Saturday, September 19, 2009

Talk Like a Pirate Day

"It's only me grass to tickle your ass!"
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day Me Hearties
Back in June of 1995,two guys were playing racquetball when an injury caused one of them to scream "AAARRRR!" From there, the two began talking like pirates, and decided that Sept. 19th (an ex-wife's birthday) would be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The holiday began as an inside joke, but when Dave Barry wrote a column about it in 2002, the joke grew into a full-blown celebration.
In recognition of the Birth of the World ...

Shanah tovah, matey! The quirks of the lunar calendar mean Talk Like A Pirate Day 2009 falls on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and day of remembrance. We've heard from rabbis contemplating how to incorporate pirattitude into their services, an Israeli who plans to pray like a pirate and others - but the best take we've seen on this cosmic coincidence comes from the Jewschool blog, offering 10 ways to incorporate pirate talk into the Rosh Hashanah liturgy.

So jine me tonight matey as we open wide our windows and sing the lusty version of Barnacle Bill the Sailor     Here's the melody and cadence for you landlubbers.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I say we make Captain Zer0 walk de plank!

B....... said...

Arrr, har is a pirate speak translator for those that cannot. Aye, now brin' in the fair young maiden......

Anonymous said...

Those aint the lyrics I remember, AHHRRRRRR!
Tim

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Aye, i belie'e you meant t' say "Those aint the lyrics Me remember, Ahhrrrrrr!"

JMcD said...

The great Robert Newton as Long John Silver

JMcD said...

"Bankrupting Treasure Island"
Starring B. Obama as Long Bone Sliver
Michelle Obama as Yo Ho, (the)Ho
Eric H. Holder as a Wharf Rat
Timothy F. Geithner as a Kingston, Jamaica pickpocket and thief.
Nancy Pelosi as Peg Withers the Bahama whore and BJ queen
Kathleen Sebelius as plague carrier who causes "Lost Colony" of Cuba
Shaun L. Donovan as ship's carpenter...Head eaten off by woodborers.
Raymond L. LaHood as ship's navigator...piloted ship to Iceland.
Steven Chu as Officer In Charge Of Firewood...Forgot to stock up...
Half the crew froze to death in Iceland.
Arne Duncan as the 'ship's idiot' and girlieman
Janet A Napolitano as the only ever,female crows nest lookout, the half blind and fully drunk, Mable Skankworthy.
Cast Of Plenty With 10,000 Czars!!
Now Showing Everyf*cking you look!!
You Wont Miss It Even If You Try!!

Anonymous said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uraOiXPzdm4

Robert Newton as Blackbeard the Pirate. He and William Bendix were hilariously drunk through the whole thing. This is just the trailer (all I find) but watch the obviously hammered Bendix in both of his close-ups. This was a scary movie as a child, especially the final scene where Newton is buried up to his neck at the beach and drowns as the tide comes in. As an adult, it's great fun to watch two old friends show the rat pack what it's really all about. Newton gives his Dorsetshire accent a workout, and you can see why he's the patron saint of Talk like a Pirate Day.

Anonymous said...

'Nancy Pelosi as Peg Withers the Bahama whore and BJ queen'? Ahhrrr, shiver me timbers.
Tim

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