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September 19, 2007
Break out the eye patches mateys

Fair warning and fair seas people ... it's the one day of the year when you can say the word wench at work and not get a call from HR. It's that time of year when scurvy is more than just a punchline.

I'm talking about that magical 24-hour period where people can come together under a skull and crossbones and partake in the parlance of piracy.

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Yes friends, it be International Talk Like A Pirate Day...mateys.

Since 2002, the world at large has come to know (and in some quarters dread) Talk Like A Pirate Day. Originally created in the mid 90s by John Barr and Mark Summers (not the guy from Double Dare), the holiday took off after Dave Barry wrote about Talk Like A Pirate Day in his column.

And thus, a phenomenon was born.

So today instead of simply asking for that TPS report, why not say "AHOY, Tim, where be my TPS report ya bilge rat!"

If Tim does not respond in kind or offer up the report, you are then obligated to shout "AVAST you scurvy devil" and chase him down with your rusty cutlass, or a stapler.

Here's a pirate party primer with all the things you'll need to get a your ITLAPD festivities underway.

At another Talk Like A Pirate site, they offer some helpful everyday pirate phrases, such as:
"Yarr!" - I see your point, and agree wholeheartedly..."Yarr?" - Excuse me, what did you say?

If that is not useful, try out the pirate translator.

To completely get in the spirit check out this pirate name generator.

This site proves what history (and film) has always taught us - the English do not make good pirates Who is that, "Smilin' Ricky: Boy Pirate?"

Today also seems like as good a day as any to revisit the classic debate of Pirates vs. Ninjas. Who wins? Who's better? I'd also go and check out this short film, a classic love story - pirate girl meets ninja boy. Bloodshed and heartbreak ensue. (Mildly NSFW - contains a few swears.)

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So meanwhile here in Vacationland, up at the University of Maine campus, at least one student is encouraging his peers to talk like a pirate today

Which brings me to my final point - what are your plans for Talk Like A Pirate Day?

Will there be plundering and/or privateering off the coast? Will we be storming the islands? Commandeering ships down at DiMillo's? Pirate Party at Dock Fore? Rum drink specials? Free eye patches?


Yarrr?

Posted by at 02:01 PM

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Jeez, talk about a stupid holiday. I know it's not p.c. to say this, but Talk Like a Pirate Day is nothing more than a distraction from INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY. Sure, it's not till October 22nd, but who's going to bother remembering that after today's Potempkin Festivities. I say it's time we stop the war on INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!

Posted by Patrick
September 19, 2007 08:03 PM

Ye should be cut down at the knees ya scurvey dog. Talk like a Pirate Day should be everyday.

Alas me illness put me out of commission on thee grandest day of all.

Oh and when Pirates fight Ninjas, everybody wins. Athankya Scott Kurtz.

Posted by Head
September 20, 2007 02:48 PM

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Justin is a former newspaper intern and has the scar tissue to prove it. Justin has been a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2003, and in 2004 began writing a weekly column in the Monday Magazine.

If he had to pick a label, the column would fall under "youth culture," covering everything from high school dance etiquette, dealing with college debt, the resurgence of Roller Derby and Portland's one-of-a-kind music scene. This of course has not stopped him from answering letters to Santa Claus or writing about his experience riding shotgun in a drift car.

Justin is an export from the Midwest. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and is originally from Minnesota. He enjoys bacon, cheap beer, redheads, Burt Reynolds jokes and wondering what the soundtrack to his life would sound like.

When he grows up he wants to be an international art thief. Or Captain America.

Until then he'll be bringing you dispatches about "the young people" and what they do.






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