It's Talk Like a Pirate Day!
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According to Summers, the day is the only known holiday to come into being as a result of a sports injury. During a racquetball game between Summers and Baur, one of them reacted to the pain with an outburst of "Aaarrr!", and the idea was born. That 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] [3]
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. [4] Barry liked the idea and promoted the day, [4] and later appeared in a cameo in their "Drunken Sailor" Sing Along A-Go-Go video. [5] Growing media coverage of the holiday after Barry's column has ensured that this event is now celebrated internationally, and Baur and Summers now sell books and T-shirts related to the theme on their website. Part of the success for the international spread of the holiday has been attributed to non-restriction of the idea or non-trademarking, in effect opening the holiday to creativity and "viral" growth. [6]
The association of pirates with peglegs , parrots , and treasure maps , popularized in Robert Louis Stevenson 's novel Treasure Island (1883), has had a significant influence on parody pirate culture. [7] Talk Like a Pirate Day is celebrated with hidden easter egg features in many games and websites, [8] with Facebook introducing a pirate-translated version of its website on Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008 [9] and publisher O'Reilly discounting books on the R programming language to celebrate. [10] In September 2014, Reddit added a pirate theme to their website. [11]
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The inaugural seed of the New and Improved SiNNERs and ButtHeads group.
That image I selected for the Group is my ankle which caused more than a few "Arrrrggghhhssss" and few other words.....
Count me in, Matie! Bring me that horizon.
cool hanging out with several that shiver my timber
Aaaarrrggggghhhhh!!!!!
No Aaaarrrggggghhhhhuments from me.
I have been called heartless a few times, lol
53 times, I think.
So a pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says.. "Hey, pirate, why do you have the ships wheel stuffed in your pants!?"
The pirate replies, "I don't know but it's drivin' me nuts!"
Effervescent snort!
My wife does that too, i'll let her know she is in good company.
Drinking rum at 9:00 a.m. makes you a pirate, not an alcoholic!
Of course. But only if you remember that when I curse you out for it, I'm calling you "pirate ship" not "pile of shit."
Good job!
You know what a horny pirate's worst nightmare is? A piratess with a sunken chest and no booty!
I agree with Giggles ... you did a great job with me. Oh. And the pirate picture is cute too.
Kraken !!
So many Krakens, so little time.
Why is the Kraken menacing a storm trooper?
I think it's a Greek guy waving a towell to keep the kraken from eating the maiden in the white sheet?
They really are too tiny to tell, lol
Oh. Ok. But I see a Storm Trooper. I guess that's just the rock
i have friends who throw pirate themed parties in honor of this day - quite fun
I hope if they drank, they knew enough to call Ubarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.
This is what I love about my Sinners and ButtHeads...we don't need much to start making bad puns
We do it for the halibut !
The pirate's birthday cake is covered with candles, almost too many too count. A pirate says to the birthday pirate: "Happy birthday! There arrrrgh too many candles to count though." To which the birthday pirate replies: "Aye matey!"
Are what?
Arrrrrghhh...
Arrrrrrgh! I fucking missed it!
Arrrggghhhh!!!!!!!!!
After all, who can resist a good pillage opportunity?
Shiver me timbers, who revived this Old Salt? eh?
Practice for next year
Aye new her sister, Patches. She was easy on the eye.
Not to mention her ample share of booty.