International Talk Like a Pirate Day

by: Matt Glazer

Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 10:38 AM CDT

It's September 19th and that means it is time to plunder some booty and hold up the rum. Hoist up ye flag and celebrate the 12th annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day (TLAPD).

The international (that's right, international) celebration began in 1995 as a joke between John Baur ("Ol' Chumbucket") and Mark Summers ("Cap'n Slappy"). Today we honor there contribution to the world by working to make sure lousy Republican mateys walk the plank next November.

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.

As we do every September 19th, a happy pirates to ye all.

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International Talk Like a Pirate Day | 5 comments

Yarrrrr! (5.00 / 1)

Avast, liberal scally wag!

by: John McClelland @ Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 17:49:18 PM UTC

Ahoy there, ya scurvy scum. (5.00 / 1)

What's YOUR pirate name:

My pirate name is:

Iron Grace Flint

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.

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by: boadicea @ Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 18:09:10 PM UTC

At home, with my scurvy dog... (5.00 / 1)

My pirate name is:

Captain Bess Vane

Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. You tend to blend into the background occasionally, but that's okay, because it's much easier to sneak up on people and disembowel them that way. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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by: sccs @ Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 19:17:05 PM UTC

I had no idea (0.00 / 0)

Sorry! ;)

My pirate name is:

Dirty Bess Flint

You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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by: Elsbeth @ Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 23:21:01 PM UTC

Now that he's a Democrat, Kirk England is no longer an Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (5.00 / 1)

by: Joe @ Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 02:50:38 AM UTC

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