# September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393 "2003-09-18T15:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/41 "2003-09-19T16:28:51Z")
Avast ye scurvy landlubbers! stand to the mizzen and belay the rattlin’ of yer gums, or i’ll hoist the lot of ye on me yard arm! Arrrr! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/42 "2003-09-19T16:53:37Z")
Avast! The sun be over the yardarm, an’ the crew is lined up for their tots o’ rum. You there! No line-bustin’, me bucko, ar I’ll crease yar bug-eaten scalp wi’ a belayin’ pin. And hey! No mar o’ them foofy fruit juice drrinks wi’ the teensy oombrellas, like last week, ar I’ll cut out yar liver ‘n’ yar haaaarrrrrrrt! Buncha faaarrrrmers! Arrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/43 "2003-09-19T16:55:36Z")
Ahoy there, mates! Me fellow pirate here at work went back to his shack at lunch and he said thar be the scurvy bilge rats that invented talk like a pirate day on CNN!! Arrrrr… We’re having too much fun with this here at work. There’s nothing like seeing the look on an person’s face when they walk into the office here and three guys greet them with a hearty “Arrrrrr!!!” I actually had a supervisor call me up at 6:20 this morning (I was still in bed) and leave me a voice mail on my cell phone in pirate! ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/44 "2003-09-19T17:24:08Z")
_“Arrrr, we wants a training day, in a nice little hotel somewhere on the coast, preferably near Hastings, damn yer eyes!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/45 "2003-09-19T17:28:33Z")
Yarr! My husband is celebrating with a game featuring characters from the webcomic Weebl and Bob - [Ninja Pirate](http://www.cdhinteractive.com/ninjapirate.htm)! (Scroll down the main [Weebl and Bob site](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk) to find the game listed, if you forget the URL later on; that’s how I dug it up again.) ---
**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 19, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/46 "2003-09-19T17:44:34Z")
Thems that died were the lucky ones! Arrrr… * * * _SCREW_ the land of “Milk and Honey”! I want Beer and Beef Jerky! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/47 "2003-09-19T17:48:45Z")
I be a’paintin’ me walls all day. A nice coral color, with a hint of scarlet like blood. Now I be goin’ to lunch. Who sells grog around these parts? This neighborhood be Irish, who DOESN’T sell grog?! ARRRRRR! \ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/48 "2003-09-19T17:49:54Z")
‘Tis downloadin’ songs from the net all day, I’ll be doing, and devil take the scurvy RIAA dogs that try to stop me. Arrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/49 "2003-09-19T18:04:15Z")
Avast, ye! 'Tis not _be_ a pirate day! Then again, those RIAA dogs deserve to be run up the mizzenmast and then keelhauled!! (Not both at once, of course). Download away, me hearty! We’ll cover ye from here! Arrr ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/50 "2003-09-19T18:28:27Z")
"When we come into town To spend all our spoils, A good time will be had by all… We’ll all head to some pub To get drunk off our arses. When we’re here there ain’t no last call… I’ll get rum for meself, And buy ale for me friends. And a great deal of loot On the wenches I’ll spend. When the money’s all gone, It’s off to sea again, To trade cargo for cannon-ball…" I’m listening to the [Corsairs](http://www.corsairs.com). Arrr! ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/51 "2003-09-19T19:15:23Z")
ARRRRR. And it’s navigatin’ this here computer with one eye, I am. Me scurvy daughter let me borrow her black eye patch this morning. ARRRR. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393.md?page=2)