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Ahoy matey.
If ye been cypherin' why yer fellow Kossacks be palaverin' like land lubbers, they not be savvy to the tongue of the sea, it be International Talk Like A Pirate day.
Hurray!
A round of grog fer all the hands.
I be Cap'n Hank Bloodbeard. and here be the reason we pillage and loot-
| (T)he day is the only holiday to come into being as a result of a sports injury. He has stated that during a racquetball game between Summers and Baur, one of them reacted to the pain with an outburst of "Aaarrr!", and the idea was born. That game took place on June 6, 1995, but out of respect for the observance of D-Day, they chose Summers' ex-wife's birthday, as it would be easy for him to remember. |
Members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster find additional, symbolic significance in celebrations of this day.
| According to the Pastafarian belief system, pirates are "absolute divine beings" and the original Pastafarians. Their image as "thieves and outcasts" is misinformation spread by Christian theologians in the Middle Ages and by Hare Krishnas. Pastafarianism says that they were in fact "peace-loving explorers and spreaders of good will" who distributed candy to small children, and adds that modern pirates are in no way similar to "the fun-loving buccaneers from history." Pastafarians celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19.
The inclusion of pirates in Pastafarianism was part of Henderson's original letter to the Kansas School Board. It illustrated that correlation does not imply causation. Henderson put forth the argument that "global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of pirates since the 1800s." A chart accompanying the letter shows that as the number of pirates decreased, global temperatures increased. |
So they be doin' it fer the Polar Bears.
| Talking like a pirate, however, doesn't just mean running through the hallways yelling "yarr!" at everyone. To get more in touch with one's inner pirate, here is a short list of useful terms that may help readers throughout their day of pillaging and searching for buried treasure. |
If ye steer a course to the official website of International Talk Like A Pirate Day, ye may wish to read the FAQ, to help ye splice the mainbrace proper like. Then ye'll be ready to talk like a pirate.
| Q. Have you heard the one about the pirate who walks into a bar ...
A. Yes.
As Cap'n Slappy says:
Thar be only three pirate jokes in the world. The biggest one is the one that ends with someone usin' "Arrr" in the punchline. Oh, sure, thar be plenty o' these, but they're all the same damn joke."What's the pirate movie rated? - Arrr!"
"What kind o' socks does a pirate wear? - Arrrrgyle!"
"What's the problem with the way a pirate speaks? - Arrrrticulation!"
...and so forth. |
The second joke is the one wear the pirate walks into the bar with a ships wheel attached to the front o' his trousers. The bartender asks, "What the hell is that ships wheel for?" The pirate says, "I don't know, but it's drivin' me nuts!"
And finally. A little boy is trick or treatin' on Halloween by himself. He is dressed as a pirate. At one house, a friendly man asks him, "Where are your buccaneers?" The little boy responds, "On either side o' me 'buccan' head!"
And there ye have it. A symposium on pirate humor that'll last ye a lifetime - so long as life is violent and short. |
And trust us, if you run into a fourth joke, we've heard that one, too. If ye think it's a real winner, then send it to PirateJokes.Com instead o' sendin' it to us. |
The Port Royal Picayune
McCain and Obama on International Talk Like a Pirate day
By Jimmy Orr, The Christain Science Monitor, the vote blog
09.19.08
| It’s "International Talk Like a Pirate Day," and somehow — despite jumping on virtually every issue and occasion to go at each other — neither John McCain nor Barack Obama bothered to fire off an election year "yar."
It is our duty therefore to re-write a couple of their most recent commercials in pirate-talk. |
This post is ARRRR-rated
Posted by Robin Abrahams, Miss Conduct's blog, The Boston Globe Magazine
September 19, 2008 10:03 AM
| So in honor of the day, let me try translating this paragraph, from the introduction to my beloved 1942 edition of Emily Post's Etiquette, with which I fully agree, into piratespeak. |
Turn Facebook into English Pirate mode
Posted by Andrew Mager, ZDNet
7:03 am September 19th, 2008
Sigh, though there are dozens of other citations in me Google news booty, taken pre-Keith, most of them have even slighter substance.
Ahoy! It's Talk Like a Pirate Day!
BY NICK MEYER • DETRIOT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
September 19, 2008
| Like any month, September has its share of fringe holidays that border on the bizarre, such as National Mushroom Picking Day and National Blueberry Popsicle Day (look that one up). |
is downright dastardly. Might be getting the black spot afore long. I prefer this informative piece-
Aussies celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day
By staff writers, news.com.au
September 19, 2008 12:15pm
| The event has even extended to virtual worlds, with TLAPD being marked in Second Life, World Of Warcraft and The Lord Of The Rings Online.
Software developers have joined the celebrations by releasing pirate-themed iPhone applications including The Pirate Name Generator and The AyePhone.
Since this year's TLAPD falls on a Friday, most celebrations will continue throughout the weekend. |
And since we be doin' it fer the Polar Bears won't ye keep the spirit of International Talk Like A Pirate Day in your your heart all the year long?
There will come a time when you have a chance to do the right thing.
I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by.
A Shanty-
Are you ready kids?
Aye, aye captain.
I can't hear you...
Aye, aye captain!
Ohhh......
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Sponge Bob square pants.
Absorbent and yellow and porous is he.
Sponge Bob square pants.
If nautical nonsense be something you wish.
Sponge Bob square pants.
Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish.
Sponge Bob square pants.
Ready?
Sponge Bob square pants,
Sponge Bob square pants,
Sponge Bob square pants,
Sponge Bob...... square paaaaaants.
Hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hack, cough, cough.
Arrgh. |
Shiver me timbers, piratin' be thirsty work. Where's me grog?
Arrgh... |
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| The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Sailing Away, Sailing Away.
It's fun to charter an accountant
And sail the wild accountancy
To find, explore, the funds offshore
and scourge the sholls of bankruptcy.
It can be manly in insurance,
we'll up your premium semi-annually.
It's all tax deductable,
we're fairly incorruptable.
We're sailing on the wide accountancy.
Sailing Away, Sailing Away. |
Or so it would have been, if certain modern theories concerning the shape of the world had not proved to be disastrously wrong.
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