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September 19 is National Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Sep 19, 2004 aeternalis link
YAAARRRRR, ye filthy bilge rats!

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me... we pillage, we plunder we rifle and loot, drink up me hearties, yo ho...

We need bad pirate jokes.
Sep 19, 2004 paedric link
Avast thar ye scurvy offspring of a slimey dogfish, tis *INTERNATIONAL* Talk Like a Pirate Day (landlubber that ye be)....
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

A couple o' species of Pirate Bablefish for ye translatin' pleasure...
http://www.mediocreminds.com/content.php?articleID=160
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/translator.html

Have t' have a pirate name test, ARRRR!!!"
http://www.fidius.org/quiz/pirate.php
Dirty Jack Rackham

You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!
-Dirty Jack

"Brwaack! Polly want a cracker? … Oh, wait. That’s for Talk Like a PARROT Day."
Sep 19, 2004 paedric link
Bad pirate jokes ye want? Bad pirate joke ye get...
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One day a Pirate and a bartender were talking to each other in a bar. The Bartender asked the pirate "Where did ya get that peg leg from?"

The Pirate responded " We were sailing the seas when a big ol' shark came up to me while I was swimmin' and bit off me leg."

Later the Bartender asked "Where did you get that hook then?"

The pirate responded "Well, me crew and I were in a battle and it got cut through the bone."

The bartender then asked " Then where did ya get the eye patch from?"

The pirate said " In a harbor I looked at a gull flying over head and it took a dump right in me eye."

The bartender was puzzled and asked the pirate, "How would that make you get an eye patch?"

The pirate responded, "First day with the hook."
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Q.How much does it cost for a pirate to get his ears pierced?
A.a buck-an-ear!

Q.Whats a pirates favorite school subject?
A.ARRRRRRRithmitic

Q.Whats a pirates favorite animal?
A.an ARRRRRdvark

Q.Why can't an inbred pirate play poker in the jungle?
A.Because there are too many cheat-ahs.... Avast!
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Ye know ye be a pirate when...

...you prefer cheap rum instead of expensive wine.

...you think that the proper way to greet kings at events is: Arrh, ye peacock, give me yer money or I´ll burn yer tent!

...you get thrown out of meetings cause you know too much about "slithering throats, ARRH!".

...you're planning to purchase a large cannon with the explanation: "who knows, maybe some day we go to Pennsic".

...you are not very interested in SCA rapier fencing cause "they've banned fleche and suicidefencing" and you dont really understand that crap bout "chivalry" either.

...people stand WAAY back when your household starts to pull out rapiers, sabres, cutlasses and daggers.

...the people at work starts to talk about you as the guy who puts jolly rogers on everything.

...your topic for the evening is smuggling, and your fellow SCA-dians listens politely until you mention "fast motor boats" and starts complaining about how the price on silk has gone down.

...you get really angry when the person next to you at the banquette, who claims to be a pirate, doesnt know anything about "loading guns with rusty nails" and you challenge him to a cutlass duel, he turns up and then runs away cause you brought your real cutlass.
Sep 19, 2004 Phoenix_I link
Dread Pirate Rackham

Like the famous Dread Pirate Roberts, you have a keen head for how to make a profit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

Yarrr tis me favorite time o' year.
Sep 19, 2004 Suicidal Lemming link
Mad Tom Kidd

Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!
Sep 19, 2004 paedric link
Avast there me cousin Dread, tis none other than Dirty Jack. How be ye these waning minutes of "International Talk Like a Pirate" day? Still be tossing the baby out with the bath water? ARRRRRR!!!!
Sep 20, 2004 Renegade ++RIP++ link
Your pirate name is:

Iron Roger Bonney

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you are that person. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!
Sep 20, 2004 Pyro link
FSCK, I thought it was today! >.<
Sep 21, 2004 HumpyThePenguin link
woo, Mad Roger Kidd for me.

This pirate walks into a bar, and the bartender says to him, "Hey, you know you have a steering wheel in your crotch, right?"

The pirate replies, "Arrr! It's driving me nuts!"
Sep 21, 2004 toshiro link
Iron Sam Cash

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you are that person. You're musical, and you've got a certain style if not flair. You'll do just fine. Arr!

On a sidenote: The pirate name "Red Rackham" also appears in two volumes of Les Aventures de Tintin (great, venerable belgian comic, for those who don't know and don't click the link).

http://www.princeton.edu/~ferguson/adw/tintin/tintin.htm