What's a pirate's favorite element on the periodic table?

[mere_bagatelle]

Last night I went to a concert held by the inimitable Jonathan Coulton, with Paul and Storm opening.  Those folks sang a song about how they were the opening band (I swear, I never went to such a self-conscious show; Coulton did that sort of thing, too), as well as my dear favorite, Your Love Is.  They also had a pirate song where the audience had

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arrsenic?

[foxfour]

ikea's creepy; did you know that they're technically a nonprofit, basically as a tax-dodge?

Re: arrsenic?

[mere_bagatelle]

it was actually arrrrgon, apparrrrently. (why 4 seems the right # of r's I do not know, but it does.)

Re: arrsenic?

[mere_bagatelle]

no, I didn't know that, but it was all so squeaky-clean and giant and full of happy smiling people and their cheap lunches and carts of cutely-named furniture that I had a suspicion that something must be amiss.

[loggionista]

your brains arrrrrrr required

[mere_bagatelle]

yes they arrrr
though not as much now that I don't have a jarrrrb.

[pygmywombat]

not unreasonable