3 posts tagged “pirates”

A couple of months ago when Myron Cope shuffled off this mortal coil, I thought it proper to link to some sound bites.  I guess it's because I thought of him primarily as a radio personality that I didn't consider checking Youtube.  Sweet Jesus, that was a mistake!  This video, which I can only assume was meant to make me excited for Pittsburgh Pirates baseball, came to my attention a couple of days ago.  It's probably not safe for work.  Or home.  Or.... anywhere, really.  Don't say you weren't warned.

look, we know there's really just no right way to transition from the horrifying events of yesterday back to our usual inane banter and fart jokes.  but as long as we realize we're backed into a corner here, there is some pleasure to be found in the somewhat less than appropriate.  it's like pulling off a band-aid; sometimes you've got to break a few eggs.

tabloid readers will recognize the woman in the video below as the now ex-wife of sir paul mccartney.  we here at hotrod.vox.com certainly do not count ourselves among her many naysayers.  let's be honest here - paul was definitely the worst one, and the man who foisted "got to get you into my life" and "yesterday" and "here, there, and everywhere" on an unsuspecting public owes somebody something.  that much is for damn sure.  but still, we're hardly above a little schadenfreude.  we're not going to tell you how the video ends, but let's just say for argument's sake that if we had a prosthetic leg and we were doing a dance routine on national television that ended with us standing on only one....  well, we just might make sure we don't end the routine standing on the leg made of maple.  that's all we're saying.

we were all set to post today a screed about the pirate costume as the absolute lamest adult halloween costume until yo han showed up to see the wrens in full regalia.  so we're not gonna.  believe you me.... er, us - we gave him enough grief about it already.  and besides, we changed our mind over the course of the evening anyway.  it's those fad costumes that are most irksome.  if you had the bright idea to dress up today as steve irwin or a 'snakes on a plane' pilot, congratulations: you are not special.

and the real losers here, faithful readers, are you.  nah, actually that's not right - the real losers are those walking around tonight with plastic stingrays or cobras taped to their chest.  but you lose too.  instead of some highly inspired vitriol you get this video clip you've seen a thousand times before.  it's a preview of the scariest movie ever.  be afraid; be very afraid.