# Avast! It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207 "2013-09-19T04:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/41 "2018-09-19T13:51:20Z")
Q: What do pirates wear when they go golfing? A: Arrrrrrgyle! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/42 "2018-09-19T13:59:57Z")
Where do West Coast pirates buy their gasoline? Arrr-co. ---
**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, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/43 "2018-09-19T14:05:00Z")
Q: Why couldn’t the pirate kid see the exciting new movie? A: It was rated Arrrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/44 "2018-09-19T14:08:33Z")
The new pirate virtual reality viewer: The iPatch. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/45 "2018-09-19T14:23:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Damn your impertinence, Sir! > I did not join the King’s Navy to listen to your vile puns! > Cross my hawse again and I’ll fire on you, Damn me if I don’t! How does a pirate be getting his truck unstuck from the mud? With a front mounted wench. Avast amount of puns and rum be served today! ---
**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 20, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/46 "2018-09-20T01:22:45Z")
Q: How much will the pirate charge you to pierce your ears? A: A buck an ear. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/47 "2018-09-20T16:07:19Z")
Courtesy of **Knowed Out** in another thread: What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday? Aye Matey! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/48 "2018-09-20T16:37:07Z")
Shiver me timbers - I missed it! Regarrrrrds, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/49 "2018-09-21T01:01:20Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I tried to find a pic of Conan the Barbarian with a puffy shirt in his [pirate role](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treasure_of_Tranicos_%28collection%29) in\* The Treasure of Tranicos\*, but was not successful. > :rolleyes: You mean **The Black Stranger** (Howarde’s Original title). There’s an interior illustration in the Del Rey edition of **The Conquering Sword of Conan** , but I can’t find it online. Maybe this will do instead – [https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=A2KLfRsnQqRbl3kA5TNXNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=“The+Black+Stranger”+Howard+illustration&fr=yfp-t#id=1&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fhowardworks.com%2Fwanderingstar-blackstranger.jpg&action=click](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A2KLfRsnQqRbl3kA5TNXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=%22The+Black+Stranger%22+Howard+illustration&fr=yfp-t#id=1&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fhowardworks.com%2Fwanderingstar-blackstranger.jpg&action=click) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/50 "2018-09-21T01:14:13Z")
[THIS](https://www.google.com/search?q=conan+the+barbarian+paintings&client=firefox-b-1&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=deSB9kBJ8FVFDM%253A%252CMph_xRYz9oOs7M%252C_&usg=AFrqEzco4KOza9ebCB62cAxRwwqQw6wPrw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiI1-Wy9crdAhUoFzQIHSlWBWUQ9QEwAXoECAAQBg#imgrc=deSB9kBJ8FVFDM:) is Conan. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/51 "2018-09-21T04:44:54Z")
I very much enjoyed the first time I learned about another pirate: Mr. Pirate, umm, I think you have a steering wheel sticking out of the front of your pants… Arrrr, don’t I know it - it’s drrrivin’ me nuts! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/52 "2018-09-21T05:39:16Z")
I’ve got Scurvy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/53 "2018-09-21T17:27:27Z")
Th’phrase be “Scurvy dog,” not, “Scurvy Catfish,” ya barnacle. ---
**Author:** ![Mumberthax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/54 "2018-09-22T05:15:40Z")
Fuck this bullshit. Am I the only one on here who understands that pirates were common criminals? Besides, that ‘arrrrr’ shit you love so much is just an 18th Century Scottish accent. Whoever invented this pirate shite should rot in hell forever. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/55 "2018-09-22T05:50:24Z")
Yarrr! Who thinks it be time to keelhaul the above poster? Seriously, I think we all know that pirates were criminals, and not-very-nice people. But we celebrate the criminal mob in films such as _The Godfather_, and perform tough-guy impressions from such (“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse”); and cheer for illegal drug-consuming Jeff Spicoli in _FastTimes at Ridgemont High_. Why not have a little fun with pirate stereotypes? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/56 "2018-09-22T15:22:11Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Yarrr! Who thinks it be time to keelhaul the above poster? > > Seriously, I think we all know that pirates were criminals, and not-very-nice people. But we celebrate the criminal mob in films such as _The Godfather_, and perform tough-guy impressions from such (“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse”); and cheer for illegal drug-consuming Jeff Spicoli in _FastTimes at Ridgemont High_. Why not have a little fun with pirate stereotypes? Aye! Th’mutinous dog should swing from the highest yarrrrrrrrdarrrrrrrm! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/57 "2019-09-19T04:16:31Z")
[Guess what day it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LtjzQaFZ3k). **Hint:** It ain’t Hump [Day](http://talklikeapirate.com/wordpress/sample-page/)! ---
**Author:** ![wanderer2575](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@wanderer2575](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wanderer2575)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/58 "2019-09-19T11:55:55Z")
[Humorist Dave Barry’s 2002 column promoting the beginnings of Talk Like a Pirate Day](https://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article1928052.html). (Warning: Potential paywall.) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/59 "2019-09-20T02:26:51Z")
The Pirates lost today. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207/60 "2019-09-21T21:24:01Z")
Talk Like A Pirate Day went over big at the monthly meeting of the sci-fi modelling club I belong to. And after the business was concluded, we showed an episode of The Middleman. Coincidentally, it turned out to be the one with the Booty Chest, the “pirate-themed sports bar with the scantily-clad waitresses”. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avast-its-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/669207.md?page=4)