It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
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What's more to be said, ye scurvy scum?
John shiver me timbers in Wauwatosa
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Arrrrr! Back atcha.
I shall celebrate by watching one of the best pirate movies of all time Yellowbeard. http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0086618/
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
pirate
arrgggh ye be a land lubber, ye unworthy scum, saint preserve
us. be ye walkin lightly ore ye be walikin the plank! Back to work ye scruvy dogs! and make more stories to calm the tides!
happy talk like a pirate day lol
rues
talk like a pirate
Arrr!
the shop
Lil Jaci daughter of Clodbeard, he wasn't that well known don't ask, was browsing the wares of the shop with her longtime friend Dottie.
"What do you think Dottie. Does this cultass make me look fat?"
Like a pirate? Hmmmmmm...
...I've got twenty-eight percent of the shares already, and between that and your eighteen percent plus acting as proxy for my grandmother, we should be able to wrap up this deal in time for lunch. They'll never know what hit them!
Love, Andrea Lena
pierate
Well I rate apple and blackbery over apple alone with cherry a close third and apricot just outside the medals. Plum and pinapple are better in crumbles where both are still outdone by apple and blackberry and even that comes second to rhubarb. Blackcurrent? depends on the season but usually better in crumble than pie. And of course the best results are obtained by cooking in an Arrr-ga. k-jo
I was lying down minding my own business when life came by and drove right over me
Yarrrrr¬May ee be touched by
Yarrrrr¬
May ee be touched by his noodly appendage!
I hate to spoil the party
But not all pirates came from the West Country, however most were ruthless knaves who murdered and raped their way around the world until they came up against the Royal Navy, who gave them very short shrift, except to dance from the yard arm.
Pirates still exist, ask the hundreds if not thousands of hostages they have in Somalia and the huge ransoms paid for the release of crews and ships. They don't talk like Devon men, but they're just as ruthless.
Oh by the way there were also female pirates, who seemed just as nasty as the men.
The Red Lady (Veronica) 1500–1534 1528 - 1534 English One of the most cunning pirates of the sixteenth century who never revealed her identity. She commonly disguised herself as a singer or an entertainer to be brought on ships and once the crew ever advance on her or leave her by herself she would take her disguise off having a top, pants and her weapons underneath. She would then immediately kill all aboard the ship and sail to sea. (From wiki)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_pirate
So they weren't romantic characters nor are they now.
Angharad
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Madeline Anafrid Bell
Well...
It's not entirely international. Here in Bath, Somerset, UK, I haven't heard a single person acknowledge it, and the day is due to conclude in about three hours.
I had actually forgotten about it myself until I saw your blog...
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Oh, Listen to Drea More, We Should!
Unless we are sailing in the Eastern Indian Ocean, we'd be advised to watch out for modern day pirates! Especially if you own stock in or work at a company these pirates are interested in ravishing.
They might wait until your stock is down or drive it lower themselves; you will be very attractive if your company has lots of cash or an employee retirement fund. They will take over your company and mortgage it to the hilt(!) to pay the debt incurred buying all that stock. They'll take the cash (in ridiculous salaries and bonuses) and swap the pension plan for a 401K (or something like that.) They'll sell off the most profitable parts of your business, down size the rest and see if it can survive, much smaller, understaffed and with a massive debt.
They'll probably do other things to turn your company into money for them, but I'm not up on the corporate raider (pirate) thing.
Thanks, Drea!
Hugs and Bright Blessings,
Renee
Yarrrr...
Got a Hard Drive Full 'o tools and Software and i'm sailing the Data Seas!
Jolly Diana
Arrrr! It BE the greatest day of the year ARRRR!
Where is Johnny Depp?
May Your Light Forever Shine
mate
He be in the locker mate. Here have some rum.
Tunes ter jig and reel and such by
Arrrrrr! Some piratical ditties fer Ye!!.
~hugs, Veronica
TOM WAITS //// Shiver Me Timbers (sweet melancholy:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eux2qnnslac
JOHN CALE //// Captain Hook (great long jam for rock and roll animals):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpcZBv8TaSg
ROBERT HUNTER //// Tales of the Great Rum Runners:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GswPO2eX_VI
What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
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Shiver me timbers a Double post! Admin delet please
John in Wauwatosarrrrrr!
John in Wauwatosa
He be rockn' out in Davy Jones Locker
Free of thee accursed Monkeys be he.
Arrrrr!
Let's sea.. Pirates captured ships. Stole their booty, raped, took prisoners to be ransomed or impressed some as fellow scurvy seadogs.
The British Navy impressed most of their seadogs. Attacked foreign vessels, seized as escaped seamen anyone THEY believed was *an English subject* -- mainly whatever number of crew they were short -- and took merchantmen as prizes.
Hum except for a lot less rape and pillage I don't see a difference.
Sort of.
-- grin Ang --
Now those Somali? Pure scum.
Like Gordon Gecko on steroids.
Arrr!
Surrender or die! I be Murdock the Rupert, scourge of the mass media...Arrrrr!
Sorry... what was I saying, tels?
John in Wauwatosarrrrrr!
John in Wauwatosa