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Today Is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
lucabrasi999 writes "Ahoy! Drink up the Grog, me hearties! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Grab yer wenches and stop being a bilge-rat." Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket have even provided a short YouTube video to help those who might be a bit more pirate-speak challenged. Even Google is getting in on the action, those swarthy dogs.
Can I borrow your CD collection?
ARGH!
ARRR, we be havin a time with pirates.
And boom it goes!!!
You can get an NPC to turn you into a pirate today in WoW. Not sure how long it lasts.
What be a pirate's favorite data structure? The Arrrrrrrrreh!
Colin Dean Go a year without DRM
... and watch the System Admin from Florida loose the game horribly because he only chose the letter "AAAARRR!"
Have ye Given yourself to the Flying Spaghetti Monster yet?
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people
"jesus, hasn't this lame fad died yet???
No, because it's fun. Go away, killjoy.
Oh, and "Arrr".
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
I say we celebrate this day downloading the new Metallica album from Pirate Bay!
Me pirate friend walks into a bar wearin' what you land lubbers call a 'steerin' wheel' on his belt buckle.
"Why you be wearin' that steerin' wheel on yer belt, matey?" the bartender asks.
"Arr, it's fer me wife, she be drivin' me nuts!
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What's gray and comes in quart? Arr, it be elephants!
Free Martian Whores!
Arghhh, now them ninjas be confused and thinkin' they be surrounded from all sides! A perfect chance for a broadsides against their scurvy headquarters!
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
don't forget the egronomic keyboard for Pirates:
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=610
arr.
Dammit, this is crab porn! CURSE YOU!
Doing the things a hypotenuse can.
Ahoy there me land lubberin' wannabe pirate! Methinks you be needing some help with yer pirate lingo if you be wanting to fit in with the boys on deck. So, here...
http://postlikeapirate.com/translator.php
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
I have no problem with prosecuing the naked short selling rules. What's at issue is that shorting shares ( naked or otherwise ) has been banned on all financials.
What's incredible is that companies like Sears, Netflix, Capstone have been crying foul for years and wall st laughed and kept shorting them blind while the SEC looked the other way. Here is an example. The rule was never enforced. Today wall st is in the crosshairs and everyone is running around trying to prevent short sales.
These markets are not orderly. An entrenched well-connected few are pulling every string in sight to protect their interests and we all are going to end up footing the bill when the piper comes calling.
Bittorrent, Kazaa, Gnutella, Usenet, ...
Palm trees and 8
Facebook now be havin' an "English (Pirate)" language option. Yarrr!
"If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it." --- Arthur Kasspe
Yarrrrr, I'll never leave you, I'm captain Killjoy :D
Prepare to be boarded ya landlubber
This is the sig that says NI (again)
Not just that, shares you didn't borrow or even steal.
:).
:). Slap a big fat AAA on them or something
Talk about imaginary property
Anyway, it's funny they've only just prevented you from selling shares you don't own, when they:
1) Let people buy houses with practically no money at all - giving them big loans
2) Treat those loans as assets
3) Lend or borrow more money based on those assets.
4) Repeat and rinse.
5) Wait till the music stops, ask for Gov to bail you out with taxpayer money, say "Everyone was doing it" aka "Industry standard practice" and collect your big fat golden parachute.
I'm sure I missed some steps somewhere, but I think I'm not that far wrong given the way the market has blown up.
To me if private industry is going to get bailed out by public money so often, they should be better regulated and maybe profits more than a certain amount should be siphoned off by the government to a bail out fund.
It's not fair that they get to keep all the money during the good times, and during the bad times even people not involved have to bail them out.
Avast! There be too many pirates around these days.
They should be walking the plank.
A buccaneer.
to quote David St. Hubbins.
Likewise, the difference between pirate and prat is "ie".
"Ie" happens to be the country code for "Ireland". So, to talk like a pirate it seems you start by talking like a prat, add a bit of brogue, then mix things up a bit.
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We really want to, but our damn accent turns 'Arrgh' into 'Ahhhh'.
I had him over for dinner last night. Ran out of buffalo wings...
He will be remembered for his distinctive garlic flavor and his ability to harmonize with wine from the Minervois region of France.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Yarr, but we pirate-folk just type 'SMT!'
"The cup is in turn designed for holding hot or cold liquids, and has an open rim and closed base." --US Patent #5425497
A pirate walks into a bar wearing a paper towel on his head. He sits down at the bar and orders some dirty rum.
The bartender asks, "Why are you wearing a paper towel?"
"Arrrrrrr I've got a bounty on me head!"
Meteorologists the world over have noticed incredibly unusual drops in temperature in every country today, beginning at midnight in each country's respective time zone.
While there is no explanation for this phenomenon, experts predict average global temperatures to return to normal by tomorrow morning.
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They say, "Once a pirate, always a pirate!" So why is it that these scurvy dogs never return to the straight and narrow?
Once you lose your first hand, yer HOOKED!
Why did the pirate wear a paper towel for a bandanna?
He heard that all good pirates have a bounty on their head!
Where would they send a Pirate Ship with a broken rib?
To the dock, in the sick bay.
Why couldn't the pirates play cards?
The captain was standing on the deck!
How do pirates know that they are pirates?
They know, because they ARRRR!!!!!
What does a bleached blonde and a pirate have in common?
A little black patch.
Did you hear about the pirate who took up boxing?
He had a killer left hook!
What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?
A nervous wreck!
What's really a pirate's favorite letter?
P! Because it's an R, but it's missing a leg!
What's a horny pirate's worst nightmare?
A sunken chest with no booty!
What be a pirate's favorite vegetable?
ARRRRtichokes!
Have you heard about the new pirate movie?
It's rated AARRRRGGH! And you know why? Because of all the booty!
what do you call a pirate that skips class?
captain hooky!
What has 12 hands, 12 feet and 12 eyes?
A dozen Pirates!
What was Bluebeard's wife's name? Peg.
How does a pirate greet a prostitute? Yo Ho
What's a pirate's least favorite animal? Beaver.
Question: What did Captain Hook die from?
Answer: Jock Itch.
How did the pirate stop smoking?
He used the patch!
I reminded my wife that today is talk like a pirate day and she said, "It's not a real holiday. If it were a real holiday I would have seen an entire section of pirate Hallmark cards at the store today."
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"You are not remembered for doing what is expected of you." - Atul Chitnis
Surely you be meanin' "walk the Planck" matey?
None of them can see the clouds; The polished wings don't care.
So why is it that every year everyone in my office remembers Talk Like a Pirate Day, but nobody ever remembers Systems Administrator Appreciation Day...
If you do a search on the page given, your first search returns to regular english, but if you replace the hl=un with hl=xx--pirate, (such as here), then you'll stay in pirate booty (er, search) mode).
Sometimes boldness is in fashion. Sometimes only the brave will be bold.