Comments on: A pirates life for me

A pirates life for me

mathowie — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:03:50 -0800

It's talk like a pirate day all the world over, even for kids.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:06:08 -0800

Arrrr. I had to change mefi to the default blue to see this, but it's worth it. Happy pirate day.

By: hugsnkisses

hugsnkisses — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:08:33 -0800

Avast! Tis a great, grand logo o'er thar.

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:12:27 -0800

Arrr! Is this Internet something I need to be a land-lubbin' swab to know about?

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:35:35 -0800

but... but... Matt, you're Double Posting! *head explodes* *community applauds*

By: t r a c y

t r a c y — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:41:59 -0800

well i guess we all better get our pirate names out... i be Iron Grace Cash and i demand someone swash my buckle! aaAaaRrrr!

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:44:13 -0800

..and here's a very informative chart comparing Pirate Talk to Gangsta Rap Talk. yes, I can post comments without a head, but I'll bet most of you have known that for a long time...

By: anathema

anathema — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:18:34 -0800

Avast! Smartly uncork the bung hole, pour Miguel his grog and watch him dance the Hornpipe!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:43:52 -0800

Fnaar! Q: What's a pirate's favorite aspect of computational linguistics? A: PARRRsing sentences. Q: Of which concept shared by Jungian psychology and Northrop Frye's literary theory are pirates especially fond? A: ARRRchetype. MoARRRre heYARRre!

By: troybob

troybob — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:49:11 -0800

In San Francisco, don't forget to pay a visit to the pirate store operated by Dave Eggers' 826 Valencia writing center. I haven't been yet, but my partner keeps urging it. Maybe today's the day...

By: jkilg

jkilg — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:54:33 -0800

Arrr. That kids' dictionary is a farce, I tell ye! Any sea dog who's read a Hornblower novel knows that "avast" means "stop."

By: twine42

twine42 — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 02:24:37 -0800

tracy, do ye want your swash buckled or your buckle swashed?

By: monkey closet

monkey closet — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 02:34:19 -0800

Full speed ahead, Mr. Cohen!

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:17:30 -0800

Excellent link, Stav! Arrr!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:29:12 -0800

Thanks, nthdegx, matey. Arr, this be my favorite : Q: Why does that pirate keep reciting poetry, anyway? Is he some sort of Nancy-boy? A: Aye, 'tis a Nancy-boy he be. Arrr.

By: zarah

zarah — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:36:28 -0800

Geez, mefites were a lot more fun this time last year! Everyone took the quiz and made with the funny. ARRR I be Dirty Mary Kidd and if you're not careful I'll poop your deck! ARRrrR!

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:47:08 -0800

Zarah, ARRRR! -Mad Morty Bonney

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:50:32 -0800

Geez, mefites were a lot more fun this time last year! You know, except Cap'n Wonderchook, because that scurvy cur reckoned those IntARRnet What Is My X/What X Am I? gadgets unworthy and fucking annoying and deserving of a good keelhauling, not to mention a scurvy, cowardly excuse to wave yer sword about without actually using any brain cells, and still does, by Crom (whoops, mixing idioms there)! So go swab the poop deck and poop the swabs when you're done, zarah!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:53:19 -0800

Dread Pirate Kidd, that is. On the whole, I prefer Cap'n Wonderchook, though....

By: XiBe

XiBe — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:59:38 -0800

Apparently, I'm Dirty Roger Kidd You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr! Impressive. Who told'em ? And, err... Arrr!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:05:25 -0800

i demand someone swash my buckle! t r a c y, me timber could be using a shiver or two, yaarrrr...

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:19:55 -0800

You guessed it everybody, time to pirate some land lubbin music!

By: seanyboy

seanyboy — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:26:07 -0800

Arrr. You have a woman's hand, milord! I'll wager these dainty pinkies never weighed anchor in a storm.

By: jennak

jennak — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:26:37 -0800

Of course, I can't help but think of bloodninja (from the J-Dogg thread): bloodninja: Ok. I need your help getting excited though. bloodninja: Are you willing? sweet17: What do you need me to do? bloodninja: I need you talk like a pirate. sweet17: ??? bloodninja: When I start to go limp... you say "HARRRR!!!"

By: seanyboy

seanyboy — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:28:56 -0800

Arrrr. And here be the whole of that fantastic episode. Arrr

By: jennak

jennak — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:34:23 -0800

Has anyone of ye baked a cake for this happy occassion? Arrrr!

By: jpburns

jpburns — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:36:20 -0800

Heck. I'm holding out for "Walk Like a Pirate Day."

By: anathema

anathema — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:45:42 -0800

Sorry to be a pirate party pooper, but it's probably not a good idea to allow ftp access to copyrighted material via MeFi. OK Keyser, walk the plank. Arrrrrrr.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:52:36 -0800

Sorry to be a pirate party pooper, but it's probably not a good idea to allow ftp access to copyrighted material via MeFi. For the third time, as I count. Yarr. Worryingly persistent, this scurvy cur.

By: fvw

fvw — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 05:02:53 -0800

Waiting for "Walk like an egyptian" day I be, aye.

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 05:15:35 -0800

I got permission from the Aqua Bats on this one, thats why theres only one song.

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 05:15:46 -0800

Arrrr.

By: anathema

anathema — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 05:20:29 -0800

Nice work, matey! [Hopefully the band actually owns their own music.]

By: Sijeka

Sijeka — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 05:21:11 -0800

Arrr.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 05:29:39 -0800

Arrrr. It be a good thing to be sure, piratical speakin'. But one day a year, mates, just t'ain't enough like. I've been practicin' my piratey lingo.

By: konolia

konolia — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 05:45:36 -0800

Show me the doubloons.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 05:57:41 -0800

Did you you hear about the new pirate movie? It's rated ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I'll be here all week, ya scurvy dogs!

By: Stan Chin

Stan Chin — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:19:06 -0800

Did you hear about the pirate that sailed to China? He died of SAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRS!

By: rusty

rusty — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:26:06 -0800

Yarr! I was watching a show about pirates on Discovery with my wife recently, and they were explaining how pirates would board a ship and either steal all of its cargo, or just capture the crew and tow the ship back to port. And they also pointed out that most ships were loaded with goods for trade, not gold and silver and whatnot. Which immediately made me wonder how they got rid of all those landlubber goods yaaaaar. And I couldn't help picturing a pirate wandering around a crowded shopping bazaar, buttonholing unwary passersby and trying to unload his latest cargo, with phrases such as: "Yaaaar! Need ye some flax?" So on this national day of joy, I urge you all to remember that pirating wasn't all about doubloons and pieces 'o' eight, and throw in a few well timed questions such as "Yaaar! Be ye wantin' a shipload of melon?" "Shiver me fine straight-hewn timbers, 75 percent off!" or the ever popular "Need ye some flax?"

By: UKnowForKids

UKnowForKids — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:49:31 -0800

Yarr! Did ye be hearin' about the pirate that walked into the bARRRRR with a steerin' wheel attached to the front o' his pants? The bARRRRtender comes up to serve 'im, and the pirate demands a rum and coke. (Because he's a pirate, and pirates love rum... and coke...) The bARRRtender gives a funny look to the steerin' wheel, but fixes the drink and brings it to the cap'n. Finally, his curiosity gets the better of 'im, and he asks the pirate, "Did ye know there's a steerin' wheel in the front o' yer pants?" To which the pirate replies, "Yarr, it's drivin' me nuts!" --Fancy Pants Pete

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:58:12 -0800

Better a "lapdog to a slip of a girl", than a... git.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:00:46 -0800

Arrr, and where do you think a pirate keeps his buccaneers? On his buckin' 'ead. Arrrr.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:10:53 -0800

Yarrrr, I be thankin' ye, seaaaarrnyboy, fer that remindarrrrr of one-a me blessed favorite Blackaddarrrrrr episodes. Ye be truly a nautical cove, that y'arrrrrr!

By: DragonBoy

DragonBoy — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:13:57 -0800

yo ho ho, where's me bottle of rum? Arrrg...

By: widdershins

widdershins — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:17:54 -0800

Ahoy, mateys - who of ye scurvy dogs will untangle the rigging of Captain Bess Rackham! Arrr! It is oddly satisfying...

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:18:48 -0800

I'm Iron Sam Cash and I swash me own buckle till it shines like the sun. Ouch. And lookee, I'm an arr-teest! This is so damn silly without the rum.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:23:11 -0800

This is so damn silly without the rum. I am finding soju to be an adequate alco-placebo. Chingu yaarrreyo!

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:26:23 -0800

RRRrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!! /dyslexic pirate.

By: logovisual

logovisual — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:22:21 -0800

So a pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel tied to his penis. He walks up to the bar and orders a Rum and Coke. The bartender looks at him and just says "Dude, why is there a sterring wheel tied to your penis?" The pirate replies "Arrr, it drives me nuts."

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:23:41 -0800

If the rum flows loose enough with me mateys here, t'wouldn't be a surprise to find a bit of jolly rogerin' goin on before the sun goes down.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:29:18 -0800

Arrr, and I say we keel-haul the next bilge-rat that tells the "drives me nuts" joke. 'tis the fourth time I've seen it t'day, swabbie, and the sun ain't even over the yardarm yet. Arrr.

By: dnash

dnash — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:30:36 -0800

Avast, ye scurvy swabs! That be twice the bad joke about the steerin' wheel be told in this thread. The next foul knave who tells it walks the plank straight to Davy Jones, I says!

By: DragonBoy

DragonBoy — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:33:02 -0800

Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles, ye dictatorial duck billed diplodocus! There be no pirate talker more verbose than Captain Haddock, of the TinTin books ye thundering son of a sea-gherkin! Read upon his mighty lexicon and dispair. All other pirate talkers are addle-pated lumps of anthracite!

By: asok

asok — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:33:57 -0800

Pirates' rules and stuff. *dances hornpipe* *gets tatoo*

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:37:30 -0800

Ye scurvy dogs.

By: DragonBoy

DragonBoy — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:43:56 -0800

Re Pirate rules: "If any Man shall lose a Joint in time of an Engagement he shall have 400 pieces of Eight; if a limb 800. " That's a hefty price on weed. ;)

By: Pink Fuzzy Bunny

Pink Fuzzy Bunny — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:48:02 -0800

YAR! hand over yer wheat you scurvy billge rats, or else you'll find out why they call me the Pink Fuzzy Bunny!

By: nickmark

nickmark — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:57:19 -0800

Did you you hear about the new pirate movie? It's rated ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Aye - because of all the booty!

By: aacheson

aacheson — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:57:29 -0800

Ahoy! I've got me trusty parrot Mango, (no-really I do) and I'm ready to pillage the ships! Get ready, ye scurvy gutter dogs!

By: LinusMines

LinusMines — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:27:27 -0800

Put 'im in a scupper with a hose-pipe in 'im Put 'im in a scupper with a hose-pipe in 'im Put 'im in a scupper with a hose-pipe in 'im Earl-lie-ay in the mo-or-ning! -- Black James Flint (The Sea is Me Pesky Little Brother Who Keeps Going Through My Stuff, ARRRRR!!)

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:33:47 -0800

Bloody Anne Flint here, ye scurvy dogs. And cast yer eyes on this genre-mixing image of Capt. Frodo.

By: ewagoner

ewagoner — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:46:06 -0800

Good night mathowie, good work, sleep well, I'll most likely kill you in the morning.

By: bargle

bargle — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:27:03 -0800

Arrrrrrr! Ye land lubbin' fools aren't no pirates! Ah've raped an' murdered more women, men, babies an' monkeys, sank more ships full of nuns an' caught more diseases than the lot of you dogs together! Arrrrrrrrrrr, now if ya get outta mah way ah can get this wench to finish cleaning the rot out from between mah toes.... put yer tongue into it, wench! Else ah'm gonna run my sword through yer belly, yar!

By: arto

arto — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:54:09 -0800

Yarr, 'tis off to Davey Jones' Locker for ye, for some swashbucklin' seafloor visualisations, deli sandwiches and Monkees memorabilia. proving that pirates aren't the new monkeys, they'e the old monkees.

By: nickmark

nickmark — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:59:04 -0800

Did someone say monkey?

By: batgrlHG

batgrlHG — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:49:50 -0800

Arrr, scurvy knaves! Or, er... Aarrgg? I have to admit, it's Robert Newton's pirate impression I think of, when I say Arrr... "...rock drummer Keith Moon was heavily influenced by his hero's performance in Treasure Island, often mugging and speaking just like his Long John Silver. ...Jaws offers two Robert Newton impersonations in one film... ...The cartoon series SpongeBob Squarepants regularly pays homage to Robert Newton... ...A Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch features a rugby match between teams called the Bournemouth Gynecologists and the Watford Long John Silver Impersonators. The Gynecologists easily beat the Impersonators, who lean immobile on their crutches, snarling "Arrr, Jim lad ..." in Newtonian tones." When I was but a wee lass me father read me the book at bedtime, but I only seem to remember his Long John Silver impressions. Arrrr, Jim! Perhaps I should reread...

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:52:38 -0800

Mateys, this old buckaneer has been hired to play a pirate on a local children's TV show. I credit Metafiltarrrrrrrrr.

By: fidelity

fidelity — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:25:39 -0800

Everyone took the quiz and made with the funny. Now I'm wondering how I missed my site getting Metafiltered last year.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:32:19 -0800

Arrrr, Joey, that's fine cheer. Ahoy! And a great hoisted flagon o' mead to all of ye who keep postin' the pirate-related links on this here thread instead o' spillin' yer cargo all overrrr the MF front page! Who're the true pirate leaders on this bountiful day? Y'arrrrrr!

By: darainwa

darainwa — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:14:18 -0800

Today, roughly 10,000 students at my university received an email about reducing future attacks on the school's network due to the most recently discovered vulnerability in microsoft's operating systems. After emphasizing the serious nature of the email, the university's Vice President for Information Technology went on to note that today is "Talk Like A Pirate Day", provided a link to talklikeapirate.com, and summed up his email as follows: "Avast me Mateys! Be ye prepared for the bilge rat viruses a'comin? Smartly, me lads and lasses, be ye updating y'r computer or we be comin to get ye scurvy dogs and banish ye to be a network lubber! Aarrrr"

By: inpHilltr8r

inpHilltr8r — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:21:48 -0800

Where do software pirates keep their booty? On CDRrrrrrrrrrrrrrs!

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:34:23 -0800

I'll be seein' ye in Davy Jones's locker, me mateys! And here's my impression of a pirate at the opthalmologist: Arr! Aye! Arr! Aye! Eee! Aye! Ohh! Arr! I'll be here all week. Enjoy the veal!