Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008

[KingRexII]

Ahoy, ye scurvy scabs! 'Tis time again fer Pirates 'round th' world t' stand up and "Yarrrgh!" If ye be a lily-livered landlubber, come and learn th' ways of th' Pirate (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/) lest ye be made t' walk th' plank. So look lively, mates, and break out yer grog for Talk Like a Pirate Weekend startin' September 19th.

Yarrrgh!

[banjo1985]

Yaaarrrr indeed!

I need to find my pld pirate avatar out for this year, last year was a blast! Though there were pirate avatars wondering around the forums for like a month afterwards. :smallconfused:

[Blaznak]

Ahoy, ye scurvy scabs! 'Tis time again fer Pirates 'round th' world t' stand up and "Yarrrgh!" If ye be a lily-livered landlubber, come and learn th' ways of th' Pirate (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/) lest ye be made t' walk th' plank. So look lively, mates, and break out yer grog for Talk Like a Pirate Weekend startin' September 19th.

Yarrrgh!

Ah! I have to go plunder some treasures to get ready for this. Now where's my eyepatch and parrot...

[DraPrime]

Oh god not this again...

[randman22222]

Why can't they have talk like a private eye day? :smallfrown:

[Mauve Shirt]

Yarrrr, I must find my pirate garb!

[Ashen Lilies]

Yarrr!!! I be getting my avatar makin' tools ready fer this occasion. Now ta watch out fer those blasted ninjas.

[Almighty Salmon]

Yarrr, I remember this from last year :smallbiggrin:

I'll see what I can do about a Pirate Salmon avatar.

[Mc. Lovin']

Yar ... Would have been cool to have it on Games Day ...

[banjo1985]

Yarrr, I remember this from last year :smallbiggrin:

I'll see what I can do about a Pirate Salmon avatar.


Pirate Banjo may have to eat Pirate Salmon I fear, what with being a cat and all. :smallbiggrin:

[Rawhide]

Please let my laryngitis be completely healed by then.

[Player_Zero]

Yarr?

Intriguing... I'll have to remember this one.

@\/ Really? Wow, the queen is metal.

[Lyesmith]

Yay!
The queen of england is very into Talk Like A Pirate.
Everyone at the palace has to dress up, apparently.

[Dragor]

Yar, tis' goin' ta be a great day.

Speakin' o' which, you land lubbers 'ave got ta' tune in to some Cap'n Dan and his Scurvy Crew if ye think ye can take tha pimp galleons they be packin'. YAR! :smalltongue:

[wadledo]

Yar, and such.

[Holammer]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm a devout pastafarian so this is one of the most important holidays for me. :smallamused:

[KingRexII]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm a devout pastafarian so this is one of the most important holidays for me. :smallamused:

Ah, a believer. It's so sad that people have commercialize this holy holiday so much -- it's like people have forgotten its true meaning. :smalltongue:

As an addendum, if anyone's around Philly, PA, USA, the Franklin Institute is running a 'Real Pirates' exhibit (http://www2.fi.edu/exhibits/traveling/pirates/). I'm thinking of going there on TLAPD. Yar.

[Ethrael]

Oh, hmm, I'll be hiding in the non-pirate corner I think. Or just not in the playground, not sure yet. :smalltongue:

[Haruki-kun]

Hmmm... I wonder if I should infiltrate TLAPD as I did last year... Well, a lot of people seemed to like Pirate Haruki last year, might bring him out again.

I wonder, though... why doesn't anyone celebrate the Day of the Ninja on December 5? :smallsad:

[Jibar]

Sweet. It's on a Friday.
Guess I'd best find a pirate costume ready.
And remind my friends.
Wonder if we can get any newbies at college going.

[Ganurath]

As Founder of the Therkla Fanclub, I will have to abstain from participation in this event.

*goes to tweak his ninja deck for MtG*

[Moff Chumley]

Metal bands are a bit like pirates, right? :smallconfused:


Arr, men, Paranoid loik ya mean it then!

[Felixaar]

Why can't they have talk like a private eye day? :smallfrown:

Arr, Don't talk like that ye land lubber! If'n y'want'n un, then gett'n start'n un!

Ha harr! Full canvass lads! Tis' clear skies ahead!

[_Puppetmaster_]

Ooh! I need to make a pirate-atar :smallbiggrin:.




...


Arr!:smallbiggrin:

[SilentNight]

Arr, I be of the opinion that me avatarrr don't need any changin'. I be lookin' forwarrrrrd to this.

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

Blast! I've already used up my monthly avatar allowance.

Maybe I could re-purpose the cowboy avatar... that might work... Pirates are allowed to have ponchos, right?

[d'Bwobsling]

'Tis the season to talk with too many apostraphees!:smallbiggrin:

[Renegade Paladin]

Metal bands are a bit like pirates, right? :smallconfused:
Only Running Wild. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdfqe9f1Ikg) :smallbiggrin:

[Raiser Blade]

I'm ready.

So ready.

[Volug]

Do what you want because a pirate is free, YOU. ARE. A PIRATE!


Yar-har....

[GrandMasterMe]

although born a pirate (go hudson pirate) i have abondned my sinful ways! *sneaks up and stabs pirate then disapears into the shadows*

[Ego Slayer]

I never really participated much in this. Had avatars for it, but never got the hang of interesting pirate-speak. I should work on that. >.>;

[Collin152]

Note to self:
Memorize Pirates of Penzance by then.
Also:
Yarr! Blast me to kingdom come and scrape me ship for a suckling of ale, but Cap'n McAllister is a great sarr'ce of inspiration.

[Lord Herman]

I've been listening to A Pirate I Was Meant To Be from Monkey Island 3 all day now. Needless to say, I'm quite looking forward to TLAPD '08.

[Collin152]

I recommend, especially, by the by, Pour oh pour the Pirate Sherry and oh better far to Live and Die for inspirational purposes. Youtube them, iff'n ya wish.

[Bitzeralisis]

Oh, another Talk Like A Pirate Day! Wait a minute... another one? That means more than a year has passed since I joined GitP... which means... I'm old! Ahh!

[EmeraldRose]

My avvie is ready and waiting. :smallbiggrin: Assuming I'm actually online that day...

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I was away for theTLPDitP '06.

Er...

Aaar, I were way fer th'...

ah, you get the idea.

Geeze, I got this avvie a year ago, for the TLPDitAP '07.

Guess I need to put an eyepatch on the Gwynskull, eh?

[Uncle Festy]

Arrr! It be time for ye ta walk the plank inta tha ocean of TLAPD!
Methinks there should be a thread ta get tha playgrounders ta pirate yer avatar.
What say ye all?

[chiasaur11]

As Nextwave is technically a team of pirate superheroes, I plan on speaking mainly in quotes from that late, great, lamented series.

Fear my robot head.

[de-trick]

guess i should try and get a patch and pirate gear for my avatar, thats if im online that day

[R.O.A.]

Why can't they have talk like a private eye day? :smallfrown:

That's actually a pretty cool idea :smallsmile: We should pick a date!

Oh and yohoho!

[Groundhog]

Do you guys know that Talk Like a Pirate Day was invented by some guy who wanted to get back at his ex-wife? He purposely made it on her birthday.

[Uncle Festy]

I… uh…
No, I didn't.
Wow.

[Rawhide]

Do you guys know that Talk Like a Pirate Day was invented by some guy who wanted to get back at his ex-wife? He purposely made it on her birthday.

Honestly, thats the first time I've ever heard it be called revenge. While certianly not undeniable evidence to the contrary, both Wikipedia and the official site claim otherwise. I would certainly like to see some evidence to that claim.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_like_a_pirate_day
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/about.html

[Renegade Paladin]

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats."

Yarrrr! Only one more week afore th' buccaneers sail again, lads! :smallamused:

[Moff Chumley]

I'm thinking Metal Bands (Dethklok!)=Vikings=Pirates. Throw me a rope here.
AHAHAHAHAHAH! Ahaha... aha... ha.

[Zeb The Troll]

And just in case anyone needs it...

http://www.tomsmithonline.com/freestuff/oddio/TLAPD.mp3

Also, don't forget it's Hermione's birthday too...

http://www.tomsmithonline.com/freestuff/oddio/iT008_192.mp3

[Renegade Paladin]

I'm thinking Metal Bands (Dethklok!)=Vikings=Pirates. Throw me a rope here.
AHAHAHAHAHAH! Ahaha... aha... ha.
I already told you. Only Running Wild. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdfqe9f1Ikg) :smalltongue:

[turkishproverb]

So, when is Silent like the Ninja day? :P

[happyturtle]

You won't know until it strikes.

[Ilena]

Yar ... i be gone for dis weekend arr .. miss the whole kitten cabootal yar .... someone should make a pirate centaur as it would be the sweetest thing in the world yar ... :P

[Pepz]

Arrr, all ye scurvy bilgerats, g't redy ta scrub tha poopdeck an' walk tha plank, fer we be all talking like pirates!

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Arr, eat a pirate day is what I calls it!

[Goblin Music]

Ar! the seas will'n be full o' ships then ya buccaneers!

[Dallas-Dakota]

Arr mateys, todays therr day!

*suddenly realizes he still has the ninja avatar on*

*flees*

[Duke of URL]

Captain Grish (see avatar) heartily approves. Frankly, anyone found not talking like a pirate will be made to walk the plank.

[SoD]

Enter Cap'n SoD, at 0001! Jumpin' in at firs' chance ta talk like a pirate, jus' like a good pirate should! Arr! However, due ta tha' time difference, methinks I ain't tha firs' ta start!

[kpenguin]

If you haven't seen it yet, I started a thread for showing off and requesting pirate-tars here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91069).

Oh, and arrrrrrrrr!

[Madmal]

i have around 3 old avies with piratey themes...i guess it's a had choice..

[Arioch]

Arr! I be having a minion as my avatar for the weekend! He be my pirate skeleton!

[TheCountAlucard]

I be hard right scuppered now; it be only a day to obtain a pirate-themed avatar!

[happyturtle]

Here ye be, ye scurvy dog!

http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq40/happyturtle-avs/481a84.png

64 x 120

[TheCountAlucard]

Any port in a storm, this Alucard supposes...

(Truth be told, I was a'hopin' for an OotS-style rendition.)

[happyturtle]

Then ye not be getting yer avvie from me!

*keelhauls*

[ApeofLight]

Arrr, this salty sea dog forgot to get a salty sea dog rendition of Rato. If any of ye be up to it I'd like the task done. Arrr.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/SzilardG/Rato.png

[Dallas-Dakota]

Check this out!
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[Lorn]

Arr! Two and forty left.


I'm thinking Metal Bands (Dethklok!)=Vikings=Pirates. Throw me a rope here.
Alestorm. Turisas perhaps. Amon Amarth.
Remember, Vikings were technically pirates ;)

[memnarch]

Check this out!
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Yar, that be a fine avy ye have thar!

[ApeofLight]

Here be where I learned how to talk like a pirate.
http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/49/how-to-talk-like-a-pirate

[Moff Chumley]

Can anyone add a Viking hat to my avatar, please?

[turkishproverb]

You won't know until it strikes.

1 1 internet for happyturtle ah ah ah ah

[Prophaniti]

If some kind soul be wantin' to add an eye-patch and fancy hat to me avatar, why, I'd share much o' me store o' grog with 'em.

[Mauve Shirt]

Hooray! Talk Like A Pirate Day means that this weekend is the annual UMW renclub pirate larp!
Must find some piratey clothes...

[Groundhog]

Honestly, thats the first time I've ever heard it be called revenge. While certianly not undeniable evidence to the contrary, both Wikipedia and the official site claim otherwise. I would certainly like to see some evidence to that claim.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_like_a_pirate_day
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/about.html

Well, the place that I heard that from was on the radio. They were interviewing the guy who started it.

[Jokes]

I told two people I work with about TLAPD and I just went in to work to find half the people there talking like pirates.

*Glee*

[Lorn]

Arr! It be talk lik'a pirate day in England!

[JT Jag]

Arrr mateys, me be thankful that the bunch of ye remindered me that it be Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Aye, I need to be extra piratey, seein' as I forgot about May the Farrrrth until it be too late.

Ye got to set a quota on these things.

[smellie_hippie]

It be the day!

You are a Pirate! And iff'n ye ain't... you are a shark bait!!!

[Beholder1995]

Yarr! I be a pirate!... Beholder... with a monacle!

Yarr!

...

*pillages thread*

[happyturtle]

Yaarrr! Ahoy maties! We be setting sail on the good ship Crimson Assurance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX61PUZ3xkI) to loot the financial district!

((I work in insurance, and that sketch is a long standing fantasy of mine.))

[Lord Herman]

Avast! I be runnin' a special pirate session for me D&D group tonight! With rum!

[Vespe Ratavo]

Yarr! It be my classic pirate avatar! It never be goin' out of style! Much like the perennial classics of the peg-leg and the hook! Only nine pieces of eight from Vespe's Piratey Home Shopping Network!

Um...yar?

[happyturtle]

Avast, it be a fine avvie, ye bilge rat! *passes the rum*

[Thes Hunter]

Arrrr! Me work mate be a scurvy dog for forgetting today be ou-arrrr day, but she did good by hoisting de ol' jolly roger for this pot luck we be having.

So I be ke-hauling some green bean cass-arrrr-role!


ARRRRRR!

[smellie_hippie]

Alas... me Pirate Party has to be postponed fer a day.... the sea be a tempestuous lass and tha winds be fickle.

Ne'erthaless, we be makin' port (and drinkin' it too) in tha morn' and the plank will be ready fer any stinkin' bilge rats who don't continue this fine tradition for the solid week it is due!!

Extra rum for everyone!!! :biggrin:

*blam*

Except that one... that's mine. :smallannoyed:

[TheCountAlucard]

Yarrgh, it be a good day for plunderin'. And a great day for makin' omelettes!

[someonenonotyou]

yar i tis Talk Like A Pirate Day mateys celerbate that time of year where all the stupid clihes are so blown out of proportains i just want to wash my brains in acid

[Creeter]

Avast, me hearties! Gather ye rum, and chug a lug! Unleash ye inner buccaneer!

[TheCountAlucard]

(pillages your booty)

...What?

[ApeofLight]

Avast, ye wench. I be joining yea in that drink and in unleashing mine buccaneer.

[SilentNight]

Arrrr, the day be here in California. Grog me!

[Trog]

It be the day!

You are a Pirate! And iff'n ye ain't... you are a shark bait!!!

Shark Bait! Hoo Ha-Ha!

*switches to pirate avi*

[TwoBitWriter]

Ahoy sea dogs an' land lubbers! I will brin' th' rum, an' we will be havin' ourselves a party before headin' ou' t' sea in search o' Spanish dubloon!

[kpenguin]

One word for ye:

AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!:smallbiggrin:

[TheCountAlucard]

Sadly, me roommates don't have the buccaneer spirit... I suppose I'll have to keelhaul 'em.

[xyzzy]

Yarr! It be finally here! May the seven seas bless ye!

[mangosta71]

Ye 'aven't lived 'til ye've walked inta a conference with 'undreds o' scientists and demanded ta know why they be not celebratin' TLAPD.

[Kobold-Bard]

Yarrrr!!! I found out yesterday me birthday is on Talk like a pirate day. That has made it the finest birthday in the history of birthdays.

And I take me hat off to all the bucaneers who made such fine pirate avatars for the hands of the good ship Playground. I say all who got one raise their grog bottle to ye.

Now, lets send those land lubber ninjas straight to the locker. [Kinda drunkenly raises sword]

Yaarrrrgh!!!!

[Arioch]

Arr! Shiver me timbers! I be usin' cliched pirate idioms. Yarr!


Ye 'aven't lived 'til ye've walked inta a conference with 'undreds o' scientists and demanded ta know why they be not celebratin' TLAPD.

That be awesome.

[TwoBitWriter]

Yarrrr!!! I found out yesterday me birthday is on Talk like a pirate day. That has made it the finest birthday in the history of birthdays.

And I take me hat off to all the bucaneers who made such fine pirate avatars for the hands of the good ship Playground. I say all who got one raise their grog bottle to ye.

Now, lets send those land lubber ninjas straight to the locker. [Kinda drunkenly raises sword]

Yaarrrrgh!!!!

Down wi' th' ninjas! Down to Davy Jones' locker wi' them!

I only wish I had th' skills necessary t' make a buccanneer avatar...
Luckily, me current avatar seems t' fit alright...

[Kobold-Bard]

Down wi' th' ninjas! Down to Davy Jones' locker wi' them!

I only wish I had th' skills necessary t' make a buccanneer avatar...
Luckily, me current avatar seems t' fit alright...

Aye it's no' bad. Ye may join us in a sea shanty as we toss them into the briny deep.

Truly I saw all the piratey avatars and thought Shiver me Timbers!! (and accidentally said it aloud in uni, got some strange looks, don't care)

[Sirelroka]

Ahoy Mateys! Glad to be a part of this here beauty of a holiday.

[PlatinumJester]

We forgot to do it but in typical pirate spirit I shall be getting drunk tonight.

[Leigh]

Avast, mateys, th' day has arrived! Drinks all around!

[ApeofLight]

Yarr, we be drinkin' till the end of the day. Then we shall drink some more for this talkin' like a pirate extends through the weekend.

[Groundhog]

*drags in a ninja*
Avast! Look't th' ninja I caught for meself!

[Kobold-Bard]

Send 'im to dance with Jack (http://www.io.com/~sj/PirateTalk.html) the poxy swab. [Hands groundhog22 rum to celebrate his capture]

[Player_Zero]

Still the man who will become the Pirate King.

Current Pirate itP too. :smalltongue:

Let's get piratey!

[Groundhog]

Send 'im to dance with Jack (http://www.io.com/~sj/PirateTalk.html) the poxy swab. [Hands groundhog22 rum to celebrate his capture]
Hardy-hard-hard! *summons jack to dance with the ninja* *chugs the rum*

[memnarch]

*drags in the rum barrels*
Yar, the best part o' the holiday be the many timezones ye can claim yar in, so ye can drink nearly twice as lon'. :smalltongue:

[d'Bwobsling]

It's not national type like a pirate day...

[happyturtle]

Avast, and shiver me timbers!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/31/59429398_24f97b041d.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/99/281780000_37a3a5dcd3.jpg

[Uncle Festy]

That be awesome.

Arr, this is true!
Congrats to ye!

[Trog]

Avast, and shiver me timbers!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/31/59429398_24f97b041d.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/99/281780000_37a3a5dcd3.jpg

OMG! Hahahahahaha Awesome!

Now I want to find a puss in boots costume like that and find a cat to terrorize. :smallbiggrin:

[TheCountAlucard]

Yarr, so me 3.5ed game was suppos'd ta start two hours ago, but out of the seven players, only one be here! Two more be "on their way," and three more are "maybes," with the last declining to attend at all.

[Goblin Music]

arr thy should be asham'd by torturing the kitties!

[RandomNPC]

yar!

and now, a poem someone else made up and posted on TLAPD '07

(that i happened to memorize)

yes i'm a pirate 200 years to late,
the cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder,
i'm a 20 something victim of fate,
except on friday, then i'm a swashbuckler.

originally it was tuesday, and thirty something, but i made it "me" appropreate, for this year.


/yar!

[SnowballMan]

Arrrrr.

That be' all I be' saying.

[Renegade Paladin]

Obligatory, maties. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p-F_b9aiQo)

(Normally I'd never post a song unrehearsed like that, but I wanted to get it up on TLAPD. My voice teachers will kill me if they find out. :smalltongue:)

[Enlong]

Now, lets send those land lubber ninjas straight to the locker. [Kinda drunkenly raises sword]

Yaarrrrgh!!!!

Arr, but laddie, I think we do be havin' a traitor in our midst. And I'm talkin' about YE!! Look a' 'is sign'ture fellow pirates! The word of a witness exposes the blasted ninja for who 'e really is!

(and I do be apolagizin' for not havin a piratey avatar. Y'see, this be a gift from one o' the deckhands, who can actually draw.)