Neil D Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 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. Ol Chumbucket and Capn Slappy are bombarded with requests for TLAPD interviews and proudly boast on their own website that they are even now being immortalized in computer games. "That's fairly cool and geeky," Ol Chumbucket decided. Pirate fans around the world have rallied round, showing that surreal silliness is alive and well. An American soldier stationed in Iraq promised that "to celebrate, myself and others will wear an eye patch all day." Sydney, Australia is staging a harbor cruise with "flagons of grog at pub prices and prizes to treasure for the dandiest of outfits." A bar in Venice, Italy is holding an olive stone-spitting contest for would-be buccaneers. A Brazilian fan even sent a letter of support in a bottle while one overjoyed Argentinian whose birthday falls on the same day said "It will be difficult to talk in Spanish like pirates but we will try." Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Gail Posted September 19, 2007 Administrators Share Posted September 19, 2007 I'm a level 180 Corsair pirate on Facebook... have loads of cannons, bombs, monkeys and messages in bottles Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I will mow the grass around the pirate ship in the back yard that I built for my kids so they can play on it. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfstep-Denise Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 "Shiver me Timbers"! Thanks, Neil! You just helped me with my activities for the day! I'll be watching my "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies today to bone up on speaking like a Pirate! Arrrrrg! Halfstep-Denise Quote "God doesn't make junk". - Pastor David Ring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I saw an SUV today that had painted "The Black Pearl" on the sides and "ARRRRRRRRRR" along the windows. Hahaha Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 Ahoy, me harties........All of ye are nothing more than land lubbin' skalley wags for not speakin' the pirate language...Arrgh!. Now, where's me ale [root beer] so that I can toast a round to ye all for makin' this a truely pirate haven.... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Neil, are you sure it isn't really Dress like a "Parrot" day? Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 Arrgh, ye poor wench! What's self respectin' pirate is gonna fall for that feather brained idear? Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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