jolie rouge vs jolly roger

[CatalinaThePirate]

<!--`QuoteBegin-SirChristopherMings`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SirChristopherMings)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Here's an idea for another smiley Cat, the smiley raises a skull and crossbones, then he looks and shakes his head and raises a red flag and takes out his cutlass!  :[/quote]Heh... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" /> Uh oh! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_wink.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/type_1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":nk" border="0" alt="type_1.gif" />

 

[jolierougere]

arr, ye be a helpful bunch. :Q one site mentioned a white flag with the red cross from the english (methinks) knights, but if ye say it was solid red, then that works for me. and ill take a bottomless glass of rum, mates <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/beer2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":beer" border="0" alt="beer2.gif" />

 

[dma_overrun]

ah the red cross that is the Knights Templar you speak of... I did stumble across one sight that said the French Templars in the middle ages coined the phrase joli rouge in reference to their flag(white with red cross). I haven't found any references to back that up yet though... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

 

[jolierougere]

arr, me memory fails like all the victims of the buccaneer blade. dont know why i said english. guess the french didnt stand out in me mind as being fighters. ARR! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" />

 

[dma_overrun]

aye it is rumored that the Templars kept the Holy Grail in France <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bookish.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mm" border="0" alt="bookish.gif" />