YAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!

[gonzo]

Well shiver me timbers, it be that grand time of the year again m'hearties; International Talk Like A Pirate Day starts with the first bell of t'morrow.

Where be you scurvy dogs swashbuckling?

[delthebike]

I think you mean talk like Robert Newtons' portrayal of the pirate Long John Silver from the 1950 movie Treasure Island. 

[Mike J]

Yarrr, shiver me timbers - even Facebook is getting in on the pirate act!!!

[woollypigs]

Yar ?

[Basil]

Oh FFS.  Not again.

No, I didn't type that.  Or post it.

Oops.  Bugger.

[andygates]

Dissent on deck?  Keehaul 'im!

[FatBloke]

Well shiver me timbers, it be that grand time of the year again m'hearties; International Talk Like A Pirate Day starts with the first bell of t'morrow.

Where be you scurvy dogs swashbuckling?

I thankee for the timely reminder!!

ARRGGGHHH!!!

[GruB]

Oh FFS.  Not again.

Oops.  Bugger.

 

[Hummers]

Yarrgh!

Damn me faulty erection and curse me indifferent bowels!

'Tis the day all Pirates can come together in one glorious global gaggle of filthy seamen.

I shall be with me Bosun, a press ganging a land lubbing swab into comin' aboard the good ship Hummers.

Methinks that conductin' the interview talikn' like a pirate may put him off.

Capn' Hummers: Now me lad. Have ye any questions afore ye walk the plank and board ye Vauxhall Astra to set sail for ye home port?

Interviewee: Yes. Why are are you dressed like Charles II and why has your PA drawn a moustache on her upper lip with a burnt cork and wearing an eye patch? Is this a company clothing policy?

Cap'n Hummers: Yarrgh!  I didn't think ye noticed! This is normal attire for today. Now I'm surprised you never asked about me voyage with Filthy Cap'n Greg around the Isle of Wight, where  we had to fight off the natives with nothing but a Zefal HPX.

Interviewee: I see. Can I come back to you on your job offer after I've had time to consider it. Now if you don't mind, I just need to pop to the toilet.

Cap'n Hummers: Yarrgh! I bet you'll be massaging your parts with a tempestuous fury at the thought of the doubloons you'll be grabbing soon.

Interviewee climbs through toilet window by removing the louvres and drops 12 ft' to the  car park. Limping with a twisted ankle, he escapes to the safety of his Vauxhall Astra.

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[harrumph]

This, then, is the ideal day to tell you my favourite joke*:

Q: Why are pirates?
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A: They just AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!


*voted Six-Year-Old's Joke of the Year, 2006; elegant, so concise that even I can't mess it up...

[Gus]

Yaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, it's that time of the the year again 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os5TXyJlEMc

[Woofage]

It's all gone a bit mainstream - it was mentioned on Radio 3 earlier this morning

[Wowbagger]

It was. According to Sarah Mohr-Pietsch the website was too rude or her to quote much of it.

[RichForrest]

International Talk Like A Pirate Day starts with the first bell of t'morrow.

No your Honour, it wasn't me who downloaded "Now that's what I call the 80's" or "Agadoo"



Think I may have got the wrong idea!?

[Nuncio]

We are in international waters, 20 miles from the Somalia coast. Surrender now!

(Thanks to David Schneider)

[Gus]

A woman took it a bit to serious 

[Andrij]

When things get a bit out of hand...

The Ballad of Mad Cap'n Tom: Part 1

The Ballad of Mad Cap'n Tom: Part 2

[ElyDave]

I shall certainly be walking around 'olding me back and yellin' AAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH

[Mr Larrington]

I for one will have Alestorm, Swashbuckle and The Dread Crew Of Oddwood* on heavy rotation. Arrrrr.

* who self-describe as “Heavy Mahogany”