Soccer Dad

How did you spend talk like a pirate day?

Well I'll be keelhauled (which apparently isn't as pleasant as being drawn and quartered), I had no idea how popular Talk like a Pirate Day was. Nor did I know how it came to be

You don't need a pet parrot or a peg leg to talk like a pirate. On Sept. 19, everyone -- eye patch or not -- can celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day (http://www.talklikeapirate.com) and channel Long John Silver. The event was started in 1995 by two Oregon friends who, in the midst of playing racquetball, let an "Arrr!" slip out. They then spent the rest of the day, and every Sept. 19 thereafter, speaking pirate.

For that and more idea of what you could have done yesterday check out the Washington Post.

And did you know that there were Jewish pirates? Well shiver me tzimmes.

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