Avast, ye lubbers. 'Tis the end of the contest. Yarr!

Let me say that we had several great entries! I was impressed with the variety of fairly clean limericks we got. No one went over the line, a good time was had by my wife and I picking the limericks. And as I made up this contest, I'm throwing a bunch of awards out there.

First, the "most conspicuous attempt to appeal to the judge's vanity and obtain fudge" award goes to MT with...

There now is a blogger named Zach
When it comes to the fudge he's no hack
Preparing it by the batch
He makes it all from scratch
Come now, Chocolate Pirates, Attack!

Fudge? Keep a weather eye out the first week of October, when fudge may be as plentiful as grog in a Tortuga tavern. Well, maybe not quite THAT plentiful, but there'll be fudge eventually.

The "Law Student/Pirate homogenization" award goes to Energy Spatula with...

There once was a law student named Sue
Who loved life on the sea and rum too
So she gave up the law
And bought a macaw
And now she’s no longer sad and blue

Arr, Pirate Lawyers! Prepare for a hostile takeover of all your assets! Fire a deposition over the port bow!

The "Questionable Content" Award goes to mellow-drama with...

There was a young pirate named Porter,
Who suffered intestine disorder
Since he always felt ill
It gave him a thrill
To grant all his enemies no quarter.

Hmmmmm... trying to find the innuendo in this one... still trying... perhaps a map with an "X" on it... Yarrrr....

The "Best Limerick Not Appearing in this Contest" Award goes to Prof. Bogdanski for his excised limerick which shall not be posted (but which made Reeta laugh really hard, so it couldn't have been THAT questionable).

And the absolute winner, the one to whom we should all heft a brimfull of grog to is Amber, who wins the contest this year with...

There was a young pirate from Krum
Who drank gallons and gallons of rum
He met a young lass
Had fun in the grass
And got a bad rash on his bum

Arrr, My britches are itchy. Have a great talk like a Pirate day!