That’s odd, it looks as if a group of very angry people are chasing a man who is wearing a fancy dress pirate outfit. In fact the man looks like…it can’t be…it isn’t…it is, it’s our old Piratical chum Black Jack Bastard. We haven’t seen him for a while.

"Hey Jack, up here quickly, you’ll be safe inside our offices."

The question is will we? he did once try to hijack the blog and use it to terrorise the blogosphere. Pirates are noted for being very unpredictable; still it’s nice to see him after all this time. I wonder what he’s been doing these past twelve months…

"Ha – har ye miserable son of a scablouse, good to clap eyes on ‘ee."

"Hello Jack, long time no see. What have you been up to, still the most ruthless captain on the Spanish Main?"

"Pirating? No matey, I give it up, changed course in mid voyage, Pirating be a young maaan’s game these days."

"You gave up being a Pirate?"

"Arrrr ye lubber, I did that, took up a completely different profession, honest an’ ’spec’able like. Oi is a businessman now"

"So what line are are you in now then and why were those people chasing you down the street if you are honest and respectable."

"Them maaangy whoresons, they’m small minded lubbers who lack the imagination to unnerstand my ’spec’able professon."

"So they were after your blood because your trade is legal, decent, honest and truthful, Jack?"

"Now heave to matey, you’m goin’ too far now. I said ’spec’able, not honest."

"Well what is it you are doing then?"

"They says 'ee can't teach a old sea dawg new tricks matey si I foun' a trade me ol' tricks is well suited to. I become one o’ they Hinves’ment Bankers shipmate."

"Oh well once a pirate, always a pirate I suppose."

"Ha – haaaar well said for a miserable speck o’ shore scum.

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