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Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day, Me Hearties

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the arrr-me-grog-be-tainted-by-the-salt-o'-the-sea dept.

nmb3000 writes "Avast, me maties! Today be th' International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Fer today only, ye lubbers no worthy 'nough t' enjoy th' noble vocation o' Pirate can join th' ranks! Firs' ye'll need t' lern t' talk like a pirate, then find yer pirate name, doonload yer ringtones, an' finally sling back some grog. Be smart aboot it, fer today's th' day ninjas fear...ever'one's a pirate! Arrrr!"

3 of 206 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Do you watch Wife Swap? by jweller · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I was all set to sign up for that show, but then I found out it had NOTHING at all to do with what I thought it did.

    now that would have been entertaining.

  2. Re:Do you watch Wife Swap? by iamjoltman · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Do you realize that the dad in that pirate family last night was one of the two guys that started Talk Like a Pirate Day? They even mentioned it quickly on the show.

  3. Just not a good enough holiday at Google, quite... by coleopterana · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But this reply shows they have the day at hearrrrrrrrrrrrrt, matey.

    from http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34 476:

    From: help@google.com
    Subject: Re: [#73859603]
    Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:44:27 -0700

    Ahoy mate,

    Thank'ee fer th' logo ye be suggestin'. We enjoy celebratin' horlidays at Google.

    As ye may imagine, it be terrible difficult fer us t' choose which events t' be celebratin' on our site. We be hav'in a long list o' horlidays that we'd be liken' ter celebrate in th' future. We be hav'in ter balance this rotatin' calendar with th' need te be maintainin' the likeness o' the Google homepage.

    Some horlidays that we no' been celebratin' in the past will be rotatin' into our horliday doodles fer future years.

    Please remember ye can be visitin' any o' our doodles at http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html

    Arrrrrrr,
    The Google Team