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Tomorrow Is Talk Like a Pirate Day
…a day on which you may choose to talk like a pirate. I do not fully understand this phenomenon, but the sailors with whom I am acquainted say that in Seattle, the best place to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day is the Jolly Roger Taproom in Ballard (where they’re said to serve extremely delicious mini oyster poorboys).
Some notes from a friend who is actually excited about Talk Like a Pirate Day:
On this special day I recommend Angostura rum: It has a particularly smokey flavor, an acquired taste, not unlike the smell of sieged and burning frigates. Anti-pirates might choose Goslings, choice of the British Navy.Note: Pirate hooks are available at corner store across from Walgreens on 15th! $2.99, a steal!
Here is a fairly amusing quiz that will determine your pirate name. Best question:
Buckle your swash often?1. I am quite the buckler-of-swashes.
2. I have no need of swashes, buckled or un-.
3. That sounds dirty.
My results:
My pirate name is:
Black Jenny Read
Like anyone confronted with the harshness of robbery on the high seas, you can be pessimistic at times. Even through many pirates have a reputation for not being the brightest souls on earth, you defy the sterotypes. You’ve got taste and education. Arr!
Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.part of the fidius.org network
Comments (26)
Pirates are sooo three years ago
I think the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels pretty much ended that fad
Posted by Just Sayin' | September 18, 2008 3:23 PMEveryone please keep in mind that saying "arrrrrr" doesn't make you sound like a pirate. It just makes you sound like a person saying "arrrrrr."
Posted by yuiop | September 18, 2008 3:30 PMIt's also my wife's 30th birthday! Something will be buckled...swash or no.
Posted by Juan | September 18, 2008 3:31 PMDon't forget to visit http://piratejokes.net/
It's based out of Seattle!
Posted by Scottie Yahtzee | September 18, 2008 3:32 PMMy name was Dirty Jenny Cash. And this is the last of the "what's your 'x' name" websites I will be visiting today.
Posted by Julie in Chicago | September 18, 2008 3:34 PMOh yeah! My brother's birthday! Thanks for the reminder.
Posted by Carollani | September 18, 2008 3:35 PMJulie in Chicago: How odd. Mine was Dirty Jack Cash.
We must be related!
Posted by mjanet | September 18, 2008 3:38 PMMy pirate name is "Fuck Off, Moron".
Posted by Fnarf | September 18, 2008 3:44 PMGod, can't we please be done with pirates yet?
Posted by Darcy | September 18, 2008 4:05 PMIf we're not done with zombies, we're not done with pirates.
Posted by Ramdu | September 18, 2008 4:38 PMTomorrow Is Talk Like a Pirate Day
A found poem, by Bethany Jean Clement
Extremely delicious mini oyster poorboys
Not unlike the smell of singed and burning frigates
I am quite the buckler-of-swashes
My pirate name is:
Posted by elenchos | September 18, 2008 4:38 PMBlack Jenny Read
Oh, and mine is Rankle Hiway Palin
Posted by elenchos | September 18, 2008 4:39 PMDirty Roger Bonney.
Definitely better than my Palin name.
And I WILL be talkin', writin' an' swearin' like a pirate tomorrow.
Yar!
Posted by COMTE | September 18, 2008 4:43 PMFuck. I meant Lance Ramthrust.
No wait! I was kidding that time. That's my porn name, obviously.
My pirate name really is Iron Tom Read. Happy now?
Posted by elenchos | September 18, 2008 4:45 PMMy porn name is Elizabeth Briar. Which sounds more like a British stage actress. My husband's is Alexander Sherwood. Which, um, is the best porn name ever.
Posted by Julie in Chicago | September 18, 2008 5:00 PMRed Sam Kidd
or
Mad Sam Kidd
Took it twice (completely different answers) and not much change.
Posted by Simon | September 18, 2008 5:19 PMBloody Ethel Rackham
Now THAT'S a pirate name.
Posted by Bloody Ethel Rackham | September 18, 2008 5:29 PMThe Incredible Sulk take pirate name quiz, answer stupid questions (answer "Phrases like 'the pants off' have been known to apply" to "Do others consider you charming?"), freak out, pirate out, THE INCREDIBLE SULK BECOME IRON ROGER RACKHAM!
IRON ROGER RACKHAM WILL PIMP EVERY STUPID PIRATE CLICHE IN THE BOOK, SULLY GOOD NAME OF ALL REAL PIRATES! AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
And no, I don't feel like letting it go.
Posted by The Incredible Sulk | September 18, 2008 6:03 PMOh and, BTW, yes, I told them my first name is "The."
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
And no, I don't feel like letting it go.
Posted by The Incredible Sulk | September 18, 2008 6:13 PMAnd now a scholarly look at the Talk Like a Pirate Day phenomenon:
http://teachertrenches.blogspot.com
Your hearty,
Posted by Mark Dursin | September 18, 2008 6:55 PMMRD
Me pirate name is Iron Grace Vane. Me likes being a Palin better. AAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!
Posted by yucca flower | September 18, 2008 8:33 PMI can talk like a pirate:
"Let us board your ship and take it back to our warlord in Mogadishu! Or we'll sink you!"
Posted by Mark in Mali | September 19, 2008 3:06 AM@10: I would happily also be done with zombies.
Posted by Darcy | September 19, 2008 7:33 AMFYI, the real pirate-on-pirate action is in Portland this weekend.
Posted by RonK, Seattle | September 19, 2008 10:37 AMWhy do pirates have a hard time learning the alphabet?
...because they can spend years at C! Yarrrgh, har har harrr!
(Yo-ho Scottie! Pirate high-five!)
Posted by Cap'n Mike the Black | September 19, 2008 11:36 AMBloody Jenny Read. Bit repetitive.
Posted by sepiolida | September 19, 2008 11:47 AMComments Closed
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