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September 19, 2006

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Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s blog for me

Posted Sep. 19, ’06, 11:16 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Apple » Humor

Pirate DayAhoy, me hearties, we’d be remiss for not remindin’ you that today is National Talk Like A Pirate Day. While perhaps not strictly Mac-related, I’m sure you all be glad to know that if you’d like to get yer pirate on, that’s more than easy—it’s dead simple.

I went over to the English-to-Pirate translator and popped in MacUser to see what I might find. Here’s the pirate in us reviewing “shivering kittens” (psychically titled “Shiver me kittens”) earlier today:

Normally, an email whose subject line contained th’ phrase “shiverin’ kittens” would go straight into th’ big mailbox labeled “spam.” But ou’ o’ some strange curiosity I clicked on ‘t an’ found that shiverin’ kittens be nay, as I had thought, an attempt t’ get me t’ buy an amazin’ stock deal, but in fact a Mac shareware game (named, arr, by e.e. cummings) in which ye rescue—ye guessed ‘t—shiverin’ kittens from a fate roughly equivalent t’ Davy Jones’ locker. In this case, Davy Jones’ locker by freezing.
Avast ye, landlubbers. Raise a cup o’ grog to celebrate this very highest of holidays. I’ll be off with a wee dram of rum. Whoops, slipped into Scottish there…


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