Sept. 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day

[Ksyrup]

This appears to be as serious as a rhinocerous about to charge your ass.

September 19th (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/)

I think I speak for us all when I say, HAARRRRR!!!

[Bee]

Excellent! I have a presentation to do on the 19th for one of my clients, this should go over very well. :D

[VPI97]

I can see it now:

Bossman: Well, VPI97, how's that coding coming along for the HP project?

VPI97: Yarrr! T'code be comin' along fine...now quit askin' questions so I can get me work done! If ye quit botherin' me, I can get home t' wet my whistle with a pint of nice frothy grog! Now avast, ye scoundrel, before I string you up on the mizzenmast!

[Bing]

Twill be nice to have some company, harrrrr!

[Swaggs]

I better warm up a bit... ahem... HARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Odds on Bucc showing up at work in full Pirate garb: 3:1. :)

[JonInMiddleGA]

LMAO at VPI's conversation.

[scooper]

Well shiver me timbers.

(What does that mean anyway?)


Harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FBPro]

Ok, so does this mean that on 9/19 we have to type our posts in "Pirate"? :)

[Franklinnoble]

We don't already?

[FBPro]

But it is normally everyday BUT the 19th that we do it.

[Alan T]

umm... this probably deserves a bump

[SplitPersonality1]

Originally posted by VPI97
I can see it now:

Bossman: Well, VPI97, how's that coding coming along for the HP project?

VPI97: Yarrr! T'code be comin' along fine...now quit askin' questions so I can get me work done! If ye quit botherin' me, I can get home t' wet my whistle with a pint of nice frothy grog! Now avast, ye scoundrel, before I string you up on the mizzenmast!

Did anyone else read this in the Mr. Crabs voice from SpongeBob...or is it just me.


Damn. It is just me.

[Franklinnoble]

Are you ready kids?

[Alan T]

Aye Aye Captain?

[SplitPersonality1]

Hoooooooooooooo!

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea.

[SplitPersonality1]

dola.

Maybe those last few posts belongs in the song lyrics thread. :)

[Franklinnoble]

Sponge Bob Square Pants!

[Ksyrup]

We've got about 45 days to go...are ye makin' yer preparations for the celebration, maties?

[rkmsuf]

We've got about 45 days to go...are ye makin' yer preparations for the celebration, maties?

You are really on top of this. Now go swab the poop deck.

[Ksyrup]

Took care of that last night. Thanks for checking, though.

[rkmsuf]

Did you shiver your timbers?

[Ksyrup]

If you want to book them for a party, you can contact the Lusty Wench.

hxxp://www.talklikeapirate.com/appearances.html

[Ksyrup]

Did you shiver your timbers?
Unfortunately, no, my timber hasn't been shivered since the night of John Kerry's speech. I'm beginning to feel less Presidential, and more Secretary of the Interior at this point.

[Hammer755]

Ugh,

I figure I'm not the only parent of a toddler who immediately and uncontrollably thought of Captain Feathersword when seeing this thread. Curse you Wiggles, curse you!!! Now I'll have that freakin' song stuck in my head all day.

[Ksyrup]

tick tock, tick tock...

[VPI97]

tick tock, tick tock...Yarr

[gstelmack]

Ugh,

I figure I'm not the only parent of a toddler who immediately and uncontrollably thought of Captain Feathersword when seeing this thread. Curse you Wiggles, curse you!!! Now I'll have that freakin' song stuck in my head all day.

Better the Wiggles and Captain Feathersword than Barney. By a longshot.

[Fonzie]

Weird - two days ago Mrs. Fonzie asked me when the next International Talk Like a Pirate Day was to arrive.

Thanks Ksyrup!

[Buzzbee]

Unfortunately, no, my timber hasn't been shivered since the night of John Kerry's speech. I'm beginning to feel less Presidential, and more Secretary of the Inferior at this point.

There. Fixed it for ya.





By the way, if your timber hasn't been shivered since then, in NO WAY should you be in charge of anything interior.

P.S. Please report to the married sex thread to revise your posts. Immediately.

[Ksyrup]

By the way, if your timber hasn't been shivered since then, in NO WAY should you be in charge of anything interior.

P.S. Please report to the married sex thread to revise your posts. Immediately.
Hey, that was way back on August 6. Since then...well, that would be TMI. Suffice to say I'm doing just fine.

[Buzzbee]

Hey, that was way back on August 6. Since then...well, that would be TMI. Suffice to say I'm doing her just fine.

Yes, that *is* TMI. ;)

[rkmsuf]

I wonder if the NFL will observe this

[Ksyrup]

Yes, that *is* TMI. ;)
TMI, but accurate. :D

[Ksyrup]

I wonder if the NFL will observe this
I would actually like to hear the Sunday night crew do this.

[Danny]

I shall now be referred to as "Black Morty Kidd"

[rkmsuf]

She could outlove any man in her crew? How exactly is this done

[Franklinnoble]

http://www.maidenspub.com/old/images/Ye_Young_Wench_jpg.jpg

http://bluntcrayon.co.uk/stuff/september03/piratepics/piraterock05.jpg
HARRRR!!!!

[VPI97]

She could outlove any man in her crew? How exactly is this donestrap-on

[Franklinnoble]

strap-on http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Ksyrup]

Not only is she a pirate wench, but she's a $.35 pirate wench.

That's my kinda wench.

[Franklinnoble]

Not only is she a pirate wench, but she's a $.35 pirate wench.

That's my kinda wench.
Where have you gone, QOTM?

[rkmsuf]

They were a couple of weeks late but what the heck.

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Pirate wedding party goes bad


By ANDREW WOLFE, Telegraph Staff
wolfea@telegraph-nh.com

Published: Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004

NASHUA - The bride’s uncle pulled a pistol on the groom and best man, who were role-playing as pirates during a wedding reception at the Bounty Lounge late Saturday night, police said.

Gerard Moccia, 55, of Medford, Mass., was arrested about 45 minutes later on two felony counts of criminal threatening, Detective Sgt. Andrew Lavoie said. Moccia was a guest at the wedding, which was followed by a pirate-themed reception at the Bounty Lounge at the Holiday Inn on Northeastern Boulevard, Lavoie said.

As part of the reception, the groom and best man were to burst into the lounge and “take over” the large-scale pirate ship model that graces the lounge, a former nightclub now used as a function room, Lavoie said. The bride was on or near the ship at the time, he said.

The two men wore tuxedos, but they had put on eye patches and wielded plastic toy swords to play their part as pirates, Lavoie said.

Moccia encountered the two swashbucklers in a hallway outside the lounge at about 10:15 p.m., and challenged them, saying something about the men thinking they were tough, or words along those lines, Lavoie said. “For whatever reason, he decided to take exception to them,” Lavoie said.

Moccia pulled out a handgun and aimed it at the two men after exchanging words, Lavoie said. No one was hurt, he said.

“He directly pointed it right at two people’s faces,” Lavoie said, aiming at one and then the other.

Several people saw the incident, and witnesses and the two men identified Moccia, Lavoie said. Moccia went to his room at the Holiday Inn after the confrontation, and police arrested him there at about 11:30 p.m., Lavoie said.

Moccia later posted $5,000 bail, and was released pending arraignment Friday in Nashua District Court. The charges against him are felonies, punishable by up to 3½ to seven years in prison.

[Sharpieman]

I can see it now:

Bossman: Well, VPI97, how's that coding coming along for the HP project?

VPI97: Yarrr! T'code be comin' along fine...now quit askin' questions so I can get me work done! If ye quit botherin' me, I can get home t' wet my whistle with a pint of nice frothy grog! Now avast, ye scoundrel, before I string you up on the mizzenmast!
LOL

[Ksyrup]

Only 2 months left. Let the preparations begin!

[Butter_of_69]

http://www.endlessrealms.com/album/albums/userpics/10179/normal_pirate_keyboard.jpg

Yar.

I'm just warming up.

Harrrr, maties.

[Ben E Lou]

Un-archived and bumped.

[Ksyrup]

Thank you! I tried to ressurrect this 2 months ago, but it was stuck in that other forum I didn't even know existed at the time.

[Ben E Lou]

Thank you! I tried to ressurrect this 2 months ago, but it was stuck in that other forum I didn't even know existed at the time.My thought is that once or twice a day I'll move newly-bumped threads in the archives back to GD.

[Neon_Chaos]

ARRRR!

[rkmsuf]

HAR!

[VPI97]

bumped so everyone can prepare for Monday.

[Poli]

I be ready e'eryday, matey.

[duckman]

HARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[SackAttack]

w00t! 1 b3 r34d'/, /\/\4+135!

Oh, wait. wrong pirates, huh?

[HomerJSimpson]

Pirates are teh gay.

[Ksyrup]

Just in case you were wondering, I was all over this. So who's going to post pics of the wenches?

[Buzzbee]

bumped so everyone can prepare for Monday.
Too bad it isn't today. I'm sure Nikki would appreciate you playin' pirate for her birthday.

Peg Leg
One Eyed Willie

Oh much fun!!

Harrrrrrr!!!

[Izulde]

Arrr! I be swashbucklin' tomorrow n' slicing th' Colorado dandies, but fear not laddies, for I'll be proper n' piratey on the Monday!

[lytic]

This appears to be as serious as a rhinocerous about to charge your ass.

September 19th (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/)

I think I speak for us all when I say, HAARRRRR!!!

I used to force the people that worked with to talk like a pirate on the 19th of Sep for the past 3 years. I remember hearing about this on the radio. It is for real.

[RebelMan]

Arr, Two days port t' go! Ye, scurvy dogs.

[rkmsuf]

Let's go people.

Get your HARRRRRRRRR on!

[WSUCougar]

Me timbers be shivered. So what be a pirate's favorite letter o' th' alphabet?




RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[Butter_of_69]

Pirate riddles for sophisticates:

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2000/06/14pirates.html

[Chubby]

HARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Ksyrup]

I found this on another site and thought it was pretty damn funny. So enjoy...and HARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!


Has anyone else ever noticed the freaky one-to-one correspondence between pirate slang and gangstah rap slang? Seriously, the more you think about it, the more out of control it is.

<TABLE border=1><TBODY><TR><TH>Gangstah <TH>Pirate <TR><TH>fo'ties

<TH>bottles o' rum

<TR><TH>bling bling

<TH>booty

<TR><TH>Yo!

<TH>Avast!

<TR><TH>Homey

<TH>Matey

<TR><TH>Bee-atch

<TH>Scurvey dog

<TR><TH>Pop a cap in yo ass

<TH>Make you walk the plank

<TR><TH>Word

<TH>Arrrrrrrrr

<TR><TH>Beat down

<TH>Keel haul

<TR><TH>Wack MC

<TH>Land lubber

<TR><TH>Playah

<TH>Swashbuckler

<TR><TH>Mack Daddy

<TH>Cap'n

<TR><TH>Jacking

<TH>Plundering

<TR><TH>Rap

<TH>Sea Shanties

<TR><TH>The joint

<TH>The brig

<TR><TH>Crew

<TH>Crew

</TR></TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
I'm stopping, but it's because I'm merciful, not because I can't think of any more. And there are other parallels besides just the linguistic ones. Gangstahs have '64 Impalas with 20" Blades; pirates have sloops loc'ed out with 8" cannons. Gangstahs have gats; pirates have cutlasses. Gangstahs have gold teeth; pirates have peg legs and eye patches. Again, I'm stopping because I'm nice.

It has been a life-long dream to start the first Pirate Rap band, which would take advantage of the combined bad-assitude, homocidal mania, and parent-annoyingness of inner city hoodlums and 18th-century privateers. I'm not sure about the name. Maybe something like "Da Yellowbeardz" or something. Actually, I once came pretty close to forming the band in college. My roommate and I were discussing how much Hamm's you would need to drink before cutting off your leg below the knee and sticking a thick peg in the bloody stump suddenly changed from a good idea in the abstract into a fantastic idea right now (four), when I saw a flyer on a telephone pole advertising a free show. When I saw the third band on the list, my heart mutinied. I can't remember what they were called, but the one-line description of their music was this:

The Originators of Piratecore

There really aren't any good ideas left.

[vex]

HARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

[Surtt]

Splice the main timbers! Smartly now.

[RebelMan]

Avast! Mateys!

[Karlifornia]

I found this on another site and thought it was pretty damn funny. So enjoy...and HARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!


Has anyone else ever noticed the freaky one-to-one correspondence between pirate slang and gangstah rap slang? Seriously, the more you think about it, the more out of control it is.

<TABLE border=1><TBODY><TR><TH>Gangstah <TH>Pirate <TR><TH>fo'ties

<TH>bottles o' rum

<TR><TH>bling bling

<TH>booty

<TR><TH>Yo!

<TH>Avast!

<TR><TH>Homey

<TH>Matey

<TR><TH>Bee-atch

<TH>Scurvey dog

<TR><TH>Pop a cap in yo ass

<TH>Make you walk the plank

<TR><TH>Word

<TH>Arrrrrrrrr

<TR><TH>Beat down

<TH>Keel haul

<TR><TH>Wack MC

<TH>Land lubber

<TR><TH>Playah

<TH>Swashbuckler

<TR><TH>Mack Daddy

<TH>Cap'n

<TR><TH>Jacking

<TH>Plundering

<TR><TH>Rap

<TH>Sea Shanties

<TR><TH>The joint

<TH>The brig

<TR><TH>Crew

<TH>Crew

</TR></TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
I'm stopping, but it's because I'm merciful, not because I can't think of any more. And there are other parallels besides just the linguistic ones. Gangstahs have '64 Impalas with 20" Blades; pirates have sloops loc'ed out with 8" cannons. Gangstahs have gats; pirates have cutlasses. Gangstahs have gold teeth; pirates have peg legs and eye patches. Again, I'm stopping because I'm nice.

It has been a life-long dream to start the first Pirate Rap band, which would take advantage of the combined bad-assitude, homocidal mania, and parent-annoyingness of inner city hoodlums and 18th-century privateers. I'm not sure about the name. Maybe something like "Da Yellowbeardz" or something. Actually, I once came pretty close to forming the band in college. My roommate and I were discussing how much Hamm's you would need to drink before cutting off your leg below the knee and sticking a thick peg in the bloody stump suddenly changed from a good idea in the abstract into a fantastic idea right now (four), when I saw a flyer on a telephone pole advertising a free show. When I saw the third band on the list, my heart mutinied. I can't remember what they were called, but the one-line description of their music was this:

The Originators of Piratecore

There really aren't any good ideas left.

So, rappers and pirates were the only people ever to have weapons and use transportation?

[duckman]

http://www.newsok.com/article/1619513/?template=home/main

Pirate talk days unearth a treasure trove of ideas

By Greg Elwell
The Oklahoman

For a landlocked state, Oklahoma has a lot of pirates.


Sixteen schools claim the keelhauling scurvy dogs as mascots, but only a few have confirmed their participation in today’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Putnam City High School Principal Don Wentroth said it will be his school’s first year to take part in the celebration of “pirate-speak.”

“A couple of my teachers brought it up last year, but we couldn’t pull everything together then,” he said. “Yar, but this year, it falls on our homecoming week.”

The Putnam City Pirates will take on the Lawton High School Wolverines on Friday. Wentroth said it’s the perfect time to boost students’ spirits with nautical lingo.

The school will hold a Talk Like a Pirate contest. The winner will make school announcements for the week and enjoy dinner and the football game from the “penthouse” of the stadium press box, he said.

Wentroth said he hopes to make today’s observation a yearly event for the school.

In Keyes, school superintendent Richard Gleave has authorized a day full of piratical activities.

The announcements will be done in pirate talk. The elementary students will play piratethemed games in physical education class, school secretary Charla Gleave said. High school students will help elementary students make eye patches.

Mark “Cap’n Slappy” Summers, who helped found International Talk Like a Pirate Day with his friend John “Ol’ Chumbucket” Baur, said he has heard from many schools where teachers make it a part of the curriculum for the day.

Teachings include the migration of civilizations by sea, how to use storage space and figure out the amount of supplies necessary for a four-month journey and how sea-faring language has worked its way into the vernacular.

“Pirates are loved by young and old alike, and our ‘interpretation’ of them as whimsical, mischievous scalawags resonates at any age,” Summers said.

He said actual historic pirates did lots of bad things, too.

“But we are celebrating mythology over history,” Summers said. “Remember, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, not International Commit Felonies Like a Pirate Day.”

For more information on International Talk Like a Pirate Day, go to www.TalkLikeaPirate.com.

[Ksyrup]

“Remember, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, not International Commit Felonies Like a Pirate Day.”



I'm claiming June 27th for International Commit Felonies Like a Pirate Day. Who wants to set up the website?

[WSUCougar]

Wanted:

Pirate, buccaneers, corsairs, sailors, fishermen, thieves, backstabbing murderers, scalawags, runaways, navy deserters, convicts, and various and sundry sea scum for an interactive pirate game.

The Brotherhood is accepting applications at the following location: Turducken Island (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?t=42999)

Only the hardiest souls need apply.

[Ksyrup]

Are ye preparin' for Tuesday?

[SirFozzie]

No, I'm waiting for SysAdmin Appreciation day.

[stevew]

Got Pirattitude?

[Drake]

My office is holding our 4th Annual Pirate Festival tomorrow with Pirate Speech, Pirate themed food and plenty of Pirattitude.

[Drake]

dola...

Oh yeah, I should mention that I work on a pirate ship.

[Fighter of Foo]

There's a translator available as a reference:

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/translator.html

[Pumpy Tudors]

Given that I'm a Privateer (University of New Orleans), I think I should be allowed to talk like a pirate every day. September 19 ain't nothin' special to this Cap'n.

[lighthousekeeper]

www.woot.com acknowledges the special occasion

[rkmsuf]

HAR!

[Ksyrup]

Our 2-year old was wearing an eye patch this morning. Even she's into it.

[Captain2711]

Har. The Captain be sending his best on me special day.

[Alan T]

I definitly don't remember posting in this thread 3 years ago.

[rkmsuf]

I definitly don't remember posting in this thread 3 years ago.

Abast ye matey. Only pirates be talking in this here thread.

[Glengoyne]

No, I'm waiting for SysAdmin Appreciation day.

I did nothing for my sysadmin last year. He even reminded me.

Oh, AAAAaarrrr!

[Poli]

I miss participating in WSU's dynasty. That was solid.