Entry 141 - September 19th

September 19th

Today is—as everybody should know—the date marked on the calendar for International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

It is your responsibility to create any small measure of menace you see fit. Suggestions? Raid the work fridge. Put parrot poop on your boss’s BMW. Plunder the stationery closet. (No ravaging of coworkers, that’s not cool.) I bet you’ve ideas of your own; run with it.

In the mean time, here’s a list of pirate phrases that will add color to your rampage.

Weigh anchor and take nae prizzners.

Update09/20/2005

My favorite shanty of all time, as performed by my favorite band of all time. ;)

Yonder Mountain String Band - The Mermaid (traditional) MP3 3:38

'Twas Friday morn when we set sail
And we were not farrrgh from the land
When arrgh Captain, he spied a mermaid so fair
With a comb and a glass in her hand.

And the ocean waves do roll
And the stormy winds do blow
And we four sailors arggh skipping at the top
And the land lubbers lay down below, below, below
And the land lubbers lay down below

Well up spoke the Captain of arggh gallant ship
And a fine spoken man was He
He said "This fishy mermaid has warned me of our doom,
We shall sink to the bottom of the sea!"

Then up spoke the cabin boy of our gallant ship
And a brave young lad was he
He said "I have a sweetheart at Salem by the sea,
and tonight she'll be weepin' for me."

Well up spoke the Cook of our gallant ship
And a greasy old butcher was he
He said "I care more for my my pots and my pans
Than I do for the bottom of the sea!"

Then three times 'round spun our gallant ship
And three times 'round spun she
Three times 'round spun our gallant ship
And she sank to the bottom of the sea!

Tie Dye Camp, Strawberry Festival - Camp Mather, CA May 25th, 2005