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Post subject: Shiver Me Timbers.....
 Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 03:26 PM
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Location: standing here shaking my head in disbelief....
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Aaaarrrrrr!
That's right, today, Wednesday, September 19, is officially "Talk Like a Pirate Day". No, really. It is. Seriously. You think I'd make this up??
LONDON (Reuters) - Put a parrot on your shoulder, strap on a peg leg, hit the rum and start bellowing "Shiver me Timbers" -- Wednesday is International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp is not the only over-the-top buccaneer allowed to have fun.
September 19 is your once-a-year chance to don an eye patch, sport a ridiculously large hat and keep on saying "Arrrrr.
It all started back in the 1990s as a cult joke between two American friends -- John "Ol Chumbucket" Baur and Mark "Capn Slappy" Summers -- but really took off when syndicated columnist Dave Barry got to hear about their surreal festival.
"We tap into that need for whimsy in people's lives," Summers says of the 24-hour celebration of quirkiness when they urge all self-respecting swashbucklers to show "pirattitude."
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (TLAPD), which adopted Treasure Island star Robert Newton as its patron saint, now attracts fans from as far afield as Britain and Australia and even boasts a special Wikipedia site on the Internet.
The day even has its own unofficial anthem -- American Tom Smith has written and recorded "Talk Like a Pirate Day" -- and Canadian sketch comedy troupe Loading Ready Run produced an educational video on how to swashbuckle with the best of them.
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Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 03:39 PM
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Trust me, this is as heartfelt as it can be, "well, blow me down".  |
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Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 03:43 PM
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Damn....don't have a parrot but my cockatiel squawks up a storm.  |
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Post subject: Re: Shiver Me Timbers.....
Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 03:58 PM
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| Cat wrote: | Aaaarrrrrr!
That's right, today, Wednesday, September 19, is officially "Talk Like a Pirate Day". No, really. It is. Seriously. You think I'd make this up??
LONDON (Reuters) - Put a parrot on your shoulder, strap on a peg leg, hit the rum and start bellowing "Shiver me Timbers" -- Wednesday is International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp is not the only over-the-top buccaneer allowed to have fun.
September 19 is your once-a-year chance to don an eye patch, sport a ridiculously large hat and keep on saying "Arrrrr.
It all started back in the 1990s as a cult joke between two American friends -- John "Ol Chumbucket" Baur and Mark "Capn Slappy" Summers -- but really took off when syndicated columnist Dave Barry got to hear about their surreal festival.
"We tap into that need for whimsy in people's lives," Summers says of the 24-hour celebration of quirkiness when they urge all self-respecting swashbucklers to show "pirattitude."
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (TLAPD), which adopted Treasure Island star Robert Newton as its patron saint, now attracts fans from as far afield as Britain and Australia and even boasts a special Wikipedia site on the Internet.
The day even has its own unofficial anthem -- American Tom Smith has written and recorded "Talk Like a Pirate Day" -- and Canadian sketch comedy troupe Loading Ready Run produced an educational video on how to swashbuckle with the best of them.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070918/od_nm/pirates1_dc |
look out its pirate CAT..lol
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Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 04:02 PM
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"Scooby doobie pirate doo"
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Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 05:20 PM
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Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 08:38 PM
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I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request.
and...
A REALLY BIG HAT! |
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Posted: Sep 20, 2007 - 10:31 PM
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| Oh poopy!!! I missed it!!!! Maybe next year I'll remember....... |
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Posted: Sep 21, 2007 - 12:27 AM
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Location: Never you mind where I'm at! You don't need to be knowing! Snoops!
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Why can't every day be Pirate Day? Pirate fun all year long! Oooohhhh a pirate's life's for me!!!! Getting a parakeet. Does that count for a parrot? But don't expect me to wear a peg leg  |
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Posted: Sep 21, 2007 - 12:51 AM
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Location: I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.--Abraham Lincoln
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mmm. I wonder who this shady looking pirate might be.
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Let's do it as a memorial to Joyce Mason
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Posted: Sep 21, 2007 - 07:09 PM
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looks like our man, Shatner. Where's the still from?
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mmm. I wonder who this shady looking pirate might be.
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Posted: Sep 21, 2007 - 08:39 PM
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I believe I got it from googling Barbary Coast. If not, just google Shatner. I will try and find it after work, if you don't get it before I do.  |
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Let's do it as a memorial to Joyce Mason
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Posted: Sep 22, 2007 - 02:20 AM
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Location: standing here shaking my head in disbelief....
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| Ah, I knew our Bill was a pirate at heart! |
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