# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/21 "2017-09-20T01:40:58Z")
Games are too expensive, if the creators were real artists, they’d be making games for free instead of trying to profit off of the fans who are making their work popular. They ought to be thanking us for the exposure we give them. Besides, their game sucks, you think I’m going to pay for that? When’s the next update coming out? ---
**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, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/22 "2017-09-20T01:54:20Z")
^ I’m sorry! This is Abuse! No, you want room 12A, next door. ETA: Arrrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/23 "2017-09-20T02:18:26Z")
I just finished swiggin’ down me mug o’ grog! (Lamb’s Navy Rum, of course.) Time for another dram or two! ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/24 "2017-09-20T02:44:32Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > ^ I’m sorry! This is Abuse! No, you want room 12A, next door. > > ETA: Arrrrr! I don’t know, it sounds like most of the pirates I hear. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/25 "2017-09-20T03:07:23Z")
“Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” “Why, what evil has He done?” …oh wait, I thought you said Talk like a _Pilate_ 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 20, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/26 "2017-09-20T03:29:00Z")
[https://i.pinimg.com/236x/14/49/d4/1449d438dd030e44ba2dbb21fd7c6987--gary-larson-the-far-side.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/14/49/d4/1449d438dd030e44ba2dbb21fd7c6987--gary-larson-the-far-side.jpg) ---
**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, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/27 "2019-09-19T04:35:10Z")
Yarrr, once more the dreaded day is upon us, ye lubbers! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/28 "2019-09-19T05:08:12Z")
Shiver me timbers! One of my favorite sayings. ---
**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 19, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/29 "2019-09-19T05:11:23Z")
Arrr! Be ye celebratin’ with a tot of rum? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/30 "2019-09-19T06:58:32Z")
Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rum! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/31 "2019-09-19T11:15:05Z")
Arrr! Sitting here with me not one, not two, but THRRRRRREE parrots! More pirate than you! Arrr! ---
**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, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/32 "2019-09-19T12:15:27Z")
Why don’t pirates play cards? Because someone’s always sitting on the deck! ---
**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, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/33 "2019-09-19T12:47:26Z")
Blow me down, but this is an auld favorite, and be damned to ye if ye don’t laugh: [http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/the-pirate-keyboard.jpeg](http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/the-pirate-keyboard.jpeg) ---
**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, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/34 "2019-09-19T12:53:45Z")
The Sahara be avast wasteland. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/35 "2019-09-19T14:46:16Z")
How many pirates does it take to change a light- bulb?? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/36 "2019-09-19T14:48:15Z")
Answer: 15 men on a dead-mans:chest! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/37 "2019-09-19T14:51:42Z")
Ahoy, ye scalliwags, scurvy dogs, an’ landlubbers! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/38 "2019-09-19T16:41:46Z")
[It is it is a glorious thing to be a pirate king!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ7SVMVrick) ---
**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, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/39 "2020-09-19T04:51:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Blow me down, but this is an auld favorite, and be damned to ye if ye don’t laugh: [http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/the-pirate-keyboard.jpeg](http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/the-pirate-keyboard.jpeg) ‘Tis that time o’ year again, me hearties. Enjoy the day to the fullest, says I! ---
**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 19, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/40 "2020-09-19T07:50:43Z")
This be a special day. Maybe I’ll have to do some yarrrrd-work! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723.md?page=3)