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Today Is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
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ScuttleMonkey
on Fri Sep 19, 2008 08:47 AM
from the arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr dept.
from the arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr dept.
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.
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Harrrr .... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Harrrr .... (Score:4, Funny)
Yaarrrr! I be off searching the high interwebs for some booty mate! I be downloading me some movies fer free! And gamez, appz, and pieces of eight!
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Noooooo (Score:4, Funny)
ARGH!
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Re:Noooooo (Score:5, Funny)
ARRRRRBYS!
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Re:Noooooo (Score:5, Funny)
Twod think it was Arrrrbys! But it's actually Long John Silver's.
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Re:Noooooo (Score:5, Funny)
It's actually McDonalds. Seriously, nobody likes Arby's or Long John Silver's. Not even pirates.
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Re:Noooooo (Score:5, Funny)
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.
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Unless you already have two peg-legs, you'll never protect your bones by going there.
Yar, thar be discrimination against we disabled bucaneer americans.
Re:Noooooo (Score:5, Interesting)
TRIVIA:
The actual pirates spoke late Middle English and early Modern. So basically they spake like Chaucer (Wann Aprille mit his soottes shorres) or Shakespeare (Toe bay orrrrr note toe bay, dat ist dey qvest-teeon), albeit less poetic and more common man.
Some of dose scurvy Scots still spake like dey pirates:
"Yalp oot a hay nanny-nanny, and drank up me haarties, yo ho!"
(ducking and running)
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Re:Noooooo (Score:5, Funny)
Because they arrrrrrr!
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Re:Noooooo (Score:5, Funny)
What be a pirates favorite letter?
No, not Arrrh.
P - It's like an R but it be missing a leg.
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Re:Noooooo (Score:4, Funny)
Why are Massachusetts Pirates the least scary.....
because saying Aaaaaaa!! just doesn't' have the same effect.
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Re:Noooooo (Score:5, Funny)
I would have responded with my favorite pirate joke... but there be kids around, and it be rated ARRRRRRRRR!
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errrr:
Knock Knock! Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Argo!
Argo who?
ARRRR! Go Fsck yerself! Heh heh heh...
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Knock Knock! Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Shirley!
Shirley who?
ARRRR! Go Fsck yerself! Heh heh heh...
Re:Noooooo (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Noooooo (Score:5, Funny)
What's a pirates favorite part of the anatomy?
AAARRRRSSSEE!
I think ye mean booty ya filthy bilge rat
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This just in from the weather channel (Score:4, Funny)
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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ARR, time to be talkin' like a pirate (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:ARR, time to be talkin' like a pirate (Score:5, Funny)
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Talking like a pirate? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:ARR, time to be talkin' like a pirate (Score:4, Funny)
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Celebrated in World of Warcraft (Score:5, Interesting)
Parlay? (Score:3, Funny)
What be a pirate's favorite data structure? The Arrrrrrrrreh!
Arrrrr..... (Score:5, Funny)
yeah, sorry, 'bout that. (Score:3, Funny)
He will be remembered for his distinctive garlic flavor and his ability to harmonize with wine from the Minervois region of France.
Re:yeah, sorry, 'bout that. (Score:5, Funny)
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.
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Download! (Score:5, Funny)
I say we celebrate this day downloading the new Metallica album from Pirate Bay!
I be jokin, ya dirty swabs! (Score:5, Funny)
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!
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All designed to confuse the ninjas! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:All designed to confuse the ninjas! (Score:5, Funny)
I'm hung over and my co-workers are being extra loud. Why couldn't this be "STFU Like a Ninja Day" instead?
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Keyboard maties! (Score:5, Funny)
don't forget the egronomic keyboard for Pirates:
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=610 [upenn.edu]
arr.
Facebook language: English (Pirate) (Score:5, Informative)
Facebook now be havin' an "English (Pirate)" language option. Yarrr!
"There's a thin line between clever and stupid." (Score:3, Funny)
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.
Sorry, from Boston, can't participate. (Score:5, Funny)
Bounty (Score:5, Funny)
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!"
My one-a-day Pirate Joke list... (Score:4, Funny)
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!
Not a real holiday (Score:5, Funny)
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."
Arrrrr (Score:4, Funny)
Re:wtf (Score:5, Funny)
"jesus, hasn't this lame fad died yet???
No, because it's fun. Go away, killjoy.
Oh, and "Arrr".
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Re:wtf (Score:5, Informative)
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 [postlikeapirate.com]
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Re:wtf (Score:5, Funny)
Yarr, but we pirate-folk just type 'SMT!'
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Yarrrrr, I'll never leave you, I'm captain Killjoy :D
Prepare to be boarded ya landlubber
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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 [sec.gov]. 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
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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
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