September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Admit 't, thar be a streak o' seafarin' hearty runnin' through sea dogs an' land lubbers who participates in Mojo Fridee.
Join us below th' orange buckle if ye dare.
The history o' Talk Like a Pirate Day
The short version is that two guys, John Baur and Mark Summers, came up with the idea in the mid '90s while playing racquetball. For years they would try to remember to talk like a pirate on Sept 19th. Then they started encouraging their friends to join them every year. In 2002 things really took off when they emailed columnist Dave Barry and asked him to feature Talk Like a Pirate Day in one of his columns.
From Dave's original article:
Every now and then, some visionary individuals come along with a concept that is so original and so revolutionary that your immediate reaction is: ''Those individuals should be on medication.''
Today I want to tell you about two such people, John Baur and Mark Summers, who have come up with a concept that is going to make you kick yourself for not thinking of it first: Talk Like a Pirate Day. As the name suggests, this is a day on which everybody would talk like a pirate. Is that a great idea, or what? There are so many practical benefits that I can't even begin to list them all.
I encourage you to go to the official Talk Like a Pirate web page and
read more about the history behind the day.
How t' talk like a swashbuckler:
Here are John and Mark giving a basic lesson in how to talk like a pirate:
Ahoy! - "Hello!"
Avast! - Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise.
Aye! - Yes
Arrr! - can mean, variously, "yes," "I agree," "I'm happy," "I'm enjoying this beer."
Now if you are lazy like me and just want to use a translator, a quick Google search will bring up a bounty of them. For this post I used this one:
http://www.syddware.com/...
On wi' th' games!
Now, go fore in th' comments an' give us yer best Shipmate Speak. But please be careful, we dasn't want ere t' poke an eye ou'.
Mojo Fridee Guidelines
Disclaimer; Kinda like the Pirates Code, they're just guidelines, meant for fun. They aren't hard and fast rules.
1) If you comment you have to recommend all comments. (in order to receive mojo you have to give mojo. It's only good mojo manners.)
2) Everything you say may be taken as a joke (so if you ask a question, expect a silly answer)
3) You must recommend the diary (and pimp it unapologetically)
4) You don't have to comment to recommend.
5) You can't steal my idea (right, like that ain't goin' to happen. It has in numerous forms, I'm flattered!)
6) Mojo mojo mojo mojo, mojo mojo mojo.
7) TexDem (that's me) is not bound by the guidelines. Neither are you
Mojo Fridee Goals
Disclaimer; These are mostly here for nostalgia, the site has changed so much and the servers have been upgraded to the point I don't think we could fuck with the site with 1000 people participating. 2007 it ain't.
A. At least 300 different commenters and 1000 comments by 1:30 PM EST and 1500 by 5:00 PM EST Friday Night that it's posted.
B. 100 recommends for each comment, at least.
C. Stay on Recommend List at least five hours (this requires some strategic planning by you guys, refer to guideline #3)
D. At least 200 diary recommends. 300 would be better, spread the word.
E. And always, fun fun fun.
F. Have at least 75% average participation rate as seen here in the Mojo Friday Postgame Show by Woodtick and bjedward.
G. (New) Have at least 30 kossacks over 90% participation (see here for some tips).
H. Overload the servers with recommends, not to mention dominate Top Comments Mojo list. (we do tend to mess with the site with all of our recommends at one time)(also, to dominate the Top Comments Top Mojo we need at least 50 comments with over 200 recommends, see guideline B)
I. That's enough for now. (Have a suggestion? Post it.)
MKinTN posted a diary to help everyone achieve greater success called How to Succeed at Mojo Friday Without Really Trying.
For those of you new to MF (Mojo Friday) we have our own lingo about a few things. Thank's to MF'er Jez (the link will explain) go to this diary for a little more fun and explanation. Official Mojo Friday Snecktionary.