# Arr, mateys! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2010, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264 "2010-09-19T07:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/1 "2010-09-19T07:16:33Z")
It be Talk Like A Pirate Day! Make it count, savvy? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/2 "2010-09-19T07:23:08Z")
[Ahoy!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AzpByR3MvI) ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/3 "2010-09-19T12:01:19Z")
AAR! [_ **Happy International Talk like a Pirate Day** _](http://www.talklikeapirate.com/), Mateys! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/4 "2010-09-19T12:08:10Z")
Avast! anti virus has added a _Talk Like A Pirate Day_ modification for their software. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/5 "2010-09-19T14:57:25Z")
Shiver me timbers, an’ walk me plank! Yarrrrr! Where’s me grog! … So anyways, I says to th’ wench, says I, ‘Show me where the treasure is, an’ I’ll show you where the sharrrrrk bit me!’ I remember it were off the coast of Floridarrrrrr, in a place they called Mephisto’s Trapezoid. She whar a trim beauty from Indiarrrrrrr, so she showed me her Tantric Treasure Trail. Avast! Talk about yer ‘pirate booty’! An’ she seemed to like th’ cut o’ me jib, if ye savvy! ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/6 "2010-09-19T15:14:07Z")
Willin’ to deliverrrrrrr black spots for a few doublloooooons. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/7 "2010-09-19T15:18:29Z")
Have ye heard 'bout the new pirate movie?? It’s rated _AAARRRRRRRR!!!_ mmm ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/8 "2010-09-19T15:29:33Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Have ye heard 'bout the new pirate movie?? > It’s rated _AAARRRRRRRR!!!_ > mmm This made me giggle a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/9 "2010-09-19T16:31:50Z")
If you are on Facebook you can change your primary language to English (pirate) it is a total hoot! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/10 "2010-09-19T16:51:02Z")
Be there a bank 'round these parrrrts? I need to change two pieces of eight for eight pieces of two. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/11 "2010-09-19T17:20:34Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > If you are on Facebook you can change your primary language to English (pirate) it is a total hoot! and mighty irksome after the first hour ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/12 "2010-09-19T17:49:44Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Be there a bank 'round these parrrrts? I need to change two pieces of eight for eight pieces of two. Ask the nice people at Tarrrrrget if they’ll make change. ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/13 "2010-09-19T17:55:35Z")
Avast, Tom Smith’s song on the subject: [Arrr!](http://www.tomsmithonline.com/freestuff/oddio/TLAPD.mp3) \*When wenches are curvy and dogs are all scurvy And a soft-wear patch covers your eye, Ta hell with our jobs, for one day we’re all swabs And buccaneers all till we die! So hoist up the mainsails and shut down your brain cells, They only would get in the way, Avast there, me hearty, we’re havin’ a party, It’s “Talk… Like… A Pirate” Day!\* ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/14 "2010-09-19T20:35:22Z")
Here’s me keyboard, ye scurvy dogs!: [http://www.innergeek.us/blog/2007/09/pirate-keyboard.gif](http://www.innergeek.us/blog/2007/09/pirate-keyboard.gif) A joke by me 7-year-old son, as fine a buccaneer as ever sailed the Spanish Main: Q: What do pirates wear when they go golfing? A: Arrrrrrrgyle! A fine freebootin’ Talk Like a Pirate Day to ye all! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/15 "2010-09-19T20:46:52Z")
I’ll skewer yer gizzard, ye salty swine…Shiver me timbers ye scalawage bilge-rat! To the poop deck! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/16 "2010-09-19T21:04:10Z")
What be our ship called, mateys? I’ve a bottle of rum and it’s not christening itself, y’know. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/17 "2010-09-19T22:14:26Z")
They have fresh Pirate Corn on sale at the local market. Buccaneer. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/18 "2010-09-19T22:20:32Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > What be our ship called, mateys? I’ve a bottle of rum and it’s not christening itself, y’know. [The Good Ship _Venus_, of course!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPGLNYAgL-8) (NSFW: Language) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/19 "2010-09-19T22:26:46Z")
A pirate walks into a bar. The bartender says “Is that a steering wheel in your pants?” The pirate says “Aye, 'tis, and it’s driving me nuts!” Arrrr… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264/20 "2010-09-19T22:53:50Z")
A pirate walks into a bar, with a huge parrot on his shoulder. The bartender says, ‘Where did you get _that?_’ The parrot says, ‘The Caribbean!’ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arr-mateys/554264.md?page=2)