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International Talk Like a Pirate Day?

8 posted on 09/18/2017 9:37:28 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Lice, cockroaches, and Clintons." ~Sultan Knish)

9 posted on 09/18/2017 9:38:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)

For the rest of the story....

...In 1940, the submarine HMS Osiris infiltrated the Adriatic Sea, a body of water that then-Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini said could not be penetrated. Once inside, the Osiris sank the Italian destroyer Palestro. Upon its return to one of the British flotillas in the Mediterranean, the flotilla’s commander signaled to the Osiris that the submarine would fly a special recognition following its successful mission and that the Osiris was “not to come alongside until the identity signal is showing,” Compton-Hall wrote. A launch from the flotilla then delivered a package marked “JR” to the Osiris. Inside, was the iconic black and white pirate flag, which the Osiris then proudly ran up its tower before reuniting with the flotilla. From then on, flotilla commanders awarded the Jolly Roger to submarines after their first successes.

18 posted on 09/18/2017 9:44:40 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)

International Talk Like a Pirate Day?

I thought that was tomorrow.

21 posted on 09/18/2017 9:46:29 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))

International Talk Like a Pirate Day?

Yes! That's September 19th. That has to be it.

60 posted on 09/18/2017 11:19:02 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)

115 posted on 09/19/2017 5:43:12 AM PDT by xp38

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