Catfish
Art by David Shrigley
Okay, the age old question. Ninja or Pirate?
Genghis77 said:I believe the daily pirate ration was a gallon and a half of beer a day.:cross:
david_42 said:Maybe I'm too old, I can't understand this question sober or drunk.
AllHoppedUp said:I gotta go with ninja. From what I've read of pirate life, it's not nearly as romantic as Hollywood makes it out to be. Think months (or more) at sea with no company but the unshowered man whose bunk is but inches from your face. The fresh food was gone long ago so now you only get weevle infested biscuits and maybe some dried meat if you're lucky. You're vitamin C deficient so you're starting to lose teeth due to scurvy. Yeah, there's plenty of rum and beer but that's only because fresh water doesn't last. So you drink in the sun all day and wake up the next morning with the taste of cat piss in your mouth because you've been on a 3 month drinking binge and haven't brushed your teeth once. All you want is one glass of clean water to rinse things out a bit . . . you finally work up the nerve to complain to the captain and he has you flogged for it.
A ninja, on the other hand, could live any lifestyle he chooses. Any man who stands in his way is merely shuriken fodder. If you want to drink rum or beer all day you simply have to kill a man with a decent supply of rum or beer. Your incredible skill in all things deceiving ensure that you'll never be caught.
AHU
That sounds like fun...what's the bad part?AllHoppedUp said:Think months (or more) at sea with no company but the unshowered man whose bunk is but inches from your face. The fresh food was gone long ago so now you only get weevle infested biscuits and maybe some dried meat if you're lucky. You're vitamin C deficient so you're starting to lose teeth due to scurvy. Yeah, there's plenty of rum and beer but that's only because fresh water doesn't last. So you drink in the sun all day and wake up the next morning with the taste of cat piss in your mouth because you've been on a 3 month drinking binge and haven't brushed your teeth once. All you want is one glass of clean water to rinse things out a bit . . . you finally work up the nerve to complain to the captain and he has you flogged for it.
And everyday you die a thousand deaths, knowing that you could do all those things, but your lifelong ninja training doesn't allow you to do them.AllHoppedUp said:A ninja, on the other hand, could live any lifestyle he chooses. Any man who stands in his way is merely shuriken fodder. If you want to drink rum or beer all day you simply have to kill a man with a decent supply of rum or beer. Your incredible skill in all things deceiving ensure that you'll never be caught.
El Pistolero said:And everyday you die a thousand deaths, knowing that you could do all those things, but your lifelong ninja training doesn't allow you to do them.
You're right, I was confusing the two.AllHoppedUp said:I'm no expert, but I think you may be confusing ninja with samurai. I don't believe ninjas are bound by any code of honor. Ever heard of Stormshadow?That dude wouldn't think twice about wasting some liquor store owner for a bottle of Bacardi. But just in case I'm wrong, I'll be a rogue ninja.
BlightyBrewer said:For me it's gotta be pirates. Ninjas are too sneaky for me. Ya can't fart, belch, drink rum / beer, sing, make people walk the plank, plug holes in the hull with your butt etc, if you're a ninja.
AllHoppedUp said:Who says ninjas can't fart? "Silent But Deadly" pretty much epitomizes the ninja way. Heh heh!
AHU
BlightyBrewer said:....my wife must be a ninja....
AllHoppedUp said:You need to get a dog. My wife used to fart all the time until we got a dog. Then she mysteriously stopped farting! That dog seems to fart a lot though . . .
AHU
TWolf10 said:
Nuff Said!! :cross:
Walker-san said:Not quite "Nuff Said"..... (a friend sent that original image to me a few months ago and I modified it a little.)
Brewpastor said:Pirates! They are in your face, where as Ninjas sneek around and hid and that seems a little pansy-girlish to me.
the_bird said:If that's the case, why are they called "Butt Pirates" instead of "Butt Ninjas?"