Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008
This year ’tis on Friday, September 19, me buckos! Let’s hear yer plans and yARRRns!
Date: September 18, 2008
Categories: Life, Nonrandom Craziness, The Universe
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ebeth
in September 18th, 2008 @ 21:11Yarr! This be on a game night, and pirrrate jokes be a favorite with me band mateys! Ever since we played pirates of the caribbean! Should be a party.
YARRR
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The Man For Aeiou
in September 18th, 2008 @ 21:18Arrgh! Mightly fine indeed.
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Raynpho
in September 18th, 2008 @ 21:20W00t, a TLAPD thread!!
Hm, I just posted on the random thread about it, there’s not much else to say…
I wanted to dress up as a pirate and go to school, but I don’t have nearly enough guts for that, so a simple bracelet will have to do. Ah well.
I will, however, talk like a pirate. Obviously.
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Alice
in September 18th, 2008 @ 21:23Arrr, I shall have to dress in me finest pirate garb, me hearties!
…
Um. Yeah.
I don’t think pirates even talked like that, or not all of them. They talked with the accent of wherever they came from. I read an article on it once.But it’s still a fun holiday.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in September 18th, 2008 @ 21:28(4) Yes, it’s more of a Talk Like the Popular Misconception of a Pirate Day, but hey, any excuse for talking funny and making people wonder what’s going on, I say.
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Alice
in September 18th, 2008 @ 21:325- Yarr, what a wonderful new name for this delightful holiday. Much indebted to thee, Lady B, me hearty!
OK, so my pirate vocabulary is extremely limited. I know the following:
Arr (or Argh, Arrrrrr, Arrrgh, etc.)
Yarr
Me
Hearty
Matey
And of course the various stickings-together of those words.
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Nthanda the Laugher
in September 18th, 2008 @ 21:445–Or perhaps talk like Pirates of the Caribbean day. That’s my point of reference.
Arr, I found this yarn on the official “talk like a pirate day” website. Thought you guys might enjoy it.
“Several years ago, I worked for a telemarketing company. My tale of piracy begins in much the same way as yours, in that, for whatever reason, my brother and I began ahoy-ing and avast-ing each other to the fullest extent of our abilities, and for no real reason whatsoever.
“As I’m sure you’ve discovered, once you begin talking like a pirate, it’s really very hard to stop, no matter how inappropriate it may be in various settings. It is due to the addictive nature of the slang that I found myself have-at-ye-ing and me-matey-ing my various associates at work the following day.
“One fine day, Bruce the Brave (my boss) stopped by my cubicle between calls and asked what manner of booty I had brought in today (i.e. what were my sales at). I replied that the seas had been empty and the plundering poor, and that I had but seventy-five doubloons in my ship’s hold. This being a meager sum, he proceeded to call my mother (oddly enough) a scurvy bilge rat. I turned to him to make some comments of my own to the same effect, when the beep in my headset alerted me that I was back on the lines.
“I turned back to my computer screen, but neglected to switch off ‘pirate mode’ and promptly greeted my unsuspecting victim with a “Y’arrrrr, good marnin’ to ye……d’arrrrrrrrrr, crap,†upon which note I hung up. My boss, being the man he is, and it being arguably half his fault, was in hysterics, and I myself was caught up in piratey giggles for some time (piratey giggles sounding thusly: hee hee heeyar, hee heyar, hee hee).”Tomorrow I be wearin’ me pirate togs ta school, if I don’t turn lilly-livered before I cast off.
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AthenianPsycho
in September 18th, 2008 @ 21:55We don’t have no school tomorrow. Blimey, ‘m lucky!
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Mogget's Little Sister (AKA Kyra [Pronounced KEER-rah])
in September 18th, 2008 @ 22:10No school? Aye, you are lucky.
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Alice
in September 18th, 2008 @ 22:147- Hee hee heeyar, hee, heeyar, hee hee.
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Potato Chip
in September 18th, 2008 @ 22:20Yarr… I always forget Talk Like a Pirate Day. And I generally fail at accents.
But I’m going to try to remember tomorrow… g’night, mateys!
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Cat's Meow
in September 18th, 2008 @ 23:06OMG YES! I almost forgot about this!
I have Language Arts tomorrow. My teacher will love this.
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Midnight Fiddler (she of 2 spzdk, 500 PiePoints and 30 Muszey points)
in September 18th, 2008 @ 23:107~ Oh gosh, that’s hilarious! I can’t imagine having a telemarketer talk at me like a pirate…..that would be too funny.
5~ Indeed. I now will call it by its new name, thanks to you, Lady B.
So mates, how’re ye doin’ this fine evenin’? I figgured I’d stop in for a quick pint and jaw at the M’Blog before a turnin’ inter me hammock fer the night as me watch is over and I’ve not the energy to turn a jig on me fiddle or concertina, nor would the Cap’n ‘preciate it, seein’ as the night ain’t so young anymore.
I’m off, for I sail on the morning tide tomorrow for the East to catch a berth on another ship.
G’night, fare ye well!
(I’d sing a farewell chanty, but I haven’t the time!)
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Midnight Fiddler (she of 2 spzdk, 500 PiePoints and 30 Muszey points)
in September 18th, 2008 @ 23:22Haha, I just posted on another forum about TLAPD…… That should get some interesting responses……
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 18th, 2008 @ 23:35I wish the drivers on the Washington Metro (subway) would observe TLAPD. “Avast! Stand clear o’ the closin’ doors, ye scurvy scum!”
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Luna the Lovely
in September 19th, 2008 @ 00:1215–That would definitely be amusing….I would like it if my biology prof would adopt a pirate accent for lecture tomorrow–I could totally see him doing that. I hope my geography teacher does not, however (not that he would)–I have a hard enough time understanding his Chinese accent, without him adding a pirate accent!
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kiwimuncher
in September 19th, 2008 @ 06:30OMG!
I can’t BELIEVE it! I FORGOT what day it was and I didn’t dress up like a pirate for school. Alas, me buckoes.
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KaiYves
in September 19th, 2008 @ 06:45“Homework? Belay that talk, ye scurvey dog, or I’ll send ye to Davy Jones’ Locker!”
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I-Man
in September 19th, 2008 @ 08:03Aye, today’s a fine day for some honest pirating, ma’eys.
****! I have school off today!
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Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen
in September 19th, 2008 @ 09:08Arrr, I ave alreadie gotten’ up, mateys, so I can’ dress up today. I will, arr, talk like a buckaroon. Arrr, tis’ be so. ARRRRRR.
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Luna the Lovely
in September 19th, 2008 @ 12:00Haven’t seen anybody dressed like a pirate, but one of the girl’s three doors down has posted on her white board that “today is in’tl talk like a pirate day, so get on you sea gear and don’t be a land-lubber”. Or somethign to that affect, anyway. It was really funny when I walked by and saw that though…..
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AthenianPsycho
in September 19th, 2008 @ 12:266-Mine-
those plus
blimey
shiver me timbers
and land ahoy.
kinda pathetic, doncha think, me meateys?
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Paul Baker
in September 19th, 2008 @ 12:59Well, swaggle me walrus if it ain’t that there Pirate day agin. I bin absent a lot from this ‘ere fine cermunity o’ bilge dogs o’ late, what wi’ foul winds an’ the crosstrees stickin’ an’ no fair pickins ter be ‘ad ‘cept on t’other side o’ the globe. But stap me wi’ a belayin’ pin if I’ll miss Pirate Day. Ahoy, me hearty scumbuckets! Break out the virtual rum, Jim, an’ yer can all drink the ‘ealth o’ this ol’ festerin’ leech. Compliments o’ the day ter ye all.
Black Jake.
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KaiYves
in September 19th, 2008 @ 13:2022- Those, plus:
Belay that talk
Blige rat
Scurvy dog
Fair winds and following seas
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Kokonilly
in September 19th, 2008 @ 14:51Arr! ‘Tis that time of year again?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 19th, 2008 @ 14:54Yar.
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Ã߀ƒ
in September 19th, 2008 @ 15:07Yarrrrrr. Drink up, me hearties. Yo ho ho and a bottle rum. Ahoy, mateys. Avast, ye swabs. Scurvy dogs, bilge rats, land-lubbers, and various other pirate insults. Yarrrr. Yadda yadda. Shiver me timbers. Speaking of which, we’ve got shipworms, and according to me plundered watch, we’re going to sink in 5 seconds.
23- Old leeches fester?
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Midnight Fiddler (she of 2 spzdk, 500 PiePoints and 30 Muszey points)
in September 19th, 2008 @ 15:0823~ Good ter se ye agin, mate!
Aye, I’ve put on me fine sailin’ togs and caused a bit o’ mischief round these here parts this fine day!
I’m a wearin’ me fine striped shirt (red and white and rather loud) and me slops (flared jeans).
[Reverting to ‘normal’ speech for a moment to give you a boring history lesson]
If any of you fine Bloggers happen to be wearing jeans that are “flared” or “bell bottomed” you are, in fact, dressing as a pirate.
The sailors of bygone days wore “slops”- pants that ended just below the knee (as most did then) but instead of being fitted and closed at the leg the were loose and open to allow for easy movement and to roll up for holystoning the deck or working on the ship. Also, if ye happned to fall overboard, they could be filled with air and make a decent life preserver.
As time went by, sailors’ trousers were belled on the bottom to be easy to roll up, walking on wet surfaces, scrubbing the decks, etc.
In time, this became a fashion for land lubbers, becoming known as bellbottoms, going out of fashion and coming back yet again as “flares.”
So, despair not, me hearties, ye’re dressed in fine descendants o’ pirate togs after all!And there ye have this year’s bit spot o’ piratesque hist’ry!
Oh, and by the way, the post i made on another forum about TLAPD is now a hot topic with several pages!!!
YAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kagcomix
in September 19th, 2008 @ 15:54happy talk like a pirate day!!!!! I forgot until at school my friend M was all “it’s talk like a pirate day.” and I got angry at myself because I should have remembered.
I am hoping we will all be remembering talk like a PIErate day next month.
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Midnight Fiddler (she of 2 spzdk, 500 PiePoints and 30 Muszey points)
in September 19th, 2008 @ 16:0429~ Last halloween I dressed as a pirate, and we took a few pictures, one of them was as a Pierate as well, my usual seafarin’ togs coupled with a pie angled in a menacing way…….. Yarr!
*jolts off, singing sea chanties out of tune* I believe I partook of a bit too much of that fine virtual rum, mister, hic Baker! Whoops, gotta remember that only on this fie day is virtual rum to allowed ter the young’uns, the rest o’ me time I’m a needin’ ter be a law-abidin’ citizen and keep me shnoz outta trouble………
Let go and heave, me hearties, ’tis a good sailin’ day!
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Midnight Fiddler (she of 2 spzdk, 500 PiePoints and 30 Muszey points)
in September 19th, 2008 @ 16:34Farewell mates, I’m off.
I’ll not be on for a few days, I’m a-goin’ ter capture me a ship! Or two of three, wanna help me? Yarr. What a fortuitous thing that this fine celebration falls right near near the dates for me own piratical adventures in Solomons onboard the ships that’ll be there, yay!
Well,
“It’s time to go now
Haul away your anchor
Haul away your anchor,
‘Tis a sailin’ time!(Yup, a real chanty for yiz all. Go to the Song Lyrics thread for more! See you next time!)
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speller73
in September 19th, 2008 @ 17:47Ummmm….yarg?
We talked about TLAPD in history yesterday and today. And pastafarianism. We talk about the most random stuff in history. No, of course we weren’t discussing the patriot act when we were supposed to be learning about China.
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☮iŹ√Ҳ!☮ (400 piepoints 40 brain points, 2 wung points, 7 BP in reserve)☮
in September 19th, 2008 @ 18:02Harrharr! ‘Tis a rough sea day, me hearties! A fine day to pirate tha’ ship we’ve been following! Bring ‘er up to speed!
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Kari
in September 19th, 2008 @ 19:27Yarr! I be speaking the pirate tongue today, me hearties.
Actually, I forgot about it until I saw an icon that mentioned it and I wondered what date it was today…
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Alice
in September 19th, 2008 @ 20:33Arrr, me pirate speech just ain’t up to snuff this piratical day! I greeted me mateys with a faint “ahoy” but none of them landlubbers dared to speak me tongue. Wit’ out me bein’ brined in the dialect, I failed ter talk in a satisfactorily piratical manner, yarr!
28- I’ve a fine pair of slops, striped in blue and white, yarr! But I’ve never any shirts to wear wit’ ’em, alas.
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Nthanda the Laugher
in September 19th, 2008 @ 23:05Arr! A fine day, this was! I only wish it came but a few more times a year.
Here’s a sea chantey for all ye salty sea dogs out there (I swear on my boots, it has somethin’ ta do with pirates). Pirate Points to any who ken name theh tune.Well I’ve never been to Greenland
and I’ve never been to Denver
and I’ve never buried treasure in St Louie or St Paul
and I’ve never been to Moscow
and I’ve never been to Tampa
and I’ve never been to Boston in the fall!And I’ve never hoisted the mainsail
and I’ve never swabbed the poop deck
and I’ve never veered starboard, cause I’ve never sailed at all
and I’ve never walked the gang plank
and I’ve never owned a parrot.
and I’ve never been to Boston in the fall!I’ve never plucked a rooster
and I am not too good at ping-pong
and I’ve never thrown my mashed potatoes up against the wall
and I’ve never kissed a chipmunk,
and I’ve never gotten head lice
and I have never been to Boston in the fall!And I’ve never licked a spark-plug
and I’ve never sniffed a stink bug
and I’ve never painted Daisies on a big red rubber ball
and I’ve never bathed in yogurt
and I don’t look good in leggings
and I’ve never been to Boston in the fall!Yarrrrr, that be a rousin’ tune!
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Cat's Meow
in September 20th, 2008 @ 16:55I completely forgot about it.
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LadyGaladriel (100 Mzps)
in September 20th, 2008 @ 17:21I haven’t been on MB in AGES.
My parents didn’t let me on the computer the WHOLE WEEK.
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Luna the Lovely
in September 20th, 2008 @ 23:5136–Unfortunately, yes, I know the song. It’s “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything”–from the veggie tale movie Jonah. And now I would like to get the song out of my head…… Sorry, no offense, I just don’t really care for veggie tales (most of them aren’t even veggies!) and my sister (who’s a couple years older) absolutely loves them, made me watch Jonah, and insists upon loudly singing/playing songs from her Veggie Tale piano song book…..Yeah. And the song was sung by the three Pirates (who don’t do anything)–one of whom was played by the pickle, Larry.
Wait, what? He’s not a pickle, you say? Well, he’s not a veggie either–his seeds are on the inside, making him a fruit (along with the tomato, grape, and probably others).
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Beavo (can haz 13 spdzk points?)
in September 21st, 2008 @ 12:14Arr, I missed it.
So I can substitute with talk like a Sailor day! F&$%!
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Queen Francois the First
in September 21st, 2008 @ 16:19My world history teacher (who is kinda weird) told my class about is and if you talked (or dressed) like a pirate you could get extra credit. He dressed up and it was REALLY REALLY FUNNY! Oh by the way, happy belated talk like a pirate day!
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Cat's Meow
in September 21st, 2008 @ 16:3341 – That’s awesome!
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles
in September 21st, 2008 @ 18:47Aww crap, I missed it!!!!!!! I’ll just talk like a pirate tomorrow at school… none of them are Musers so I can fool their gullible little minds.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in September 21st, 2008 @ 19:33On the drive back from Wilson, NC today, I saw a billboard with the picture of a pirate and the single word “aarrrrrrrr!” No explanation included.
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Cliff Eagle
in September 21st, 2008 @ 19:4444- I have seen similar billboards in Topsail Island, NC, where Blackbeard supposedly buried his treasure.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in September 21st, 2008 @ 19:52(45) I was wondering whether it was a promotion for the “Queen Ann’s Revenge.” Speaking of which, this item was posted in my latest NC museum biz newsletter just before TLAPD:
Researchers on the wreck of the presumed “Queen Anne’s Revenge” (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, will conduct the fall dive expedition Sept. 15-Nov. 7, and they are thinking big. The highlight of the thousands of artifacts they expect to recover is a cannon about eight feet long and weighing more than a ton, at about 2,500 pounds. It will be the 12th cannon recovered. “Cannons are favorites among tourists and museum visitors, and the large number of cannons found at this wreck site only adds to Blackbeard’s lore,” said QAR Shipwreck Project Director Mark Wilde-Ramsing.
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gimanator
in September 21st, 2008 @ 22:17aaaa! I knew it was on friday! I knew it! Nooooooo! i didn’t do ANYthing….
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Bluefire27
in September 22nd, 2008 @ 17:54Ye swabs, git goin an’ have der fun, yarr!
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Bluefire27
in September 22nd, 2008 @ 17:57Yaharr, shiver me timbers an’ call me a rat, dis ‘ere piratin’ is der life!
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MissSwann of the Cygnus Isles
in September 22nd, 2008 @ 20:32Aye.
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Nthanda the Laugher
in September 25th, 2008 @ 21:2239–Ayep. I can see how that song might get annoying after a while.
Although Larry is such a cute cucumber…
40–I think that every day is “Talk Like a Sailor Day” at my school…
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randomness is the cooliest!!!!!
in September 27th, 2008 @ 18:36Tee hee. Why not do, “Talk like a dog day” or, “Talk like a polatition day” or, “Talk like a polititianish dog day” It wood be coool! Oh, and how do you spell poletition? Argh!
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Nthanda the Laugher
in September 27th, 2008 @ 19:37Politician? You were one vowel away
Yeah! We should declare something awesome, like “Talk Like an Opera Singer day” or maybe “Talk like Your Mouth is Full of Mashed Potatoes day”
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Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen (Lark and Roberta)
in September 27th, 2008 @ 19:4153- I once declared “Talk Like a Canadian Day.” It was fun.
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Midnight Fiddler (she of 2 spzdk, 500 PiePoints and 30 Muszey points)
in September 27th, 2008 @ 19:5653~ My Mom and I used to have “Opera Day” where we’d sing everything, exceptions were answering the phone and door……..otherwise it would have been just a litte too interesting.
I believe one time Grant suggested a similar holiday, it is indeed great fun.How about Talk Like A Pirate and Opera Days combined? WE could sing chanties all day long!!!!!!!!! Okay, maybe everyone else isn’t as excited at that prospect as I am……..
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Beavo
in September 28th, 2008 @ 02:1555-Me too! My children’s classics were Rossini, not Disney. It wasn’t exactly a specific day, but once in a while we’d just sing everything.
Sometimes (like B. Scott) I make up little songs doing everyday things like crossing the street. “Don’t run me over, because I’ve alllmost maade it across the streeet!” (Sung to the tune of “Crayons Can Melt On Us For All We Care” by Relient K)
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speller73
in October 2nd, 2008 @ 17:1441 – Ah yes, did your class spend more time talking about pirates than they probably should have…
56 – Ah, and my classics were Rogers and Hammerstein.
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Kagcomix
in October 3rd, 2008 @ 21:11are we gonna have talk like a pierate day in october again this year?? please?
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