Talk Like a Pirate Day

From a September 18, 2005 diary by Demetrius

Ever wish you could set sail on the tall ships?

Ever wish you could keel haul every scurvy dog on Capitol Hill?

Ever want to burst into your local Blockbuster and demand the latest releases, a stack of blank tapes and a couple of their finest VCRrrrr's?

Well, we may do our Christmas shopping at the last minute every year, but, by golly, I'm determined not to let this year's TLAPD sneak up on me. Besides, it gives us something fun to anticipate in those days of wall to wall September 11 retrospectives. If you like, you can download one of these buttons to use on your own blog.

Click here for a page of Talk Like a Pirate Day links and designs.

Pirates on YouTube

The Pirate Song (colour) George Harrison

Talk Like a Pirate Day: The Five A's

Talk Like a Pirate Day: "I'm a Pirate" song

Talk like a Pirate

You Are A Pirate (Lazy Town)

Pirates Who Don't Do Anything

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Piratey Links

Talk Like a Pirate Day: Official web site
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: Pastafarianism celebrates Talk Like a Pirate Day as an official holiday.
Pirate Books: At Powells.com
Making Light: Arrrr!: Includes an excerpt from a spoof Democratic primary debate form 2003, in which Jim Lehrer tells the candidates they have to answer all questions in the manner of a pirate captain.
Talk Like a Pirate Day UK Headquarters: It is, after all, *International* Talk Like a Pirate Day
Ahoy there, me pirate flock!: This is fun...

Pirate enthusiast and Church of Scotland minister the Rev Dr Robin Hill is using International Talk Like A Pirate Day - an unofficial holiday set up 11 years ago in the United States - as the basis for a weekend-long rededication event for his parish in Longniddry.

And he is hoping the current interest in pirates, which has been fuelled by the recent blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean movie, will encourage his parishioners to don eyepatches and fake parrots for the event next weekend.
Pirate speak translator: Pirate-ize a bit of text, or a whole web page.
Ring of Fire Enterprises: Ring of Fire has a whole section devoted to all things piratey.
How to Talk Like a Pirate: Video designed to help you avoid unnecessary embarrassment on Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Shiver My Timber: A pirate role playing game