Today's bit of piratey silliness.

[kjpepper]

Capt. Jack Sparrow is bi

Johnny Depp says he was so intrigued by a book about homosexuality amongst pirates in the Caribbean in the 17th century, that he tried to incorporate some of those ideas into his character for the upcoming 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest'. After reading 'Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition', Depp said:

"I liked the idea of [Jack] being ambiguous. Because women were thought to be bad luck on ships. And these pirates would go out for years at a time. So, you know, there is a possibility that one thing might lead to another. You're lonely. You have an extra ration of rum ... 'Cabin boy!'"

So, wait, Capt. Jack wasn't gay before. Holy Christ! Even dudes at pride week would have told Depp to butch it up a little. If that was the straight version, the ambiguous one should be awesome, with snakeskin boots, a tiara and a little dog. And instead of going into battle with a Braveheart type "they can never take our freedom" speech, he can take off his long Joan Crawford gloves and say "get 'em girls!"

Thanks to _kyri for necessitating the windexing of my monitor after it was liberally sprayed with cherry coke first thing this morning.