# Today is... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is/464340 "2008-09-19T17:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is/464340/1 "2008-09-19T17:39:16Z")
Talk Like a Pirate Day For more info, check out this Google search… [http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=Talk+Like+A+Pirate+Day&btnG=Google+Search](http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=Talk+Like+A+Pirate+Day&btnG=Google+Search) …or simply go directly to > **[International Talk Like a Pirate Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day)** > > International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers of Albany, Oregon, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. It has since been adopted by the Pastafarianism movement as an official holiday. > The holiday resulted from a sports injury. During a racquetball game between Summers and Baur, one of them, in pain, said, "Aaarrr!" and the idea was born. The game took place on June 6, 199... And here’s a link where you can get you’re very own Pirate Name!!! [http://123game.net/pirate/piratename.htm](http://123game.net/pirate/piratename.htm) ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is/464340/2 "2008-09-19T17:44:13Z")
Mods please delete this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is/464340/3 "2008-09-19T17:55:31Z")
> [@BarnOwl](#): > > Mods please delete this thread. Because it’s an illegal copy? _:: d&r ::_ ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is/464340/4 "2008-09-19T17:57:22Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > Because it’s an illegal copy? > > _:: d&r ::_ ?? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is/464340/5 "2008-09-19T17:57:41Z")
**Aye, aye matey. We know!** 😛 (Captain Eye Gouger, at your service.) ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is/464340/6 "2008-09-19T18:02:26Z")
> [@BarnOwl](#): > > ?? (I’m assuming you’re asking to have the thread closed since there’s already an International Talk Like a Pirate Day going. So, I’m just playing off the “pirate” definition of copying software, music, etc. Unsuccessfully, as usual…) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is/464340/7 "2008-09-19T18:20:32Z")
Harr, I be sending this thread to Davy Jones’ locker.