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Yarr!

starkeffect — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:07:53 -0800

Today is "Talk Like a Pirate" Day. Yarr! Do yer part, landlubbers, by translating yer favorite webpage into pirate-speak. Yarr!

By: johnny novak

johnny novak — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:16:41 -0800

what's the pirate word for search?

By: starkeffect

starkeffect — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:29:06 -0800

Avast ye! All those other posts were gearing up for today, me hearties! I'll keelhaul ye if ye say different. Yarr.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:13:29 -0800

Alas, I don't speak indonesian.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:32:05 -0800

It will be so great if only starkeffect talks like a pirate in this thread.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:32:44 -0800

shiver me timbers, has it been a year already? Arrr!

By: jimmy

jimmy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:33:22 -0800

Stupidest Internet holiday ever.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:33:32 -0800

(sorry P_G, didn't see your comment)

By: Malor

Malor — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:33:46 -0800

That was last year's. This link is for THIS year's. :-) Oh, btw, yar.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:48:16 -0800

Yarr, methinks we fine MeFe folk can, like, totally combine two sea-farin' traditions with Talk Like a Valley Girl Pirate day, dude.

By: furtive

furtive — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:49:20 -0800

Thar she blows!

By: i_cola

i_cola — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:59:11 -0800

Alas, I don't speak indonesian. Nobody does. It's called Bahasa Indonesia ;-) [/peda-harrrr-dant]

By: Dipsomaniac

Dipsomaniac — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:00:10 -0800

Let's not forget that Talk Like a Pirate day is a Pastafarian holiday, as well.

By: anagrama

anagrama — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:08:25 -0800

Yarrr! There be far too many scurvy dogs in this thread already. It be the cat o' nine-tails for the lot o' ye. Yarrr.

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:10:05 -0800

WOW I LOVE THESE INTERNET SPECIAL DAYS AM I DOING IT RIGHT?

By: kortez

kortez — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:18:01 -0800

Well, blow me down! Thar, off the windward bow, the frigate Jimmy! Ready your blunderbuss, and up the ratlines! Prepare the cannons with knipple-shot! We'll hit 'im broadside! Ready about?! Helm's alee!!! (Now, where's my cutlass and borading axe...?) *ties bowline with eyes closed* *tries to tie monkey's fist from diagram...gives up*

By: NinjaPirate

NinjaPirate — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:18:46 -0800

Even I boycott this. It's become so commercialised: I think we've lost the true feeling of what it is to talk like a pirate.

By: NinjaPirate

NinjaPirate — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:19:45 -0800

landlubbers

By: kortez

kortez — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:20:02 -0800

Avast...boarding...crap. *keelhauls self*

By: wheelieman

wheelieman — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:39:02 -0800

Avast MeFites!! Your days of Ignorin this young Scallywag are over!! So what if my skull and crossbones comments dont make sense ever maties? I am taking over MeFi island and nobody has the gull to stop Captain WheelBeard!! Yar, this comment is lame. *Parrot on shoulder says "WheelBeard is lame ACK* WHO ASKED YOU BIRDBRAIN!!, *as he thrusts his sword at his bird* /good times (this is good but weird)

By: loquacious

loquacious — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:44:07 -0800

TODAY ALSO BE CAPSLOCK DAY, YOU CRUSTY SEA WENCHES

By: doozer_ex_machina

doozer_ex_machina — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:55:33 -0800

Yar, I love this holiday, mostly because it lands on my baarrrrthday.

By: bdave

bdave — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:56:57 -0800

OCTOBER 22 IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY YA SCALLYWAG!! Many moons ago, the language was that of a refined British butler, but one fateful night at the wood-fired pizza place, a drunken lanewalk with twenty drunk hearties and pirate speak was born... Well for us anyway. Then someone made a day out of it and now everyone's doing it. Posers. /rant

By: incongruity

incongruity — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:56:58 -0800

I'm still waiting for compusa to carry these.

By: sciurus

sciurus — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:03:42 -0800

Is everyone using the official keyboard?

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:05:56 -0800

O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. (Walt Whitman)

By: bdave

bdave — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:09:53 -0800

incongruity : "I'm still waiting for compusa to carry these." Gold. Or pieces of eight if you prefer.

By: Zonker

Zonker — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:19:17 -0800

Let's not forget that Talk Like a Pirate day is a Pastafarian holiday, as well. Cool. Since it's a religious holiday, we all get the day off, right? (uh, yarrr.)

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:19:55 -0800

And unmoor'd souls may drift on stranger tides Than those men know of, and be overthrown By winds that would not even stir a hair ... -William Ashbless

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:21:11 -0800

O CAPTAIN! me Captain! our fearful trip be done; T' ship has weather'd every rack, t' prize we sought be won; T' port be near, t' bells I hear, t' people all exultin', While follow eaye t' steady keel, t' vessel grim and darin': But O heart! heart! heart! O t' bleedin' drops o' red, Where on t' deck me Captain lies, Fallen cold and went t' Davy Jones' locker. (Pirate Whitman)

By: eatitlive

eatitlive — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:27:08 -0800

Paul McCarthy, checking in. (Dick Eye, nsfw i guess)

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:42:05 -0800

Pirate telegram: R STOP

By: Gamblor

Gamblor — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:45:07 -0800

Yo ho ho, and a bottle of this

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:48:43 -0800

set     I1, 1
LOOP:   gt      I1, 10, END
        print   "R"
        inc     I1
        branch  LOOP
END:    print "!\n"
        end

Talk like a parrot day

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:49:24 -0800

Or, "talk like a pirate in parrot", I suppose.

By: jrossi4r

jrossi4r — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:49:29 -0800

I'm leaving my family, leaving all my friends, My body's at home but my heart's in the wind, Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front-page sky, My tears are saltwater and the moon's full and high. And I know Martin Eden's going to be proud of me, Many before me have been called by the sea, To be up in the crow's-nest, singing my lay, Shiver m' timbers, I'm sailing away. -That be Cap'n Tom Waits, me hardies!

By: JWright

JWright — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:55:35 -0800

Avast, ye maties... how appropriate be today's Speed Bump cartoon.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:07:37 -0800

Ha-harrrrr! Aye tell ya, me boys, it does this auld pirate's hearrrrrrt good to visit this scurvy site on a Monday marrrrrnin, all a-wonder as whether this post has been made yet - and there it is atop the blasted front page, so I needn't scroll to farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... rrrrrrrrrrrr.

By: cleverusername

cleverusername — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:10:22 -0800

Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call, Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall. You've seen it all, you've seen it all. Watch the men who rode you, Switch from sails to steam. And in your belly you hold the treasure that few have ever seen, most of them dreams, Most of them dreams. Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late. The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder I'm an over forty victim of fate Arriving too late, arriving too late. I've done a bit of smugglin' I've run my share of grass. I made enough money to buy Miami, But I pissed it away so fast, Never meant to last, never meant to last. I have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks, But I've got to stop wishin', Got to go fishin', I'm down to rock bottom again. Just a few friends, just a few friends. I go for younger women, lived with several awhile And though I ran away, they'll come back one day. And still could manage a smile It just takes awhile, just takes awhile. Mother, mother ocean, after all these years I've found My occupational hazard being my occupations just not around. I feel like I've drowned, Gonna head uptown. --Yarr *hic*

By: dnash

dnash — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:16:35 -0800

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me! We pillage, we plunder, we rifle, and loot, Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho. We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot, Drink up me 'earties, yo ho!

By: Hactar

Hactar — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:18:12 -0800

I want to stab these people in the face. Repeatedly. I believe this is my least favorite internet phenomenon that became widespread. I would really like to see this day replaced with Swear like a Sailor day. It's even an alliteration. Then again, I am posting at 7am after not sleeping, so who knows. (Although I am looking forward to the Shaolin Monks vs. Pirates movie.)

By: kalimac

kalimac — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:26:49 -0800

I MUST down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking. I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. I must down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life. To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over. -John Masefield Yarrr! The Pirate KaliBeard comes! *swoops down* Aye, this do be the best day o' the yarrrr..... *passes around rum*

By: of strange foe

of strange foe — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:29:12 -0800

Over on imdb.com, they have scurvy titles for their Hit List such as: 'Ahoy! Know Ye' Mark Ruffalo, A Rakish Lad?' 'Lost Be A Tangled Mystery, Me Hearties' 'Brosnan Hoists A Dark And Stormy' 'Walk The Plank..er...Walk The Line Premiere Photos'

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:32:11 -0800

Jooost trayyyyyye to stab me in the face, Hactarrrrrrr ya scurvy bastarrrrrd! You'll be swearin' like a sailor then, I'll warrrrrant thee!

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:35:10 -0800

"I hope Lloyd doesn't put me on waivers or trade me today. Fuck, what a great game we had last night, huh? Kicked those pussy Reds asses all over the field. And man, ol' Wilson is having a torrid month at the plate, eh?"

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:41:17 -0800

Hey man check this out. I found a FTP site with all of today's top songs and they are free! I think I'll go download them without paying, thereby denying royalties to the artists!

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:43:47 -0800

Oh sure, to you its just a dingy with a ham radio floating around in the bay. To me, its indie radio. Or something along those lines.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:46:11 -0800

15 TH15 TH3 \/\/R0NG K1ND 0F P1R4TE?

By: AspectRatio

AspectRatio — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:59:13 -0800

Do pirates wear plaid? Aye... they like Arrrrrrrrrgyle

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:01:05 -0800

Pirate Riddles for Sophisticates...

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:27:34 -0800

Yarr! Pirates, hail ye Patron Saint

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:32:28 -0800

Arrr, mein herr! Don't forget the German Pirates! Danke schoen, matey.

By: redbeard

redbeard — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:45:29 -0800

And if you're in Providence, go check out some a capirate!

By: Ber

Ber — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:57:17 -0800

You can only say "avast me hearties" if you can do it better than Johnny Depp did.

By: yoga

yoga — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:59:31 -0800

Stupidest Internet holiday ever. A. men.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:06:54 -0800

For some people, it just turns out to be "Whine like a scurvy dog" day.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:15:05 -0800

Gentlemen! I give you Peter Styvesant, pegleg governor of New York. Governor Stuyvesant was above medium height, with a fine physique. He dressed with care, and usually wore slashed hose fastened at the knee by a knotted scarf, a velvet jacket with slashed sleeves over a full puffed shirt, and rosettes upon his shoes. His lost leg was replaced by a wooden one with silver bands, which accounts for the tradition that he wore a silver leg.

By: tula

tula — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:16:55 -0800

Just out of curiousity, what rates as a smart internet holiday?

By: Dormant Gorilla

Dormant Gorilla — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:24:48 -0800

Oh my god, you're all such shills. Everyone knows that Talk Like a Pirate Day was invented by a consortium of disgruntled optometrists in order to jack up sales of eyepatches. Seriously- it's so aaaaarbitrary.

By: scratch

scratch — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:26:25 -0800

I would really like to see this day replaced with Swear like a Sailor day. It's even an alliteration. Starring Jack Nicholson. Here ya go: "Shore patrol!? I AM THE FUCKING SHORE PATROL!" (slams sidearm down on bar, etc.) /all pirates are sailors, but not all sailors are pirates, but they all like a good expletive

By: Extopalopaketle

Extopalopaketle — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:28:54 -0800

It's not far down to paradise At least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away And find tranquility The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me It's not far to never never land No reason to pretend And if the wind is right you can find the joy Of innocence again The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me Sailing Takes me away To where I've always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free ...what? Arrrrrr.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:40:11 -0800

There once was a man from Nantucket, Whose parrot was so long he could parrot it, He said with a grin, As he wpied off his chin, If my ear was a parrot I would parrot it!

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:52:47 -0800

There once was a lady from Wheeling, Who said "I have no sexual feeling." Along came Boris who licked her parrot And she had to be scraped from the ceiling.

By: kenko

kenko — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:59:43 -0800

grouse: "WOW I LOVE THESE INTERNET SPECIAL DAYS AM I DOING IT RIGHT?" No, it's not Talk Like Naxosaxur Day yet.

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:03:30 -0800

Yellow Beard 'Who's this dog then?" Prostitute "He's your son. You know. From that time. When we wuz hav'n that cuddle." Yellow Beard "My WHAT? Cuddle!? Arrr you mad? You mean I was rape'n ya!?" Prostitute "No. A Cuddle. He's your son. The fruit of your loins!" Yellowbeard "Woman. I don't have fruit in m'loins. I got crabs. And damn proud of 'em!"

By: PurplePorpoise

PurplePorpoise — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:21:45 -0800

My word, now. Such filthy uncouth and darest I say, uneducated language. For shame, my fellow naval adventurers. </Sir Walter Raleigh>

By: afflatus

afflatus — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:27:01 -0800

I am definitely watching Yellow Beard today. Best. Pirate. Movie. Evar. Cheech & Chong + Monty Python + Mel Brooks Crew == Comedy Gold Havrey "Blind" Pew: "I have acute 'earing" Commander Clement: "I dont' care about your personal jewelry!"

By: ObscureReferenceMan

ObscureReferenceMan — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:43:18 -0800

Best Stupid Fake Internet Holiday ever! Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry, Fill, O fill the pirate glass! And, to make us more than merry, Let the pirate bumper pass! For today our pirate 'prentice Rises from indenture freed; Strong his arm, and keen his scent is He's a pirate now indeed! Here's good luck to Frederic's ventures! Frederic's out of his indentures. Two and twenty, now he's rising, And alone he's fit to fly, Which we're bent on signalizing With unusual revelry. Here's good luck to Frederic's ventures! Frederic's out of his indentures. Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry, Fill, O fill the pirate glass! And, to make us more than merry, Let the pirate bumper pass! Oh... arrrgh!

By: Pendragon

Pendragon — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:59:11 -0800

Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!

By: Pendragon

Pendragon — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:00:15 -0800

Oh, talk like a pirate

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:13:59 -0800

63t ur CR4CKZ + W4R3Z H3R3 D00DZ

By: al_fresco

al_fresco — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:19:39 -0800

prepare to be boarded...

By: Dormant Gorilla

Dormant Gorilla — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:44:09 -0800

Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! £4.53! £4.53!

By: jimmy

jimmy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:48:47 -0800

Just out of curiousity, what rates as a smart internet holiday? Now why would you even assume that such a thing exists?

By: pointilist

pointilist — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:53:38 -0800

What's the ninth letter in the pirate alphabet?

By: Gamblor

Gamblor — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:14:14 -0800

Did you hear about the new pirate movie? It's rated "Arrrr".

By: kenko

kenko — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:20:12 -0800

So, who here knows what a pirate's favorite poem about poetry is?

By: TheDonF

TheDonF — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:43:25 -0800

A pirate's favourite cheese? Jarrrrrrrlsberg.

By: Dormant Gorilla

Dormant Gorilla — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:45:20 -0800

Did you hear about the kid whose parents were a pirate and an investment banker? He was really into aaaaaaaarbitrage.

By: PhatLobley

PhatLobley — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:59:41 -0800

What's a pirates favorite fast food restaurant? Arrrrrrby's. What's a pirate's favorite state? Arrrrrrrkansas. What's a pirate's favorite letter? "P" for "pirate," of course. Man I love that one.

By: Hactar

Hactar — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:02:41 -0800

Gamblor- PG-13. If you say it with a proper pirate accent the joke is much funnier.

By: seanyboy

seanyboy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:24:12 -0800

Why did the pirate cross the road? Because that's where he'd paaarrrrked his caaarrr. /b'dump

By: seanyboy

seanyboy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:25:20 -0800

So, who here knows what a pirate's favorite poem about poetry is? Was it written by the Baaarrrrd?

By: notmtwain

notmtwain — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:35:34 -0800

Before the origin of the day is lost in obscurity, let's give credit where credit is due-- to John Baur and Mark Summers for coming up with this idea back in 1995 and for Dave Barry's bringing it to the masses in 2002 . So here's a toast to Baaaaauuuuur and Maaaaark and Baaaaaary.

By: kosem

kosem — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:57:35 -0800

Q: So, were you in an accident or something? A: No, me father was a tree.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:25:03 -0800

Q: Did you know there's a steering wheel coming out of your pants?

By: graventy

graventy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:26:59 -0800

Yarrr, it's drivin' me nuts!

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:32:23 -0800

This seems like a nice day to revisit the best book report ever. You might have forgotten about the pirates in To Kill a Mockingbird. But they're there.

By: AspectRatio

AspectRatio — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:28:06 -0800

Yarrrr... What has 8 legs and 8 arms? 8 Pirates.... aarrrrrrr!!!

By: Zonker

Zonker — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:23:45 -0800

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:30:38 -0800

Avast! Mr. Johnson! I have yer test results here, yarr. Ye tumor on ye gallbladder is metastisized, yarrr! Nah, wouldn't work for Doctors.

By: glider

glider — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:46:33 -0800

Here's some pirate tattoos I just posted

By: jewzilla

jewzilla — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:57:42 -0800

Avast! Will ye scurvey dogs in SF be guzzlin' ale at the Whiskey Thieves tonight? Arr.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:03:05 -0800

Even I boycott this. It's become so commercialised: I think we've lost the true feeling of what it is to talk like a pirate. Quicktime be requarrrrrrrrred

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:26:45 -0800

How do you say "so fucking tired" in pirate speak?

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:28:14 -0800

Like this: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZARR

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:44:51 -0800

Today must be Do Not Talk Like A Pirate Day. For me I guess it must therefore default back to Talk Like A Middle Class Bleeding Heart Liberal Femnazi Day. And where's the fun in that?