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Old 09-19-2006, 12:22 PM   #1
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September 19, a good day to retire, if I were to retire, but I am not

Ahoy, it is time t' retire Ye'll ne'er get me buried booty!

(Edit: Added "Talk Like a Pirate Day" to calendar linking to this thread. -BMJ)
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Old 09-19-2006, 12:25 PM   #2
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Re: September 19, a good day to retire

Martha, I have to say that you are about the last person I expected to see talking about her booty on the web.
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Old 09-19-2006, 12:47 PM   #3
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Ahoy, it is time t' retire Ye'll ne'er get me buried booty!
Martha, nice photo of you and Greg. Is the guy with the beard Unclemick?

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Old 09-19-2006, 12:59 PM   #4
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Re: September 19, a good day to retire

I'll be checkin' me Davy Jones Index while yer ascrubbin' the poop deck, ya lubbers!
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Old 09-19-2006, 05:02 PM   #5
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Re: September 19, a good day to retire

Congratulations!!! I was wondering when you would pull the trigger. I am happy for you.
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Old 09-19-2006, 05:17 PM   #6
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Rats, I forgot to talk like a pirate when I went to vote for Town Council.

Avast, me hearties, man the yard arm! Gangway, I'm votin' fer sure, here be me Letters of Marque. Scupper that newfangled votin' machinery, ye bilge-sucking blaggards! Tis a paper ballot I be wantin this day. But dead men tell no tales--arrrrrrrrrrr!
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Old 09-19-2006, 05:39 PM   #7
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Tis a paper ballot I be wantin this day. But dead men tell no tales--arrrrrrrrrrr!
This site it too funny!

Martha, good for you.
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Old 09-19-2006, 05:56 PM   #8
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Ahoy, it is time t' retire Ye'll ne'er get me buried booty!
Congratulations!

So what's the predominant emotion on this fateful day?
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Old 09-19-2006, 06:08 PM   #9
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Congratulations!

So what's the predominant emotion on this fateful day?
What language be ye speakin thar sawbones. Do ya not know it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day?
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Old 09-19-2006, 06:14 PM   #10
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Martha,
You will find it to be a good life.
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Old 09-19-2006, 06:15 PM   #11
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Let me guess! - You were so smitten with the Rocky Mountains, that you are quitting your job and doing the 'Trout Bum in a trailer park' down by the river lifestyle!
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Old 09-19-2006, 06:17 PM   #12
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Congratulations Martha, it is a good day to retire
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Old 09-19-2006, 06:46 PM   #13
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Thar she blows! It's Martha & Greg in the dinghy, Lazy Daze. 15 men and a dead man's chest couldn't bring 'er back to the fo'cas'le, or so me parrot tells me.
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Old 09-19-2006, 06:52 PM   #14
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Be ye retired, or be ye just talkin' like a pirate?
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Old 09-19-2006, 06:56 PM   #15
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Arrrrrrrrrrrrr, I be try'in ta think of a witicism but me mates have beat me to um.
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I was just talking like a pirate. Still working, sorta. Arrr.

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Old 09-19-2006, 08:25 PM   #17
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Ahoy, it is time t' retire Ye'll ne'er get me buried booty!
Arrrg, I'll find yer buried booty or shiver mee own timber mee little darlin.* Hoist the Skull & Crossbones and wash down the scuppers.* Time fer a grog lads before the fun begins.
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Arrrg, I'll find yer buried booty or shiver mee own timber mee little darlin. Hoist the Skull & Crossbones and wash down the scuppers. Time fer a grog lads before the fun begins.
I suppose her response would be "Is that a wooden leg, or are you just glad to see me?"


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Old 09-19-2006, 08:33 PM   #19
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Awwwk! I meant 'sliver in my timber,' matey.
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Old 09-19-2006, 08:41 PM   #20
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Better than "your timber's a sliver"...

Arrrr...

"Tie that scurvy to the yard arm..."

"Oooh, rip the shirt; how cliche."
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