Posted on 09/19/2006 5:00:42 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
Welcome to the one and only, official, accept-no-substitutes Talk Like A Pirate Day Web site.
You've read about it in Dave Barry's blog. Maybe you caught one of our radio or TV interviews. Or maybe you just stumbled on to our site while googling around for sites your mother probably wouldn't approve of. Perhaps you're one of the millions of people from South Africa to Australia, from New York to the Pacific Northwest, who party like pirates every September 19th.
However you got here, stick around an' learn all about September 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Arr! I be findin' meself a shoppin cart an' jolly roger fer teh purpose.
Me mates an' I goin' to rig 'erselve a pirate ship. We be havin' a plank with it, too.
When teh day comes, we's be takin' it to fer a spin through teh cafeteria, shoutin' catchy pirate catch phrases an' makin' people walk teh plank til we's bein' kicked out.
Arrr! They be on either side of me Buckin' head.
"Don't go by the book. Think like a pirate !!!!" - Tigg'r (of Winnie the Pooh fame)
Arrrrh!!! Already? Shiver me timbers!!! I can't believe another year be gone by!!!
A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!
Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!
"But I don't wanna be a pirate!"
Me? Dirty Davy Kidd
You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!
Actually, I knew a guy named Dirty Dave once. I don't want to be anything like him. Hahahahaha
A pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says, "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. What happened, you look terrible!"
"Arrrr... What shoulda ye mean by them words, matey?" the pirate replies, "I'm feelin' a quite bit snappy, today."
The bartender says, "But what about that wooden leg? You didn't have that before."
"Arrrr," says the pirate, "listen close to me, matey. We was in a fierce battle upon the brine and a cannon ball hit me leg and tore it clean off... but the surgeon, 'e fix me up, and I'm feelin' quite spry, really."
"Yeah," says the bartender, "But what about that hook? Last time I saw you, you had both hands."
"Arrrr," says the pirate, "We was in another fierce battle over Davy Jones' Locker and as we boarded the lily-livered scalliwag's ship. I found meself in a fierce sword fight and me hand was cut clean off... but the surgeon, 'e fix me up with this hook, and I'm feelin' a might fine, really."
"Oh," says the bartender, "What about that eye patch? Last time you were in here you had both eyes."
"Arrrr," says the pirate, "One fair day when we were upon the briney, thar be a flock of gulls asoarin' over me ship. I looked up, and one of them, why 'e shat in me eye..."
"So?" replied the bartender, "what happened? You couldn't have lost an eye just from some bird poop!"
"Aye," says the pirate, "I really wasn't used to the hook just yet, arrrr...."
Glad I did a search...I was just about to post this. AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH...
I don't WANNA talk like a pirate.
You need to wear a patch over your eye today. ...and today is a fine day to show off your hook ;)
Avast! Rrrrrrr! Rrrrrr!
Yarr, etc.
Well, shiver me timbers!
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