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9/19/2006

International Talk Like A Pirate Day

Filed under: Fun,Personal,Red Herrings — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Tiger which is terribly early in the morning or 5:05 am for you boring, normal people.
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Yarr, today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day, me blog maties!

Few are the holidays made for such as we, ye digital sea dogs, but this be one of ’em. Ye don’t ‘ave to be a data pirate or music pirate or any kind of law breakin’ pirate at all to join in the fun. Ye just ‘ave to like talkin’ like a pirate, ya’ scury dogs! So, whether ye be a privateer, a corsair or a buccanner, or ye just wanna be, go on the account fer just the day and chase ye booty, while ye may! Then finish ‘er off w’ a bit o’ good grog and throw in a hearty “yo, ho, ho”. Then set aside the sweet trade fer the life of a land lubber fer another year, but, ’till this great, glorious day rolls ’round again, dream o’ dubloons an’ grog, and International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

7 Comments

  1. TODAY IS MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR.

    so favorite, in fact, i apparently felt the need to type in ALL CAPS.

    what’s a pirate’s favorite letter?
    arrrrrrr.

    Comment by kat — 9/19/2006 @ 7:40 am

  2. Hi Jim,

    I just took a look at Jessica’s site. I love what you did! I’m not having problems with mine, and I’m on Blogger, but I’d love to read some ideas to changes on the look of it if you have any and maybe hire you to do some design changes, or make some suggestions?

    Oh, I still see only one vote for Esquire over there in the margin. Have you at least purchased one issue yet? It’s a great magazine, it really is.

    dulyinspired at yahoo dot com Have a great day!

    Alison

    Comment by Alison — 9/19/2006 @ 7:41 am

  3. Kat, there’s a mailing list, so you can get an e-mail reminder a week in advance, like I did, uh, matey. Arrrr.

    Alison, I didn’t do most of that. Mainly, I moved her to a new blog software that has better anti-spam controls than her old one. And, I found the theme by accident, but it just *looked* like Jess. All I did was change the colors a bit and made the “girl” a red-head. But, I’ll drop you a note about possible changes on Blogger.
    And, yes, I’ve looked at Esquire, but I’m starting to wonder what I’m missing with Maxim! I don’t remember it as being all that interesting, but, well, it *is* my reader’s second favorite magazine, apparently. Who’d a thunk it?

    Comment by the Network Geek — 9/19/2006 @ 8:25 am

  4. i tried. I end up sounding like Mouth from the Goonies

    Comment by sass — 9/19/2006 @ 11:06 am

  5. Ha! I haven’t quite had the courage to talk like a pirate to the boss yet, sass. Yet.

    Comment by the Network Geek — 9/19/2006 @ 1:25 pm

  6. This is so funny! Arrr, whatareyaonabout.

    Do they have an official Canadian speak day, eh.

    Comment by Deirdre — 9/19/2006 @ 9:17 pm

  7. Deirdre, I think every day is talk like a Canadian day, eh? At least, in Canada.

    Oh, and the Houston Chronicle has linked to me again. Specifically, this post, from their Opinion page: http://chron.com/news/opinion/

    Comment by the Network Geek — 9/20/2006 @ 11:21 am

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