Sept. 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Talk like a pirate! All day! ARRRRRRRR!
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Darn. And we let another year slip by without a "Talk Like a Pirate" collection...
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Ahoy matey.. I remembers last year's TLaP day
ARRRRRRRR!
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Avast, ye landlubbers! We who live near Tampa Bay know a wee bit more about pirates than most:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasparilla_Pirate_Festival
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasparilla_Pirate_Festival
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YAR! I be livin' in San Jose, but onct I lived in Tampa and went to the Gasparilla ever yar. Jose Gaspar forever! ARRRR!BellonaTimes wrote:Avast, ye landlubbers! We who live near Tampa Bay know a wee bit more about pirates than most:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasparilla_Pirate_Festival
Yar matey. 'Tis on me iCal calendar fer 2010, so if yer up ta MC'n, I'll ping yer. We'll do a right fine pirate collection.Steampunk wrote:Darn. And we let another year slip by without a "Talk Like a Pirate" collection...
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Arrgh! True as a leeward squall! I'll bear ye a hand with the t'gallant rigging, matey, and we'll sail 'er sure and haul close to the wind. And may all doubting scallywags be left far abaft and the devil take 'em!
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the free dictionary says:
2. One who preys on others; a plunderer. Talk like a pirate day. Pirate, =plunderer. Umm... If I am elected.. Oh, heck that will never work. Keep on with your "Arrrs." It's simpler that way.
pi·rate (pIrit)
n. 1. a. One who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation.
b. A ship used for this purpose.
2. One who preys on others; a plunderer.
3. One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.
4. One that operates an unlicensed, illegal television or radio station.
v. pi·rat·ed, pi·rat·ing, pi·rates
v.tr.
1. To attack and rob (a ship at sea).
2. To take (something) by piracy.
3. To make use of or reproduce (another's work) without authorization.
v.intr.
To act as a pirate; practice piracy.
2. One who preys on others; a plunderer. Talk like a pirate day. Pirate, =plunderer. Umm... If I am elected.. Oh, heck that will never work. Keep on with your "Arrrs." It's simpler that way.
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Avast ye! The biggest holiday of the yar be approachin'. Will we be havin' a pirate collection this yar?
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