Arrr, time to Talk Like a Pirate me mateys!

Published on September 16, 2004 By BlueDev In Current Events

Ahoy lads and lassies o' JoeUser. T' time quickly approaches for us t' let our true pirate selves be known. 'Tis right, me mateys! Sunday the 19th is National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Little boys and girls who have all grown up have yet another chance t' pull out their cutlasses and swash some buckles on this joyous day o' days!

Now, talkin' like a pirate might not be your thin'. In fact, you might find it downright juvenile. T' those who think thus, I simply say. . .

Arrrr, you bilge rats! Prepare t' be skeewered!

Now, it mighten' be tha' some o' you out there ain't be feelin' up t' the task o' talking like a pirate. But take faith, shake yer land lubber ways and start practicin'. T' help you on yer way I be sendin' you to check out the official site o' National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Run smartly over to the official site and begin yer trainin'!

But before you can talk smartly like a pirate you need yer pirate name! Skip the poop deck and head straight o'er t' here and discover the true pirate in you. I be expecting to see lots 'o you scruvy dogs speakin' like pirates on Sunday.

O' I gets me cutlass and skeewers ye!

Signed yer pirate in arms,

Bloody Roger Bonney

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. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!

Comments (Page 1)

xtine

on Sep 16, 2004

Cute. Last St Patricks day I was out throwing darts with my team (dart league woohoo!) and one of the guys tried to affect an irish accent. He said, "Arr! I'm a leprachaun, matey!"

I said, "No....that's a pirate...."

Our new team name was born: The Irish Pirates!

dharmagrl

on Sep 16, 2004

Hehe...when Jake was 4, he wanted to be a pirate for Halloween. We did something quite naughty, really...we had people ask him where his buccaneers where. His response: 'On my buckin' head".

He got a lot of candy that year.......

BlueDev

on Sep 16, 2004

Leprechauns! Oh man, that just reminds me of a funny, funny guy I used to know. Of course, most of the reason it was funny was because we were there. Perhaps I will tell the leprechaun story someday.

Dharma - that just about made me spit all over my computer. That is too funny.

And I am going to admit it righ here. I am going to be annoying and keep bumping this thread so it stays in the active part of the forums until Sunday has come and gone. Gotta talk like pirates!

BlueDev

on Sep 17, 2004

Arrr ye bilge rats! I warned ye all tha' I would be shamelessly bumpin' this topic til Sunday came an' went.

Bloody Roger Bonney wants to see more pirate names, more pillaging, more booty. Er, Bloody Roger Bonney means that last one strictly in the pirate sense, o' course.

chiprj

on Sep 17, 2004

In 1991 I was part of GASP (the Gilbert And Sullivan Players) in the Tampa/Clearwater, Fl area. The first production I took part in was The Pirates of Penzance. What a blast! Before each performance, the pirate crew would be outside the front doors of the theater and have fun with the incoming audience. We learned early on that I was the worst at pirate talk, but it didn't stop me from having a great time. During the second act, most of the pirates had to change costumes and become cops (we didn't have very many men in the cast), but it was still a lot of fun to be a pirate!

So, 'Pour, Oh Pour, the Pirate sherry! Fill, Oh Fill, the Pirate Glass! And to make us more than merry, let the Pirate Bumper Pass!'

BlueDev

on Sep 17, 2004

Ah, talking like a pirate just takes me back to those days of swinging my plastic sword around, collecting chests full of "gold".

And who can deny that black eye patches rule? No one.

xtine

on Sep 17, 2004

I want to find a set of green felt shamrock eye patches for the dart team...haven't been successful so far. Guess I'll have to break down and make them. But I'm not so good with the craftsy stuff.

xtine

on Sep 17, 2004

A pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says, "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. What happened, you look terrible!"
"What do you mean?" the pirate replies, "I'm fine."
The bartender says, "But what about that wooden leg? You didn't have that before."
"Well," says the pirate, "We were in a battle at sea and a cannon ball hit my leg but the surgeon fixed me up, and I'm fine, really."
"Yeah," says the bartender, "But what about that hook? Last time I saw you, you had both hands."
"Well," says the pirate, "We were in another battle and we boarded the enemy ship. I was in a sword fight and my hand was cut off but the surgeon fixed me up with this hook, and I feel great, really."
"Oh," says the bartender, "What about that eye patch? Last time you were in here you had both eyes."
"Well," says the pirate, "One day when we were at sea, some birds were flying over the ship. I looked up, and one of them shat in my eye."
"So?" replied the bartender, "what happened? You couldn't have lost an eye just from some bird shit!"
"Well," says the pirate, "I really wasn't used to the hook yet."

BlueDev

on Sep 17, 2004

Wow xtine, you really are going for the Leprechaun pirate idea, huh?

Best of luck with that. Sounds truly intimdating!

foreverserenity

on Sep 17, 2004

Cute, really cute! I'm now officially rolling on the floor laughing with glee. Is this for real? Who cares, sounds like a lot of fun. If I could only get the words and the accent right! I'm visiting the website now. Luv it.

BlueDev

on Sep 17, 2004

It is, in fact, real. Someone, somewhere (ie. the guys who made the website) actually got this day started and author/columnist Dave Barry picked up on it last year. He loved the idea and did a some writing about it. Check it out. They even have an English to Pirate translator on the site for the piratically impaired.

BlueDev

on Sep 17, 2004

Grrr, it be lookin' like tis time to bump the article once again.

Come on you land lubbers, let hear some pirates lingo!

chiprj

on Sep 17, 2004

piratically impaired

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Piratically impaired!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

BlueDev

on Sep 17, 2004

Glad that amused you chiprj!

canning-poverty

on Sep 17, 2004

Avast ye mateys! Ye ve speakin' to the Dread Pirate Vane...(I was really the Dread Pirate Roberts, but had my name changed because Cary Elwes threatened to sue).

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