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Arrr, ye prizes be including the Vitamin C, you scurvy-dogs!

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Limey.

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Sorry, Chuck. I guess my pirate-speak is too rusty. I will do better next time.

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I guess we gotta practice ! Aye! :p

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I gotta hang around more pirates.

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Don't we all...

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Damn! I thought it was about length not quality. AYE! :p

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That's a common mistake.

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Alas matey! Yer peg leg was but a long hollow log.

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Word Matey! lolol. We'll figure it all out one day!

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Congratulations to me shipmates! Arrrrrgh!! May your parrot on ye shoulder never be shatty and yer drank be keepin’ yah fram dah scurvy.

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Did you invent "shatty"? Great word.

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Agreed. Shatty is a great word. Will be using that at my GI doctor.

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Shatner. Is there a prize for most crass?

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Yes, yes I sure did! Just for this and intentionally. I liked the sound as I read it in pirate.

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I feel like I need one of these stickers now. lol! Also thank you! <3

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Thank you! I sent Dennis a message.

Please just be keeping that old Chester Copperpot away from my booty. I know how excited some people down in Oregon get about treasure hunting.

I really enjoyed this and I would like to help keep the magic alive so let me know how best I can assist with that endeavor.

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Palahniuk! Was it not ye who claimed me eye with a tampered booty box rigged to explode in a jetsam of fallen stars?

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Is that even English?

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Yesn’t

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Congrats to the winners! ☠🥳

And Fabio - how rude! I'd love to know if he's ever seen those stickers.

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People put them on the trash cans at the local gas station. You can't miss them. And I'll hunt around and get a photo of one to post.

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Weirdly enough I just had an email from "out of print" and they're selling t-shirts with a fabio on that say "Read"

I'd post a link but I can't figure out how to 😖

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Arr-some!

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Aye, so honored says me says I. Feelin' the salty winds of Disney a blowin' a crossover event betwixt Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean. Sabers of light versus cutlasses of steel. Furry Ewoks versus hairy-chested deckhands! A thousand blessings upon thee for the generosity.

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Argh, enjoy the Spring of Palms.

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Chuck, I think you just inspired me to seek out some pirate erotica.

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Fabio and Johnny Depp, aye?

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I've been wanting to ask you...how did you write your story Eleanor? I attempted reading that story and lasted only a few pages because it hurt my head. But I still love the fact that the story is in there. I'm always blown away with how writers play with language.

But how did you write that? Did you write a normal story and then in a future draft, substituted words with similar sounding words? Was there a method to your madness?

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I just finished your short story "Phoenix." Tell me that you did not glean that story from real world accounts Mr. Palahniuk... :p

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