Talk Like a Pirate Day

[lil lady lax fan]

Avast Ye Maties,

'Tis Talk Like a Pirate Day today, so pull out your cutlasses and do some swashbuckling and pillaging, or you'll be made to walk the Plank!!!


In the words of Jolly Roger: ARRGH!!!

[atxlax]

Aye Matey! Tis' a wonderous sight to see, the net that is without water. Aye, I can say Ive seen it all. AARGH!

[Tim Whitehead]

Top Ten Pickup lines for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day
(We came up with these in an effort to interest The Other Dave (Letterman) in TLAPD. His staff liked 'em, but alas, his show was"dark" the week of Sept. 19.)

10 . Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?

9. Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?

8. Come on up and see me urchins.

7. Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.

6. I'd love to drop anchor in your lagoon.

5. Pardon me, but would ya mind if fired me cannon through your porthole?

4. How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?

3. Ya know, darlin', I'm 97 percent chum free.

2. Well blow me down?

And the number one pickup line for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day is ...

1. Prepare to be boarded.

Bonus pickup lines (when the ones above don't work, as they often won't)
They don't call me Long John because my head is so big.

You're drinking a Salty Dog? How'd you like to try the real thing?

Wanna shiver me timbers?

I've sailed the seven seas, and you're the sleekest schooner I've ever sighted.

Brwaack! Polly want a cracker? ... Oh, wait. That's for Talk Like a PARROT Day.

That's the finest pirate booty I've ever laid eyes on.

Let's get together and haul some keel.

That's some treasure chest you've got there.

Top Ten Pickup Lines for the Lady Pirates

By popular demand ...

10. What are YOU doing here?

9. Is that a belayin' pin in yer britches, or are ye ... (this one is never completed)

8. Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!

7. So, tell me, why do they call ye, "Cap'n Feathersword?"

6. That's quite a cutlass ye got thar, what ye need is a good scabbard!

5. Aye, I guarantee ye, I've had a twenty percent decrease in me "lice ratio!"

4. I've crushed seventeen men's skulls between me thighs!

3. C'mon, lad, shiver me timbers!

2. RAMMING SPEED!

...and the number one Female Pirate Pick-up Line:

1. You. Pants Off. Now!

[Brent Burns]

Just a curious question... How did the Talk Like Pirates folks choose September 19 as the Talk Like a Pirate Day? Something so special about September 19????

I will have to definitely walk the plank for pleading ignorance.

[Tim Whitehead]

From the website: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/about.html

First, we needed a date for the holiday. As any guy can tell you, June 6 is the anniversary of World War II's D-Day. Guys hold dates like that in reverence and awe so there was no way we could use June 6.

Mark came up with September 19. That was and is his ex-wife's birthday, and the only date he could readily recall that wasn't taken up with something like Christmas or the Super Bowl or something.

[Jolly Roger]

Why would anyone need a "special" day to dress like this??

[Brent Burns]

From the website: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/about.html

First, we needed a date for the holiday. As any guy can tell you, June 6 is the anniversary of World War II's D-Day. Guys hold dates like that in reverence and awe so there was no way we could use June 6.

Mark came up with September 19. That was and is his ex-wife's birthday, and the only date he could readily recall that wasn't taken up with something like Christmas or the Super Bowl or something.

Thanks, matey for the info about how September 19 was chosen. My missus would echo what Jolly Roger says, "AAARG!" when I explained about the Talk like a Pirate Day falling on her birthday. That also falls on her parents' anniversary. It was funny talking about this when my wife looked at me in askance.

[reLAX10]

Go get your pirate name!!!!!

http://gangstaname.com/pirate_name.php

[Brent Burns]

Spittin', ahoy, me name is Cap'n Pete Birdbrain.