Yo ho. Ho.

[Bucky]

+ bottle of rum

[trof]

1. 16 men on a dead man's chest...

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum.

I've never understood if that was on a dead man's article of luggage, or on a part of his anatomy.
:shrug:

[Bucky]

2. I think it means his coffin, but he won't be missed. "Drink to the devil"

But I'm just guessin'

[trof]

3. Probably right.

I don't think you could get 16 men on a steamer trunk, or on a guy's chest.
Be a tight fit for a coffin, but doable.

[necso]

7. That would be his sea-chest.

And the "on" would be like rats "on" a cheese. The surviving pirates are splitting up the swag (including personal possessions) after a bloody fight (possibly over a "flimsy shift") among the crew:
"And they lay there that took the plum,
With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb,
While we shared all by the rule of thumb,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!"

No coffins involved:
"We wrapped 'em all in a mains'l tight,
With twice ten turns of a hawser's bight,
And we heaved 'em over and out of sight".

[trof]

8. Right. No coffins on the ship. Just a canvas shroud.

Except Moby Dick?

[necso]

9. A coffin wouldn't be out of the question

for the captain (or other VIP) of a whaler, merchant, etc, so that they could be buried at home (but they'd get pretty ripe) -- although the rum barrel was also used (and secretly drained by seamen).

But a pirate would be expecting either the rope -- or the deep (like the ordinary seaman).

[Redneck Socialist]

4. Pirates rule! Ninjas suck!

Discuss. :popcorn:

[Ptah]

5. Snakes on a plane, chickens in your backyard.

Yo Ho Ho, and a bottle of rum.

[trof]

6. Chicken in a bread pan picken' at dough

And he played Fire on the Mountain
Run boys, run
The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in a bread pan picken' at dough
Granny does your dog bite
No child, no
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