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| Everybody's favorite pirate |
Rrrrrrr!!!! Ya be knowin' about Talk Like a Pirate Day? Well it's today and it happens to be the 10th Anniversary. it all started with a bunch of friends who thought it would be fun to talk like pirates for a day and it be spreadin' over the continents far and wide. Check out the treasure map on the website and it'll show ya where that be.
I love this kind of shit. I still want to spend a Valentine's Day at White Castle. And I hate White Castle. But I've got this amazing blood red velvet dress I could wear...
Aye! But we're talkin' about the Pirate code, Savvy!
So...how does a housewife get into the action and celebrate such an auspicious day? I put on my thinking cap (under my pirate hat of course) and came up with a few ideas.
1. First there is the all important pirate dialogue. Yer gonna get a lot of eye rollin' from the eye not sportin' an eye patch. But you don't care. Yer a pirate!
2. Wear pirate t shirt. Yes I do have one.
3. Begin the day with a little yoga. A little downward facing dog, followed by the plank.
4. Set Facebook page language to English (Pirate). An excellent way to spend the day barely understanding what anything says on yer wall.
5. Get out the 14" talking Captain Jack Sparrow doll. Press the button continually and listen to him repeat the same three phrases dreamily over and over. Imagine that there is pillaging and plundering taking place.
6. Also get out the nasty looking 14" Davy Jones talking doll that's been hanging out in a cupboard for several years (shamefully not a locker) because it scares the shit out of everybody.
7. Make the two dolls do battle. Realize how pathetic and weird this is and abandon the idea completely - except to place Capt. Jack in a prominent spot for display. Er...hem...so the kids can enjoy having him there...um...ya know...oh, alright, it be fer the lady of the house.
8. Attempt to talk like a pirate in public and quickly find that it just doesn't work unless you're in an office or something where everybody is in on the joke. Cashiers and gas station attendants just don't have the sense of humor you'd think they would to break the monotony of their day.
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| The Crimson Permanent Assurance |
9. Go home and swab the decks.
10. All that deck swabbing deserves a rum and coke. Where's me rum?
Yo ho, yo ho a pirate's life for me
No vacuuming, dishwashing, cleaning up loot
Drink up me coffee, yo ho!
While kids nap, time salvaged in caffeine pursuit
Drink up me coffee, yo ho!
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
We exert much effort, we pick up the slack
Drink up me coffee, yo ho!
We're broads that dazzle, not just in the sack
Drink up me coffee, yo ho!
We're damsels, we're frazzled, but look like a million
Drink up me coffee, yo ho!
We're leveled on no sleep, we feel like the dregs
Drink up me coffee, yo ho!
The life of a mom might render us loons
Drink up me coffee, yo ho!
But we'd never trade it for gold or doubloons
So drink up me hearties, yo ho!
Missed it!! Why was this not national coverage?
ReplyDeleteReminded me of long ago days with my son when he was very young and pirate stories, mostly Captain Pugwash were a favourite for a while :-)
Captain Pugwash! Yes! I have a friend who lives in Rye and she sent a copy of Captain Pugwash for the boys. We love it!
DeleteDid ya swab the poop deck? I just like saying poop.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize it was the 10th anniversary! Tha is so cool because I have been celebrating this day for nine years with my friends...who knew my crew might have been one of the ones to bring it to the national or international stage? Well maybe not, but it has been nine years!
Oh why didn't I think to use poop deck? Especially since all I seem to do is clean up dog poop? I might go in and change it. Oh, I'll give you credit, Kevin. For coming up with the poop idea. Then I'll curse you vigorously for coming up with the idea of poop and making my life a living hell. (???) ;)
DeleteHow cool that you've been doing the Pirate Talk Day for nine years! I've never really gotten to do it. The kids even looked at me strange. Is that where you got all those bodacious pirate jokes? The Hubby and I were LOLing at those!
Oh, you are so dang adorable.
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Aaarrrr! Thank ya'! Glad me peg leg ain't gettin' in the way of me adorability! ;) xoxoxo back atcha marie!
DeleteThat's maTie...I'm gonna make Auto Correct walk the plank...
DeleteThis is amazing. Very creative little song.
ReplyDeleteYar! Thank ya! Moms need a drinking song too! ;)
DeleteDamn! If I'd only had this information yesterday. Love the tee shirt and the song. Gotta get me a pirate's hat for next year. Also, what the hell is a Davy Jones talking doll? :-)
ReplyDeleteI couldn't find my Capt. Jack hat with the dreads attached, dangit. I wish I'd posted this earlier in the day so's ye all could get in on the fun! Next year I'll be givin' the heads up the day before! Oh! And I'll get pics of the Davy Jones and Capt. Jack dolls. They're 14" high plastic movable action figures from the Disney Store that talk when you press the button. Of course I got the Capt. Jack one for myself! YAR!! :)
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