Arrgh Cap'N, I be rightnot bend'N the Sheet
We were going to honor "Talk Like a Pirate Day" by writing a post filled with pirate puns and a whole lotta "blimeys," "me hearties," and "cats-o-nine-tails." But you know what?... eryone's doing that.
So instead, let's just celebrate "Talk Like a Pirate Day" with a quick post and try to fill the day with talking like a pirate.
Now before you accuse us of being a poop-deck party pooper, let's assure the masses: We're not trying to take the fun out of "Talk Like a Pirate Day." First of all, that would be impossible, since talking like a pirate is one of the simple pleasures of life. Secondly, who doesn't love "Talk Like a Pirate Day"?
Think about it: the one day out of the whole year when the letter R gets its due, when everyone's your matey, when you can pick up the phone and actually say "Ahoy!"-- what's not to love about that?
(Incidentally, according to Fred Worth's 1984 book Incredible Super Trivia, "Ahoy!" was, in fact, the original greeting for the telephone back in 1876, until inventor Thomas Edison very quickly instituted the rather bland-by-comparison "Hello." Who knew Edison was such a pirate-hater? )
in closing... If ye be sail’N amid a Scurvy savagery, it’d be smarts of ya to keep yer langy-loving tongue w’Ere it belong, and not be sassin a Cap’N.
So instead, let's just celebrate "Talk Like a Pirate Day" with a quick post and try to fill the day with talking like a pirate.
Now before you accuse us of being a poop-deck party pooper, let's assure the masses: We're not trying to take the fun out of "Talk Like a Pirate Day." First of all, that would be impossible, since talking like a pirate is one of the simple pleasures of life. Secondly, who doesn't love "Talk Like a Pirate Day"?
Think about it: the one day out of the whole year when the letter R gets its due, when everyone's your matey, when you can pick up the phone and actually say "Ahoy!"-- what's not to love about that?
(Incidentally, according to Fred Worth's 1984 book Incredible Super Trivia, "Ahoy!" was, in fact, the original greeting for the telephone back in 1876, until inventor Thomas Edison very quickly instituted the rather bland-by-comparison "Hello." Who knew Edison was such a pirate-hater? )
in closing... If ye be sail’N amid a Scurvy savagery, it’d be smarts of ya to keep yer langy-loving tongue w’Ere it belong, and not be sassin a Cap’N.
