tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21626765901566526112012-01-14T16:48:09.379-08:00Robert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12530759607715147549noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676590156652611.post-15253589319304043512009-09-07T16:06:00.000-07:002009-09-07T16:30:25.232-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_plZI_CGLF1Q/SqWTgKRoYEI/AAAAAAAAADY/liyero5q7G8/s1600-h/Talk+Like+A+Pirate+Day.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 92px; height: 93px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_plZI_CGLF1Q/SqWTgKRoYEI/AAAAAAAAADY/liyero5q7G8/s320/Talk+Like+A+Pirate+Day.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378867510687326274" border="0" /></a><b>International Talk Like a Pirate Day</b> (ITLAPD) is a <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody" title="Parody">parodic</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), of </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_Oregon" title="Albany, Oregon">Albany, Oregon</a><sup style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="cite_ref-website_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day#cite_note-website-0"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate" title="Pirate" class="mw-redirect">pirate</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><sup style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="cite_ref-website_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day#cite_note-website-0"><span> </span><span></span></a></sup><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For example, an observer of this </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> would greet friends not with "Hello," but with "Ahoy, me hearty!" The holiday, and its observance, springs from a romanticized view of the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Piracy" title="Golden Age of Piracy">Golden Age of Piracy</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><br />For More Information on Talk Like A Pirate Day visit their web site at...<br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/COOLUS%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/COOLUS%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" />http://www.talklikeapirate.com/<br /><br />......................................................................................................<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2162676590156652611-1525358931930404351?l=magicpirateroberttherogue.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12530759607715147549noreply@blogger.com3