September 19 is annual Talk Like a Pirate Day. And, while you don’t have to worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Talk Like a Pirate Day is sacred to the Pastafarians.
According to the Pastafarian belief system, pirates are “absolute divine beings” and the original Pastafarians. Their image as “thieves and outcasts” is misinformation spread by Christian theologians in the Middle Ages and by Hare Krishnas. Pastafarianism says that they were in fact “peace-loving explorers and spreaders of good will” who distributed candy to small children, and adds that modern pirates are in no way similar to “the fun-loving buccaneers from history.” Pastafarians celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19.
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, me hearties.
Arrrr, that be a mightee good idear ye got there, Mr. Masson. Maybee, ye ain’t quite so French as yer name implies, eh?
I might have ta keelhaul ya for such calumnies.
Well now, Mr. Masson. If ya thinks ya kin take me, then pull yer pistols, or yer cutlass, and let’s ‘ave at it. If ya ain’t careful, you’ll be the one draggin’ the keel. ;)
Yo ho ho, maties.
Avast! There be wenches! And a pleasant mornin’ to ya, Karen darlin’.
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Original TLAP Website
speaking of pirates, one of the most bizarre angles I’ve heard (at least twice) in defending our on-going efforts in Iraq: the American efforts with the Barbary Pirates
(and to beat someone to the proverbial punch: yes, the team was located in Barbary before moving to Pittsburgh)
Belay that kind of talk, me bucko. We’ll be havin’ non o’ that ’round ‘ere today. Else you’ll be kissin’ the gunner’s daughter, if ya knows what I means?
Aye! Twas a treaty pertainin’ to those Barbary seadogs that told that this nation of landlubbers wasn’t founded on Christianity– and rightly so I say!
Thankee, thankee for bringin it to mind! Now off me wooden leg, ye salty dog. Arrgh.