Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. In honor I'm going to tell a short story I remember from being a young buccaneer.
One evening at dinner for some reason I put my knife in my teeth. We were having steak and potatoes, one of Dad's favorites.
When I put the knife in my teeth Dad said, "Don't do that, you'll cut your tongue."
I took it out but I protested, "But pirates always carried their knives in their teeth."
Dad said, "Why do you think they talked so funny?"
I can say categorically that Dad was not always ahead of his time, but, there you have it, Talk Like a Pirate explained about twenty years before it became a thing.
Have some rum (maybe some Stoh rum, ah but that's a different story for a different day) and enjoy the holiday ya scurvy dogs!!!
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| Do NOT try this at home, ARRRR! |
When I put the knife in my teeth Dad said, "Don't do that, you'll cut your tongue."
I took it out but I protested, "But pirates always carried their knives in their teeth."
Dad said, "Why do you think they talked so funny?"
I can say categorically that Dad was not always ahead of his time, but, there you have it, Talk Like a Pirate explained about twenty years before it became a thing.
Have some rum (maybe some Stoh rum, ah but that's a different story for a different day) and enjoy the holiday ya scurvy dogs!!!
