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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?
You can get an NPC to turn you into a pirate today in WoW. Not sure how long it lasts.
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
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!
don't forget the egronomic keyboard for Pirates:
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=610
arr.
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."
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
I'm hung over and my co-workers are being extra loud. Why couldn't this be "STFU Like a Ninja Day" instead?
We really want to, but our damn accent turns 'Arrgh' into 'Ahhhh'.
Why are pirates called pirates?
Because they arrrrrrr!
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
What be a pirates favorite letter?
No, not Arrrh.
P - It's like an R but it be missing a leg.
What's a pirates favorite part of the anatomy?
AAARRRRSSSEE!
I think ye mean booty ya filthy bilge rat
I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off...
Yar, that be not so insightful, ye landlubbing mods. Everybody loves chicken nuggets (even if they be not admitin' it) and the orange juice does keep them scurvy bones away. Best of all be ye old happymeal toy.
Wait a minute, you say you EAT your God? On a regular basis?
That's insane! Why, I'm a Catholic and...I...err...nevermind.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
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