Pirate recruiting

[JessBoo]

The Daily Mail runs a section called 'Answers to correspondents', in which readers ask and answer questions on anything. A question in today's paper asks if Sing A Song of Sixpence was a code for recruiting pirates.

I'm writing in now...

[Nonny Mouse]

And here I was hoping this would be a good time to update my resume!

Nonny "Yarrr!" Mouse

[BoKu]

Hasn't it been proven that global warming is caused by the decline in the number of pirates?

[Etienne]

There's actually been an overall increase in pirate activity in the last few years. So to answer your question : Not likely.