught in a monster storm off the cape and
a giant wave swept me overboard. Just as they were
pullin' me out a school of sharks appeared and one
of 'em bit me leg off".
"Blimey!" said the seaman. "What about the hook"?
"Ahhhh...", mused the pirate, "We were boardin' a
trader ship, pistols blastin' and swords swingin'
this way and that. In the fracas me hand got chopped
off."
"Zounds!", remarked the seaman. "And how came ye by
the eye patch?"
"A seagull droppin' fell into me eye", answered the
pirate.
"You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?", the sailor
asked incredulously.
"Arrrgh" said the pirate, "..it was me first day with
the hook.."
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Oh and you can buy some Tortuga Rum too. See we pirates know the souveneer business.
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LMAO!!
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Uh huh. We know all about those Blow up female Yoda's 
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Awww I gotta Go bake a cake for my sweetie. Although I'm getting away with a relatively small price to pay. HEHE.
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