Posted on 09/19/2011 5:47:49 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
Ahoy ye bilge-sucking landlubbers, and welcome to International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Yarrr, that be right: Monday September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day, a celebration of all things piratey – or at least, piracy as it was in the Golden Age of Piracy, not the scary new modern kind that sees armed men with AK-47s capture innocent tourists at gunpoint.
This decidedly unique holiday has its origins in 1995 and, bizarrely enough, came about from a sports injury.
John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy) of Albany, Oregon were playing racketball when one of them suffered pain and reacted with a yelp of “Aaarrr!”. From that moment, the two friends declared the date a new holiday.
For many years, it remained an inside joke between the pair, until Baur and Summers sent a letter about their new holiday to humor columnist Dave Barry in 2002. Barry liked the idea, and began promoting it, leading to rapidly expanding media coverage.
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Iron John Rackham
This thread be needin’ a saucy wench!
A trusty ship, the wind in your sails, and a mug o' rum...
I’m Mad Bess Rackham.
Orig by Tom Smith who I’ve seen twice at a cartoon convention in (speaking of Pirates) Pittsburgh
http://www.tomsmithonline.com/freestuff/oddio/TLAPD.mp3
A pirates’ fave Boston radio station? Could it be W ARR! K O,
or W ARR! O ARR!?
Though I guess here we’d say W Ahh! o Ahh!
You must be married to Iron John Rackham then?
He left me when I went mad.
Aye, me Gentleman o’ Fortune!
If this be yer great, grand ship, ‘n I be yer bonny lass upon it, I’ll be takin’ you t’nite a’swoonin’ to Fiddler’s Green. That’s “heaven” to ye landlubbers!
An’ if any o’ ye wrenches ha’ designs on JollyJoe6Horn, he be mine! I be tearin’ out ye little hairs an’ plaitin’ ‘em ‘round yer gullets, an’ tha’ goes fer ye queers and scallywags, too, on’y it won’t be ‘round yer gullets!
Is that “wenchy” enough fer ye, 6Horn? I be returnin’ to ye t’nite after me work is thru, an’, I swan, wee’ll be threadin’ our way ta’ heaven here!
Tho’ I could go by “Tess”, I be lackin’ a true wench’s name. Ye’ be my namer, please, 6Horn? And tho’ I be yer “treasure”, nothin’ with “booty” in it, if ye please. No, nay, ne’er!
Aye, Lassie, that be good fer now. I’m busy with me daily lootin’ as well, but tonight I’ll be makin’ me port call and I’ll send the crew to shore so ye can come aboard and join me in my quarters. If’n ye comport yourself proper, I’ll let ya’ ride my dinghy ;-)
The Pirate Party was voted into the Berlin (Germany) city parliament with almost 10% of the vote yesterday. Aaargh, ja?
Aye, and shiver the last o’ me timbers! T’is a proper berth for a wench like me, and not for the feint o’ heart!
Save for latarrrrrhhhh reading.
Iron Morty Flint
A pirate’s life isn’t easy; it takes a tough person. That’s okay with you, though, since you a tough person. Like the rock flint, you’re hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you’re easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!
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