"Why Do We Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day and Other" Topic
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Tango01  | 30 Mar 2020 11:04 a.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…"
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| Henry Martini | 30 Mar 2020 5:04 p.m. PST |
Why then is the 19th of September TLAP Day? |
 Florida Tory | 31 Mar 2020 2:51 a.m. PST |
The linked article covers that. |
| Tango01 | 31 Mar 2020 11:35 a.m. PST |
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| ZULUPAUL | 31 Mar 2020 12:44 p.m. PST |
Simple answer…because we want to! Arrrgh matey! |
| Tango01 | 01 Apr 2020 11:41 a.m. PST |
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| Thresher01 | 01 Apr 2020 5:44 p.m. PST |
Arrrr, 'tiz good fun, matey! |
| Henry Martini | 08 Apr 2020 5:34 a.m. PST |
An' thar be nothin' quite like 'avin' yer timbers well an' truly shivered, shipmate! |
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