pirate

September 18, 2004 12:50 PM

Just getting into the spirit of things ready for tomorrow. Again.
posted by ciderwoman (23 comments total)

The herd instinct, eh? ;-P
posted by mischief at 1:01 PM on September 18, 2004

Is it true that Pirates are the new Robot, which a few years back was the new Monkey? How do these in-jokes du jour originate?

I'm of the persuasion that this is an in-joke that has seriously worn out it's welcome, but then again, I work all day with PHP programmers & sysadmins who say Arrrrrrr a lot and think it's "wacky". I also can't visit friends in Chapel Hill or Philly without being dragged to a pirate-themed hipster party, replete with ironic swilling of Pabst.

I'm getting old.
posted by dhoyt at 1:07 PM on September 18, 2004

I’m Speed Racer, and I drive real fast!
I’m a big pirate, and I like to steal!
I’m a Barbie doll, but I got brains!
I’m your doctor, and here’s the bill!
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:18 PM on September 18, 2004

I propose that next Sunday will be a backwards skate. Backwards skaters only, please.
posted by sharksandwich at 1:54 PM on September 18, 2004

dhoyt, I have but one thing to say to you, ye skallywag: Arrrr.
posted by dmd at 2:34 PM on September 18, 2004

It's just not as good having "Talk Like a Pirate Day" fall on Sunday. Going "A-a-r-r-r-r" to everybody at work is so much more fun than going "A-a-r-r-r-r" to everybody at church.

But then, I'll bet some football fans in Oakland and Tampa won't even notice.
posted by wendell at 2:54 PM on September 18, 2004

Having it fall on a Sunday just means that you can legitimately have two weekends of hipster pirate parties.

Arrrrr.
posted by apathy0o0 at 2:58 PM on September 18, 2004

Arrrrrrr, has that scurvy mange of a day come round already?
posted by amberglow at 3:01 PM on September 18, 2004

Don't forget 826 Valencia, for all your pirate and writing needs.
posted by infidelpants at 3:23 PM on September 18, 2004

What's a pirates favorite browser?
posted by namespan at 3:46 PM on September 18, 2004

Fiyarrfox?
posted by Pretty_Generic at 4:07 PM on September 18, 2004

Thar'be a canine bereft of vitamin Ceeee.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 4:25 PM on September 18, 2004

A friend of mine works at a company that celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day at work on Friday.

What kind of cool company celebrates Talk Like a Pirate Day...? The Internet Arrrchive, of course! (I'd link to the picture of Brewster Kahle and crew dressed as pirates, but I don't have permission yet... but suffice it to say that they're all pirates at heart, me mateys!)

As for me, I'm off to a pirate party tonight, to shake some pirate booty...
posted by insomnia_lj at 5:17 PM on September 18, 2004

you pirates better hope there aren't any ninjas around.

ninjas > pirate.
posted by lotsofno at 6:08 PM on September 18, 2004

Yeah, ninjas are cool; and by cool I mean totally sweet.
posted by stopgap at 7:11 PM on September 18, 2004

What's a pirates favorite browser?

I'd have to go with SafARRRi.
posted by weston at 7:14 PM on September 18, 2004

Or OperARRR.
posted by John Shaft at 9:41 PM on September 18, 2004

Um, obviously Internet ExplorARRR.
posted by abcde at 10:16 PM on September 18, 2004

So... very... tiARRRRRed.
posted by soyjoy at 10:38 PM on September 18, 2004

Any proparr man-jack would know that real browsar woud be the evar knavish Spyglass Mosaic. I cast ye all forth from me bonny vessel. All of ye know not a whit of the true sea!

Have at ye!
posted by Samizdata at 10:38 PM on September 18, 2004

Seriously guys, OmniWeb!

Oh, wait, that's totally irrelavant...
posted by blasdelf at 10:50 PM on September 18, 2004

OmniWeb's just so sub-parrrrr these days.

Shoot me now.
posted by dmd at 8:41 AM on September 19, 2004

*shoots dmd with a dead man's gun*

arrr! and did ye all be seeing the new logo on the front page? : >
posted by amberglow at 9:03 AM on September 19, 2004