Arrrggh, me hearties...it's National Talk Like a Pirate Day! How will you celebrate?

[farmbo]

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

Welcome to the one and only, official, accept-no-substitutes Talk Like A Pirate Day Web site.

In the seven years since Dave Barry mentioned us in his nationally syndicated newspaper column, what once was a goofy idea celebrated by a handful of friends has turned into an international phenomenon that shows no sign of letting up. Maybe you read about us on line.. Maybe you caught one of our radio or TV interviews. Or maybe you just stumbled on to our site while googling around for sites your mother probably wouldn't approve of. Or perhaps you're one of the millions of people from South Africa to the South Pole, from New York to the Pacific Northwest, who've made it your own personal excuse to party like pirates every September 19th (and sometimes for days after)!

However you got here, stick around an' learn all about September 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008
September 19th falls on a Friday this year, so some folks are partyin' all Talk Like A Pirate weekend. Let us know what you're plannin' - or what you did!

How folks celebrated TLAPD 2007

Photos of Talk Like A Pirate Day past and present
Send us yours - but read this first!!!

What's new?
The Day is here!... the Pirate Guys are in Philadelphia, Mad Sally is battening the hatches in the Caribbean - and the Webwench is bailin' as fast as she can to keep the Web site afloat. We're tryin' to get all the TLAPD events onto the site before they actually happen, but don't expect us to answer yer e-mail until sometime after the dust settles and the hangovers wear off. Last-minute interview requests may not be possible this year - see our contact page for information.

A plea from the Webwench: The party photos are already startin' to roll in, and we're glad to have 'em for our photo gallery - but before ye send yours, PLEASE read the guidelines.

Big news for the Pirate Guys:


Pirates in the Caribbean: Mad Sally and Ol' Chumbucket
enjoy a spectacular St. Croix sunset
(click the photo for more pictures)
It's bon voyage to the Chumbucket clan as Ol' Chumbucket, Mad Sally and all the little Chumbuckets - plus one cat and one mother-in-law - hoist anchor and set sail for a move from Oregon the U.S. Virgin Islands. Read all about it in Issue No. 51 of The Poopdeck, and follow the adventures in their new blog, Island Time. Don't worry - Team Pirate and Talk Like A Pirate Day are alive and well, thanks to the miracle of the Internet.

New for 2008
The Pirate Guys and associated wenches have been busy getting ready for Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008. Th' lads have a new book out, there's travel in the air and this year'sa version of 'International Talk Like A Pirate Day is shapin' up to be bigger and better than ever! Watch this space, or sign up for The Poopdeck for news as it happens.

Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket are spending Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008 in Philadelphia as guests of The Franklin, which is presenting National Geographic's fantastic Real Pirates exhibit. Details here.

Swashbuckling for a good cause: Takin' a nod from the Marie Curie Cancer Cure and other fine folks who've used International Talk Like A Pirate to raise money for good causes, Cap'n Slappy an' Ol' Chumbucket are encouragin' folks to make 2008 The Year o' th' Philanthropic Pirate and pass the pirate hat for the cause o' yer choice. Read more ...

By popular demand, Team Pirate is now on MySpace. (We were briefly on Facebook, but they deleted Cap'n Slappy's page because they contend he's "not a real person." Clearly, they've never met Cap'n Slappy).

But you'll still find the best, most complete news about Talk Like A Pirate Day right here on our Web site, including:

A Li'l Pirate's ABSeas - a piratical primer
for junior pirates!
T-shirts!
Talk Like Blackbeard - or Talk Like Anne Bonney!
Pirate video!

Cap'n Slappy, Ol' Chumbucket

[east texas lib]

1. Rum it'l be, and lots of it!

Arrrgh!:D