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It's Talk Like a Pirate Day!

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By: Trout Giggles • last year • 9 comments

Arrrgghhhh!!!!!!!!

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You know you want to. Do your best Jack Sparrow and join in the fun

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Professor Principal

1 author Trout Giggles last year

nternational Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers of Albany, Oregon ,^[1] who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate .^[2] It has since been adopted by the Pastafarianism movement as an official holiday.^[3]
History
"Cap'n Slappy" and "Ol' Chumbucket", the founders of Talk Like a Pirate Day
The holiday resulted from a sports injury. During a racquetball game between Summers and Baur, one of them, in pain, said, "Aaarrr!" and the idea was born. The game took place on June 6, 1995, but out of respect for the observance of the Normandy landings , they chose Summers' ex-wife's birthday, as it would be easy for him to remember.^[1] ^[4]

At first an inside joke between two friends, the holiday gained exposure when Baur and Summers sent a letter about their invented holiday to the American syndicated humor columnist Dave Barry in 2002.^[5] Barry liked the idea and promoted the day,^[5] and later appeared in a cameo in their "Drunken Sailor" Sing Along A-Go-Go video.^[6] Michigan filk musician Tom Smith wrote the original "Talk Like a Pirate Day" song in 2003.^[7] ^[8]
Talk Like a Pirate Day is celebrated with hidden easter egg features in many games and websites,^[9] with Facebook introducing a pirate-translated version of its website on Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008^[10] and publisher O'Reilly discounting books on the R programming language .^[11] In September 2014, Reddit added a pirate theme to their website.^[12] In September 2023, The Yorkshire Party , a regional political party in the UK, recognised International Talk Like a Pirate Day to highlight issues faced by coastal communities, including erosion and pollution. ^[13]

Professor Principal

2 Kavika last year

'' A Merry Life and a Short One'' the Pirate motto.

Professor Silent

3 charger 383 last year

Aaarr and Avasst to all of you!

Professor Guide

4 evilone last year

Why does it take so long for pirates to learn the alphabet?

Because they spend years at C!

arrrrr!

Professor Quiet

5 Ed-NavDoc last year

Time to walk the plank and visit Davey Jone's locker ya scurvy dog!

Professor Principal

5.1 author Trout Giggles replied to Ed-NavDoc @5 last year

There is a brewery we go to every time we go fishing. They have an IPA called the Scurvy Dog. I get at least 3 every time and always need help back into the truck

Professor Principal

6 JohnRussell last year

The only pirate phrase I know is "shiver me timbers".

I have no idea what it means though. I hope its something dirty.

Professor Quiet

6.1 Ed-NavDoc replied to JohnRussell @6 last year

Close enough.

Professor Principal

7 devangelical last year

funny, the only pirate phrases I can think of are blow me down and collect the booty...

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