PETER SHANKMAN

Today is National Talk Like a Pirate Day

You know, there are days for everything. Just look them up – I’ve requested days for clients, anyone can, really.

But the one that for whatever reason, always seems to resonate the most online, is today, National Talk Like a Pirate Day.

So, from the official website, I offer you the top 29 things to say at the office during National Talk Like a Pirate Day. More information can also be found by watching this video.

I personally love #’s 11 and 13.

29 "Arrrgh-Bring me a servin’ wench to bid me me pleasures!"
28 "Argh-lad, is that Lee Elliott over there – or am I as mad as a salted herring?"
27> "Billions of blue blistering barnacles!" – Oh My God!
24> "Hop to it, dogs: Thar be leftover catering booty in the break room for plunderin’."
23> "Sixteen men an’ a copier mess — yo, ho, ho and a bottle of toner."
22> "Avast, men! Get a spyglass full of the doubloons on *that* vessel."
21> "I’ll be keelhaulin’ the next one of ye what leaves ye filthy Tupperware in the break room sink!"
20> "Arrr, matey, have your parrot call my parrot and we’ll one day partake of noontime grub together."
19> "No, Bob Dess, I will not ‘shiver your timbers.’ I will, however, call my attorney."
18> "To arms, me lads! The spoils of the snack machine shall be ours, to each in a fortieth share!"
17> "Me cell phone fell deep into Davy Jones’ locker Nobody flush… I’ll go get me hook."
16> "Save that last donut for me, unless ya care to feel the cold steel of my hook hand up yer arse, matey."
15> "Be that a peg leg, or arrr ye just happy to cast yer eyes upon me?"
14> "Fax ahoy, mateys!"
13> "Avast! A Team Builders meeting off our schedule’s port bow! Scuttle yer productivity, mateys, and prepare to be bored-ed!"
12> "No increase in me pay? Arrr, boss, let me tell ye where ye can store that hook!"
11> "Hold that elevator, ye whoreson bilge rat!"
10> "Ye bent my ear with yer lubberly questions WITHOUT tryin a reboot first? Arrr! It’s the plank for you, ye mangy cur… and thank ye for calling Microsoft Tech Support!"
9> "Arrr, load the Canon, wench, and collate me copies!"
8> "Avast, ya scurvy knave! Brave be ye, for certain, but arrr ye willin’ ta die fer that parking spot?"
7> "Twenty paces past the Magic Fountain of Water… bear ye left past the Chamber of Meetings… and a minute’s voyage down the Great Carpeted Hallway… the unisex bathroom’ll be on yer port side."
6> "Aye, if it’s a large treasure chest and amazin’ booty ye seek, fix yer gaze upon the receptionist."
5> "Boss, I’ll be borrowin’ a coupla doubloons from petty cash fer some Ho Ho’s and a bottle of rum."
4> "Aaaarrrrrghhh! Who among us floated the air mead?"
3> "Arrr! I’ve arrr!anged for Arrr!lene in arrr!chives to send up that arrr!ticle on arrr!bitration."
2> "Avast, ye demon copy machine! Taste the wrath of my arse!"
1> "Arrr, I have made note of yer demands and I have but one question for ye: Will ye be wantin’ slivers o’ potato fried in the popular French style with that?"

September 19th, 2006 01:57 PM
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did you see the getup the “pirate” on the website was wearing? let’s start a new look…eye patches. which to make it authentic will involve saying AAAARRGGGHH and walking around with a scowl on your face. of course.

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