Yarr, That's One Fine Booty!

This isn't really something that's Limited Ed., but it is something close to my heart. Sunday, September 19^th is not only my younger brother's 29^th birthday, but it is also International Talk Like A Pirate Day! According to the official website:

International Talk Like A Pirate Day began in the mists of the 1990s, when two Yankees, John Baur (Ol' Chum Bucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), be talkin' like pirates all o'a sudden. They decided that, to further the noble causes of the sweet trade of piracy, September 19 each year be the day when all souls over the world should be talkin' like pirates. For years, their valiant efforts were wasted, until they contacted a man by the name of Dave Barry, who be writin' a humour column for the great masses o' landlubbers out yonder. He showed his devotion to the cause by promoting the Day to millions of people across the world from the tropical climes of Miami, to the wild and weary shores of Thunder Bay. From thar, the media across the seven seas carried the story, and it reached every corner of the world!

In high school, my brother, our friend Edward and I used to drive around in my 1976 Plymouth Volare Premiere and pretend we were pirates of the highway. We would ram other cars, kidnap wenches and other sailors of the asphault sea and make them walk the plank. Or suck the plank in the case of the wenches. Mmmm... wenches.

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