"Why Do We Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day and Other" Topic

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Tango01	30 Mar 2020 12:04 p.m. PST
…Fake Holidays? "On June 6, 1995, John Baur and Mark Summers were playing a friendly game of racquetball when, for some reason neither can quite remember, they started saying "Arr!" when returning a volley. That quickly turned into other funny pirate-isms, like "Now watch as I fire a broadside straight into your yardarm!" You know, as one does. The duo decided that the pirate speak made the game—and life—so much more fun that they needed to start an international "talk like a pirate" day so that everyone and their mateys could know the joy of imitating a parrot and calling your boss a bilge rat…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
Henry Martini	30 Mar 2020 6:04 p.m. PST
Why then is the 19th of September TLAP Day?
Florida Tory	31 Mar 2020 3:51 a.m. PST
The linked article covers that.
Tango01	31 Mar 2020 12:35 p.m. PST
(smile) Amicalement Armand
ZULUPAUL	31 Mar 2020 1:44 p.m. PST
Simple answer…because we want to! Arrrgh matey!
Tango01	01 Apr 2020 12:41 p.m. PST
Ha!…. Amicalement Armand
Thresher01	01 Apr 2020 6:44 p.m. PST
Arrrr, 'tiz good fun, matey!
Henry Martini	08 Apr 2020 6:34 a.m. PST
An' thar be nothin' quite like 'avin' yer timbers well an' truly shivered, shipmate!

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