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Black Pearl

submitted by C-note

5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago

9 Comments

Black sails, eh? Better stay out of the Aegean.
*quality sailing technology
*promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Thursday, March 14th, 2019 7:48am PDT - promote requested by newtboy.

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by newtboy.

This is the kind of wealth that should be punished.

BSR

Spitball some knowledge on me as to why "Better stay out of the Aegean."

Black sails, eh? Better stay out of the Aegean.
*quality sailing technology
*promote

From Wikipedia:

Theseus departed for Crete. Upon his departure, Aegeus told him to put up white sails when returning if he was successful in killing the Minotaur. However, when Theseus returned, he forgot these instructions.

When Aegeus saw the black sails coming into Athens, mistaken in his belief that his son had been slain, he killed himself by jumping from a height [...] into the sea which was therefore known as the Aegean Sea.

BSR

Spitball some knowledge on me as to why "Better stay out of the Aegean."

BSR

Thanks @fuzzyundies, kinda reminds me of this scene from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

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From Wikipedia:

Theseus departed for Crete. Upon his departure, Aegeus told him to put up white sails when returning if he was successful in killing the Minotaur. However, when Theseus returned, he forgot these instructions.

When Aegeus saw the black sails coming into Athens, mistaken in his belief that his son had been slain, he killed himself by jumping from a height [...] into the sea which was therefore known as the Aegean Sea.

That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen.

So... it would seem.

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