Talk like a Pirate Day

19 Sep
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Aye, it be that time o' year again, when the merry winds of September 19 cover the seas and fer a day o' the year I can understand ye.  So avast ye scurvy dogs an' a merry International Talk like a Pirate Day t' all.  I hereby order ye t'freak out yer boss at least once today.

Now let's get aft t' work - we got some politicians linin' up t' walk th' plank!

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Michael (not verified)Wed, 2007-09-19 17:42

Re: Talk like a Pirate Day

We remember fondly Talk Like a Pirate Day, 2003:

Good evening, I’m Jim Lehrer. Tonight we are joined by several of the Democratic candidates for president. But, before we begin, some ground rules.

Today, Sept. 19, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, an annual celebration founded by a couple of community theater types from Oregon. In the spirit of this wonderful example of pointless American innovation, and in hopes of getting anyone to actually pay attention to them, the candidates have agreed to answer questions tonight in the manner of a pirate captain, or as near as they can get from their experience of watching three generations of Disney movies.

The first question is for Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont. Governor, what do you propose to do about the high price of prescription drugs?

“Arrrh, Jim boy! Thar be tons of cheap pill up thar in Canada, all a man can carry, ripe for the takin’. All we need do is hoist anchor for Toronto! The Mounties won’t try an’ stop us, and those scurvy dogs from the FDA will taste the point of our grandma’s walker if they get in our way!”

Now we turn to Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. …
Jay DaverthWed, 2007-09-19 19:01

Re: Talk like a Pirate Day

omg, did that really happen?!  I think Dean just jumped up an order of magnitude in my esteem!

Michael (not verified)Wed, 2007-09-19 21:26

Re: Talk like a Pirate Day

I actually have no idea, but it makes a great story. I found it on the internet a couple years back and have no way of know whether it's an actual transcript or someone's clever invention. It certainly sounds like Jim Lehrer, and Dean definitely wanted to cut prescription drug costs and allow drugs from Canada to be easily obtained. Of course, I'll always be a Deaniac whether he said this or not.