Sunday was a most curious day of inept piracy on the low fresh-waters of the Lake of Zoo.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Latter-day pirates, especially in landlocked provinces like Gauteng, are something of a rarity. In order to spot them, it is best to seek out bodies of water where boats and other watercraft may be found.
Zoo Lake may seem like an unlikely spot to find such miscreants, but in fact it is not. Numerous pirates converged on the Lake this Sunday past. I and my kitchen-wench were amongst them.
Yaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrr!!
We dressed in the manner of pirates, and converged upon the lake. Or rather, the others dressed in the manner of pirates. We dressed in the manner of witches and daemons.
We set upon the boats and attempted to row. Herein lies the ineptitude of the pirate dressed in the manner of a daemon.
Rowing is all backwards, and counter to the intuition.
Yaaaaaaaaarrr! Curses!
Still, the pirate/daemon/witches eventually came to terms with the treachery of reverse-backward rowing tricks.
Alas! Witches and daemons are not pirates at heart, and partook of less rum than those who rampaged across the low fresh-waters, terrorising children and geese alike.
The rum turned the pirates unruly, and they strayed from their noble cause of ransacking the lake of litter to ransacking fellow pirate/witch/daemon vessels of supplies. Witches lost hats. Daemons lost arcane powers of patience.
Grrrrrr.
‘Twas verily a morning well spent, and had we witches and daemons been more inclined to drink, ‘twould a well spent afternoon have been too.
Daemon
Witch
A small selection of Pirates of the Lake of Zoo
The Waffle Group 
Most amusing, but one does have to ask the obvious question – “why?”
How utterly delightful.
Did the geese fight back?
But, why not?
As for the geese, I may have adorned the tale with details of questionable authenticity. There were, however, geese.
Well, I can think of a good half-dozen reasons “why not”. That’s why I’m intrigued by the “why” 😉
Because Dave suggested it.
Because it was something I wouldn’t normally have done.
Because it was crazy-insane and novel.
It also seemed like fun, and mostly was.