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because you're a pirate!!

PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 14:24
by Lawrence


YAR, it be national talk like a pirate day it be! so join in!
AVAST! shivver me timbers! and all that....


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 14:29
by magicdiscoman
pieces of eight, pieces of eight.

watch me turn this piece of silver into a spanish dubloon my hearty.

they call me long john silver because i can produce this long rod of silver from me long johns :shock: or to you and me an apearing cane or silver septer. :wink: :wink:


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 14:33
by majortom
Arrr


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 14:34
by Lawrence
majortom wrote:Arrr


i've just been randomly doing this all day. and just adding the word "avast" into sentences for no real reason.


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 14:41
by Mandrake
Why are pirates called 'Pirates'?




(Because they arrrr, Jim lad!)


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 14:43
by EckoZero
A pirate walks into a bar and the landlord says "Did you know you've got a steering wheel down your trousers?"

The pirate replies: "Arrr! It be driving me nuts!"


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 14:47
by MagicIain
Arr! Ahoy me fellow magic pirate mates!

Glad to be seein' ye takin' part in national talk like a pirate day!

Those landlubbers won't know what's hit 'em!


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 14:57
by Lawrence
The bus driver was rather confused i think. i probably shouldn't have refered to his bus as a "vessel"


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 15:07
by Stephen Ward
It is that time of the year again :lol:


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 15:10
by Mandrake
Check out : http://www.piratejokes.net/

Sample:
Why couldn't the pirate eat any more pizza?
Because of all the pieces he ate....


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 16:10
by Mandrake
PS Howcome nobody's mentioned Cap'n Pugwash, Roger the Cabin Boy and Seaman Staines etc :shock: ?


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 16:19
by Mandrake
A whole lot more at http://talklikeapirate.com/translator.html

Top Ten Pickup lines for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (intended for the David Letterman Show)

10 . Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?
9. Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?
8. Come on up and see me urchins.
7. Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.
6. I'd love to drop anchor in your lagoon.
5. Pardon me, but would ya mind if fired me cannon through your porthole?
4. How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?
3. Ya know, darlin’, I’m 97 percent chum free.
2. Well blow me down?
And the number one pickup line for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day is …
1. Prepare to be boarded.

Bonus pickup lines (when the ones above don't work, as they often won't)

They don’t call me Long John because my head is so big.
You’re drinking a Salty Dog? How’d you like to try the real thing?
Wanna shiver me timbers?
I’ve sailed the seven seas, and you’re the sleekest schooner I’ve ever sighted.
Brwaack! Polly want a cracker? … Oh, wait. That’s for Talk Like a PARROT Day.
That’s the finest pirate booty I’ve ever laid eyes on.
Let's get together and haul some keel.
That’s some treasure chest you’ve got there.

Top Ten Pickup Lines for the Lady Pirates

By popular demand ...
10. What are YOU doing here?
9. Is that a belayin' pin in yer britches, or are ye ... (this one is never completed)
8. Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!
7. So, tell me, why do they call ye, "Cap'n Feathersword?"
6. That's quite a cutlass ye got thar, what ye need is a good scabbard!
5. Aye, I guarantee ye, I've had a twenty percent decrease in me "lice ratio!"
4. I've crushed seventeen men's skulls between me thighs!
3. C'mon, lad, shiver me timbers!
2. RAMMING SPEED!
...and the number one Female Pirate Pick-up Line:
1. You. Pants Off. Now!


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 16:40
by Haviland
magicdiscoman wrote:pieces of eight, pieces of eight.



Pieces of seven. Pieces of seven.

Parroty error.

Only pirate programmers will get this.


Re: because you're a pirate!!

PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 16:53
by Tom Hutley
Hehe, actually its International, first made up by some Americans.

Yarr! Booty, Avast! Peanuts.


PostPosted: Sep 19th, '06, 16:58
by The great rubbish one
Everyone should listen to Adam Ants 'Jolly Roger' Song on Kings of the Wild Frontier all day I think.