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Early this morning, in the gloaming hour before dawn, I lay thinking about how much fun you could have with home design.
Gun carriages at the windows; masts and sails on the roof (there must be an alternative energy application there); a Jolly Roger from the flagpole in the front yard; pirate parties
for friends and family; a talking Macaw on the front porch...
On windy days the sails will be snapped tight, closehauled for maximum effect while you stand at the wheel, high on your roof, with your parrot on your shoulder and the wind in your hair.
Or, if you're that way inclined, your uniform buttons gleaming as you snap orders to the bo'sun and the first mate, the Jack streaming from the aft... I mean rear porch.
Yar.
http://media01.cgch.../3133/1/fullimg.jpg
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Aug 26 2006]
Yar-ish.
http://www.generall...rate-ship-house.gif
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Aug 26 2006]
(?) scallywag
http://www.costco.c...nDesc1&Sp=C&topnav=
[xandram, Aug 27 2006]
Monty Python's meaning of life
http://mustech.mus..../gifs/building1.gif
[fridge duck, Aug 27 2006]
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I get tired of all the boring houses. And I like Horatio Hornblower. So hoist a croissant. |
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But wasn't this done in the movie _Mary_Poppins_? |
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Admiral Boom: Time Gun ready?
Mr. Binnacle: Ready and charged, Sir.
Admiral Boom: Three minutes and six seconds.
Mr. Binnacle: Aye, aye, sir.
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Hoist the TV aerial or we'll have you walking the porch, yar! |
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I'll be building a holiday home in a couple of years. I wonder if I can convince my wife that a pirate ship is a good idea...? |
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Better than living underground in an egg, I suppose. |
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(UB) You need to make that ship into a
submarine, if the caps keep melting at the
present rate. + |
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"Can you convince your wife?"
"I'll know when avast her" |
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Various elements of this have been baked, including a home for a retired sailor with a flagpole and a crows nest. Also, Hornblower held no truck with pirates. Not saying I don't want one, mind. And yes, worth it for the neighbours' reactions. |
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I've decided. I've never liked the word 'mezzanine' and, inspired by this idea, shall henceforth refer to such geography as the poop-deck. |
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That's the spirit, [JB]. I assume the poopers who fishboned this all live on "mezzanine" floors? |
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