What I think about Talk Like A Pirate Day

Yeah, when even *I* think pirates are played out, you know something is wrong.

At least there’s less biting than on Talk Like A Zombie Day.

Next year – talk like a new god day.

The best thing about today is finding out who among your friends is a twat. As soon as they bust out a “yarr” you can mentally file them into that group of people you know who are just intolerable, the sort other friends refer to as a “character.”

Cookie, when is “Talk Like A Kitten Day”?

But I already talk like a pirate…

A digital pirate.

As a resident of the Tampa, FL metro area, I’m a tad concerned about the anti-pirate hostility that’s been floating out there since the Somali pirate sniping incident…

Word.

I wish all those people would pretend it was Talk Like a Ninja Day and shut the hell up!

DC

Talk like a pirate day needs to be replaced with Talk Like Horatio Cane Day

Just think of the boost to the economy due to the sale of sunglasses and the buying of Who albums.

Aww, you adorable little killjoy.

None of you haters have kids, I can just tell.

Frankly, a stupid meme started by a bunch of Americans with no lives is no different, substantively, from a stupid meme started by a bunch of Israelis with no wives — so why not complain about Christmas too?

Naaah, I’d agree with you if it wasn’t so much fun seeing my munchkins dressed in pirate gear and playing with swords. If you don’t like TLAPD, clearly it’s not for you. Move on.

I think “hater” is a little too strong. “Mild disliker”. Don’t mildly dislike the playa, mildly dislike the game!

And yeah. It started as a joke. The thing about jokes is they get less funny every time you hear them. The people who are still participating in Talk Like a Pirate Day are the same people who still wear their “All Your Base Are Belong To Us” t-shirts.

Talk like a Pirate Day: kinda stupid

Talking like a Pirate for a Day (as long as it’s not 9-19, I guess) because you feel like it and you’d like to see any yellow bellied bastard just try and stop you cuz it’s your God given right to talk anyway you damn well please thank you very much: HELL YES

I didn’t even know it was Talk Like A Pirate Day. Does anyone even celebrate it? I’ve never heard any person talk like a pirate on Talk Like A Pirate Day. Ever. I didn’t even know there was such a day until last year when I heard Craig Ferguson mention it on TV. And aside from that mention, I’ve never heard of it at all. Where do you find these people who go around talking like pirates on this day?

Yeah, I don’t care. I don’t really get into it – mostly because I’m really bad at it – but I can see why it’s a lot of fun for people who like to do it. It takes what would otherwise be another goddamn *day* and turns it into something special, and of course little kids love it.

So what’s the problem?

It beats the talky holiday I celebrate, Talk Like An Underappreciated Underpaid Low Level Office Support Supervisor, which mostly involves choking back ill-concealed rage and randomly shouting “I did not steal any interestingly colored Post-It Notes!”.