Avast! Talk Like a Pirate Day

[Tachyon 0]

Ahoy! Fer more info on talkin' and walkin' like a pirate me matey, get yerself over to the website! And have yerself a happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day '06

Edited September 19, 2006 by Tachyon

[Dumbass 0]

Didn't they just have one of these a few months ago?

[will_marx 0]

All I can think of is the stupid look Jack Sparrow gave Will Turner when the latter said "Aye, avast" when "acquiring" the Interceptor in the first Pirates movie.

[Kansas_Jones 0]

Pirates are way cooler then Ninjas :-)

[Dumbass 0]

Pirates are way cooler then Ninjas :-)

 

No way.

 

Could you imagine Batman as a Ninja? Sure, and we learned in Batman Begins that he had Ninja training.

Could you imagine Batman as a Pirate? Not even close.

[Kansas_Jones 0]

No way.

 

Could you imagine Batman as a Ninja? Sure, and we learned in Batman Begins that he had Ninja training.

Could you imagine Batman as a Pirate? Not even close.

 

Batman had Ninja training because...he's the Batman.

 

But, sorry DA - Pirates are cooler. I have no problem with Ninjas, they have that coolness factor because they are secretive assassins with a thing for the night (Batman, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow from GI Joe). But Pirates? They get adventure, booty, the high seas, and daring adventures. What more do you need?

 

Talk like a Pirate ye lubbers.

[Philip Carst 0]

But Pirates? They get adventure, booty, the high seas, and daring adventures. What more do you need?

 

Women?

[D'raalan_Luran 0]

What? whos a Pirate? :: Looks around::

 

Sure I disabled the ship but I didnt board it!

 

<_<

[Philip Carst 0]

I talk like a pirate/cowboy...

 

"Ye scurvy varmint!"

[DrAndreaKnollwatcher 0]

"Arr! Yer all scabbard and no sword!"

 

Or

 

"Come about! Yer sailin' in shark infested waters!"

[Laehval tTemarr 0]

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg! Walk tha plank ye scurvy dogs!

 

 

I celebrated today and made everyone at work do likewise.

 

 

Ahoy there, mateys!

[will_marx 0]

But Pirates? They get adventure, booty, the high seas, and daring adventures. What more do you need?

 

 

Let's not forget scurvy, ricketts, and a whole host of nutrition-related illnesses. Serious injury and death awaiting in every battle, storms, or even just day-to-day patrolling; a host of well-armed navies beginning in the late 17th Century patrolling the Seven Seas, with orders to hang any pirates captured, and that's if you don't have a Letter of Marque; the potential for mutinious crews during a long patrol; the slide into obscurity if you're not a Blackbeard or Captain Kidd or Jean Lafitte or Henry Morgan, or other equally notorious pirate.

 

A pirate's life for me? Bah, humbug!

[Dumbass 0]

They get adventure, booty, the high seas, and daring adventures. What more do you need?

 

With all that time on the high seas I don't want to know what kind of "booty" they get.

[Kansas_Jones 0]

Let's not forget scurvy, ricketts, and a whole host of nutrition-related illnesses. Serious injury and death awaiting in every battle, storms, or even just day-to-day patrolling; a host of well-armed navies beginning in the late 17th Century patrolling the Seven Seas, with orders to hang any pirates captured, and that's if you don't have a Letter of Marque; the potential for mutinious crews during a long patrol; the slide into obscurity if you're not a Blackbeard or Captain Kidd or Jean Lafitte or Henry Morgan, or other equally notorious pirate.

 

A pirate's life for me? Bah, humbug!

 

Okay, I can do historical and/or discussion factors. History woo!

 

From Dictionary.com: Ninja: a member of a feudal Japanese society of mercenary agents, highly trained in martial arts and stealth (ninjutsu), who were hired for covert purposes ranging from espionage to sabotage and assassination.

 

The problems I see with this (from a modern perspective): changing loyalties, shifting alliances, an operative going rogue. And actually, all this can be applied to what we know of pirates as well. Scurvy lot they were.

 

Also, and I am not an expert on this - it seems that there is more to learn on Pirates then the Ninja? Historically, I feel there is more information available (internet and reference book wise), or perhaps I should say recorded, on the pirate. Even in school, I remember the pirate was touched on - never the ninja. I also recall some "rumors" that the ninja were not real and or died out very quickly?

 

With all that time on the high seas I don't want to know what kind of "booty" they get.

 

Do we really need to go there? :-P

[will_marx 0]

 

Do we really need to go there? :-P

 

It's DA, what do you expect, Kansas? Political correctness?

[knlwtchr 0]

I play a puzzle and board game by Hoyle with a character on it named Captain Scurvy. Scurvy is a parrot with an eyepatch and a wooden leg. When you are taking too long for your turn, he bellows, "Go already, you filthy bilgerat!" He cracks me up! =0]

[DesdemonaLevy 0]

Ok so I am late posting this but....Oh I do love talk like a pirate day. I went into working wearing a scarf and one earing and then I talked like I pirate all day. I think my coworkers officially think I might be crazy now. But in the end what would life be without a crazy coworker. And heck it was an excuse to call my boss a bilgerat and reference booty.

[Captain Huff 0]

Whew, it shall keep the Flying Spaghetti Monster from getting angry! Arr!

[Dumbass 0]

Whew, it shall keep the Flying Spaghetti Monster from getting angry! Arr!

 

Why? We don't know that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is against global warming, which is what pirates protect us from:

 

 

On the Y axis you see rising temperatures. On the X axis you see the declining number of pirates. The good news is that this is a linear relationship, and there is a definite end point as you can't have negative pirates. Even though pirates protect us from global warming, when the last one dies global warning has to stop.

 

However, I think it is entirely possible that the Flying Spaghetti Monster WANTS global warming. Ever eat cold spaghetti?

Edited September 22, 2006 by Dumbass

[Guest Mary Major]

What are you talking about, dear?

[Dumbass 0]

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

[Arthur (Rackle) Dragoon 0]

Pirates are way cooler then Ninjas :-)

 

 

Hmmmmmm.....I think they are about the same.........in skill wise,but my favorite is pirates, not those stealthy ninja <_< .

[Images 0]

Hmmm, its really a question of quality or quantity. Ninjas are more kickass but they only move in small groups, sometimes alone, while pirates, though less graceful, always go in big hearty crews. I wonder which would win?

 

Poll? <_<

[Kansas_Jones 0]

Hmmm, its really a question of quality or quantity. Ninjas are more kickass but they only move in small groups, sometimes alone, while pirates, though less graceful, always go in big hearty crews. I wonder which would win?

 

Poll? <_<

 

Ninja's would indeed get reamed by the Pirates.

 

Ninjas would have those nifty throwing stars, or poison darts for long range kills, but the Pirates employ long range cannons. And, lets say that both parties met in hand to hand combat? Yes, each group would employ swords, but the key match up being pistol and blunderbuss (or whatever short range weapons were employed; I know they had them during this time) against the Ninjas. Enough said. Even if a Ninja got close enough to employ the fancy martial arts, a blunderbuss can take out a large group, and the pistol can do some damage as well.

 

And as stated earlier - the Ninja was employed for stealth, long range, covert ops, and assassin kills. They would not do well in the chaotic hand to hand environment such as when pirates would meet to do battle. IMO.

 

Boy, I am sooooo geeking out with this topic.

[Dumbass 0]

Pirates fight on the open seas. Ninjas fight on land. How the heck would they ever meet?

 

Besides, the Pirates are a baseball team. Baseball is a wimpy sport.