Yo-ho, me hearties — today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day, you scurvy dogs. Shiver me timbers!
All I can say is: Fight on Tarrrrrojans, Beat Arrrrrizona! And Go Irrrrrish, Beat Sparrrrrrrtans!
There be more here, here, here and here, says I.
P.S. Arrr! Pirates be multilateral! Or so says that slab-sided bugger, Jonah Goldberg at NRRRRRRO:
“Avast, bilge rats of the UN….”
Obviously, Bush must adhere to the dictates of the international community and deliver his speech today in accordance with International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
Come to think of it, U.N. resolutions are a lot like the Pirate’s Code: they’re more guidelines, really. Just ask Saddam Hussein! (He’s a wretched scrofulous whoreson bilge rat, he is. Arr.)
Other bloggers are imagining what it would be like if Congress got into the act:
Rep. Tom Davis: Avast me hearties, it is a good day to legislate.
Sen. Ted Kennedy: Aye, I’ve had me grog, and I be ready to set forth the laws of this here land.
Rep. Tom Davis: Arrrrrr.
Har har.
And, ahoy! Avast! They be talkin’ like pirates at RedState and Daily Kos!
P.P.S. The National Hurrrrricane Center is no fun. Why not issue the 11:00 AM discussion on Hurrrrricane Gorrrrrdon in pirate-speak?
THERE BE ONLY A HINT OF AN EYE, SAYS I, ON SATELLITE IMAGERY BUT THE CLOUD PATTERN BE LOOKIN’ MIGHTY FINE FOR A TROPICAL CYCLONE AT SUCH HIGH LATITUDE…AND IT STILL BE DETACHED FROM ANY FRONTAL SYSTEM, ARRR. THE WEAKENING TREND HAS ALREADY BEGUN, IT HAS, AND THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS LOWERED TO 75 KNOTS, ME HEARTIES. SINCE GORRRRRDON IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER INCREASINGLY COOLER WATERS AND BEGIN TO INTERACT WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM…IT SHOULD GO DOWN TO DAVY JONES’ LOCKER IN ABOUT 24 HOURS. ALL PHASE DIAGRAMS FROM FSU, THOSE SEMINOLE SEA RATS, SUGGEST THAT GORRRRRDON SHOULD BECOME FULLY EXTRATROPICAL SOON. HOWEVER…WE’RE NAUGHT BUT HUMBLE METEOROLOGISTS, SO IT BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO FORECAST THE PRECISE TIMING OF THIS OCCURRENCE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT GORRRRRDON IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AZORRRRRES AS A HURRRRRRICANE. SHIVER ME TIMBERS AND BOARD UP ME WINDOWS! THERE’S A STORM A-COMIN’!
Really, is that so much to ask?
P.P.P.S. Here be two YouTube guides for you land-lubbers who need some learnin’ about how to talk like proper pirates:
Helpful vocabularrrry here.
And, by the by, ye land-lubbers can learn your pirate names here. Mine be Cap’n Harvey Snaggletooth, as you blog-buccaneers can see in my blasted byline above. Arr!
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September 19th, 2006 at 11:56:41 am
Arr, tis a great day far commentin! But there be no debatin’ or yellin abouts??
ARRR!
Hitch up yur sailin’ britches and all hands on deck, lest there be a rhetorical throwdown off the port bow!
(AKA Lojo)
September 19th, 2006 at 12:14:59 pm
Avast ye matey and bring me the finest wench, she’s going asunder (the ship, that is).
September 19th, 2006 at 12:15:14 pm
A pirate no be satisfied wi’ just one, when things be handed out for free. A true scourge o’ the sea will take a look at many a combination o’ his or her name to find a minker that fits like a good peg leg. I’ll be takin’ mine as Tripod Ezekiel Straw.
September 19th, 2006 at 1:24:17 pm
So I’m a Barbary pirate, already !
(grrrrrrrrrin)
September 19th, 2006 at 4:45:55 pm
Arr…the landlubbers at Savage Chickens http://www.savagechickens.com/blog/index.html have been cartooning, lampooning, and harpooning me maties fer nigh on to a fortnight now.
The Dread Pirate DrawingDead
September 19th, 2006 at 7:48:07 pm
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September 19th, 2006 at 8:23:59 pm
Y’know, the guy on the right in the second video was on WifeSwap last night… they made him shave his head.
September 19th, 2006 at 11:14:28 pm
blah. I’m Caroline the Fashionably Late without my middle initial and Fartin’ Flora Read with it. Full name Saggin’ Jowls Dolores. I just suck, don’t I? But hey, I managed to marry Cap’n Edmund Slashface.
Ooooo…just first name. Cap’n Beth Firepants. Aye, that’un’ll do
September 20th, 2006 at 2:37:10 am
He also be drinkin’ Pyrat XO, a fine premium grog. Arrr.