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Pirates again?

Phoebe is looking for an extra job in a news paper. She is asking guys if they can see her operating a drill press. They want to to know why she needs a new job. Phoebe:

- For short-term work. Till I get back my massage clients.
Chandler:
- Pirates again?

What was this "Pirates comment" in reference to? It is just a very first minutes of the episode, so I am sure all the clues are in that very scene. But I still don't get it.

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  1. Lidia15 May 2012 at 05:36

    Maybe something related to the illegal copying of various stuff (пиратство)? Like she's getting "illegal" random job for a while?

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    1. Katie17 March 2014 at 03:46

      Not sure, was this "pirate" term that widely used back in 1993? And she indeed stresses out the BACK word. Guess Chandler should be responding to emotion produced there.

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  2. Hagop Kazanjian18 July 2012 at 09:16

    what Chandler means to ask is.. "were your clients stolen by pirates, and you will be trying to get them back?" that's the joke nothing in the episode

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    1. Katie18 July 2012 at 09:21

      That is one interesting perspective. Thank you, might be so!

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    2. zombie-d0g14 March 2014 at 11:02

      yes, I think that's the joke. She's talking about 'getting her clients BACK', which could just mean that she convinces them to come back, but it could sound a lot like she needs to GET them actively back from somewhere, as if they were taken from her. And who would kidnap wealthy clients off to far away places? pirates.

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    3. Katie17 March 2014 at 03:49

      Yeah, it feels like there should have been more story to it earlier in that episode. Will try to rewatch it and dig for the answer.

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    4. EmmaW30 April 2014 at 12:51

      There's nothing else in the episode about it, it's just a quick joke about her clients being taken by pirates, as said above.

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