Pirate Capital's Tom Hudson probably didn't stay out to celebrate Rosh Hashanah last week, but he's not totally left out in the cold as far as seasonal holidays go. Today he gets one that he can totally appreciate. If you've tried to reach him in the office today and he's not there, this might be why. Today is "International Talk Like a Pirate Day"!
It all started back in the 1990s as a cult joke between two American friends -- John "Ol Chumbucket" Baur and Mark "Capn Slappy" Summers -- but really took off when syndicated columnist Dave Barry got to hear about their surreal festival.
"We tap into that need for whimsy in people's lives," Summers says of the 24-hour celebration of quirkiness when they urge all self-respecting swashbucklers to show "pirattitude."
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (TLAPD), which adopted Treasure Island star Robert Newton as its patron saint, now attracts fans from as far afield as Britain and Australia and even boasts a special Wikipedia site on the Internet.
The day even has its own unofficial anthem -- American Tom Smith has written and recorded "Talk Like a Pirate Day" -- and Canadian sketch comedy troupe Loading Ready Run produced an educational video on how to swashbuckle with the best of them.
Ahoy there landlubbers -- it's time to talk pirate - Reuters
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