# Yarrr, 'tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723 "2017-09-19T13:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/1 "2017-09-19T13:46:13Z")
> **[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. > 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, 1995, but out of respect for the observance of the Normandy landings, they chose Sum... [![](http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/the-pirate-keyboard.jpeg) ](http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/the-pirate-keyboard.jpeg) Ye scurvy, mutinous dogs, hope ye’ll be properly marking the day! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/2 "2017-09-19T13:56:57Z")
Ahoy! My friends and I used to have parrties to marrk that day. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/3 "2017-09-19T14:56:25Z")
I’m in Spain doing the Camino de Santiago and my wife just emailed me to remind me of this momentus day. So, “Arrrrrrgh (gotta roll them rs in Spain) senor.” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/4 "2017-09-19T15:34:14Z")
What is a pirate’s favorite letter? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/5 "2017-09-19T15:34:57Z")
Arrrrrrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/6 "2017-09-19T15:43:23Z")
Shiver me timbers, ye scurvy dogs, I missed it, arr. That would be worse than the Black Spot, arr. I be having eye surgery on Friday, arr, so I will have the appropriate patch on me eye then, by the powers, arr. Too bad about the timing, arr. Regarrrds, Shodan, arr ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/7 "2017-09-19T15:47:38Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Arrrrrrrr! You’d think it’d be R, but tis the C they love. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/8 "2017-09-19T15:57:50Z")
Why’d the pirate drive off the road? Because it was scurvy! ---
**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, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/9 "2017-09-19T16:04:15Z")
What do pirates love to wear when they golf? Arrrrrrrrrgyle! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/10 "2017-09-19T16:12:17Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > You’d think it’d be R, but tis the C they love. Aye! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/11 "2017-09-19T16:15:00Z")
Why did the corn salesman give up his job for a life of piracy? He only made a good buccaneer. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/12 "2017-09-19T16:48:12Z")
All your booty is mine! Hey, give an old dirty fart a dream… ---
**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, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/13 "2017-09-19T17:10:51Z")
Why couldn’t the pirate kid see the exciting new movie? Because it was rated Arrrrrrrrr! ---
**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, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/14 "2017-09-19T17:48:41Z")
What be a poirate’s least fav’rite letter? \ Tea? [I can’t resist:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWRs03s5840) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/15 "2017-09-19T17:50:23Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > What be a poirate’s least fav’rite letter? > > \ Tea? > > [I can’t resist:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWRs03s5840) Arrrgh, ya shud uv! ---
**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, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/16 "2017-09-19T18:18:40Z")
\*“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” \* -Melville ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/17 "2017-09-19T20:12:43Z")
A pirate walks into a bar and orders a bottle of rum. The bartender notices the pirate has a large ship’s steering wheel extending out the fly of his trousers and points it out. The pirate replies, “Arrrrrr! I know, and it be drivin’ me nuts, too.” ---
**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, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/18 "2017-09-19T23:11:09Z")
I’m married to the sea, plus I have a thing on the side with two of the Great Lakes. I won’t say which, but it’s Erie how Superior they are. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/19 "2017-09-20T00:11:58Z")
Noooo! It be the sea! ---
**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, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/20 "2017-09-20T00:23:21Z")
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