Welcome once again to the day that is hated, feared and loved here at the Jones household. Yep, it’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008. My little dudes hate it when I spend all day talking like a pirate. My wife, known to some as She Who Flees The House For The Day, fears it so much she’s actually leaving for the entire day and night. But I, yarrr, I loves it to the very core of me bein’. (And, yes, that last bit was in piratese.)
For today, I’ll be known to all and sundry as Cap’n Patrick Bloodbeard, courtesy of the Pirate Name Generator, one of many on the internet. And, might I just say, Thank goodness for the internet. I mean, come on. There are at least four different sites where you can have your own name transformed into pirate nomenclature. How wonderful is that?
Answer: Pretty darn.
Yes, yes, I know pirates were actually scurvy scum with the morals and scruples of brain damaged tigers hiding out in the big city, disguised with a pair of Groucho glasses. The pirate life wasn’t pretty and no one looked like Johnny Depp or, more importantly, Kierra Knightly. I get it. But since when did historical reality intrude on a good excuse to act silly? Never. At least not on my ship.
Let’s put on our eyepatches, strap on the hook hands and clomp around on our peg legs for a day or so. I mean, it is, after all a Friday so that could mean Talk Like A Pirate Weekend. Any excuse to yell, “YARRRR! Shiver me timbers. Batten down the hatches or we’ll keelhaul ya!” Or something like that.
– Cap’n Patrick Bloodbeard
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Barry // Sep 18, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Here we have musical day. You have to sing everyting you say.
2 Christi // Sep 26, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Ahoy, ye landlubbers:
Arrr! Cap’n Bianca Deadbones here, ye scurvey dog! It be a tad late fer the pirate talk from here, but I be after doin’ it anyway.
Batten down the hatches, mateys, and prepare to raise the Jolly Roger! We be after treasure!
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