From chumbucket at talklikeapirate.com Tue Sep 19 07:16:18 2017 From: chumbucket at talklikeapirate.com (chumbucket at talklikeapirate.com) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:16:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Poopdeck] =?utf-8?q?The_Poopdeck_=E2=80=93=C2=A0International_Ta?= =?utf-8?q?lk_Like_a_Pirate_Day?= Message-ID: <1646806035.224411004.1505830578189.JavaMail.zimbra@talklikeapirate.com> THE POOPDECK The Official Talk Like A Pirate Day Newsletter John "Ol' Chumbucket" Baur, editor September 19, 2017 ? Issue No. 143 ? www.talklikeapirate.com ? www.facebook.com/InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay ? www. baurlife.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Today is the day. It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day! This is the day to let your inner pirate out to play. Swagger, growl and let the world see the buccaneer inside. Cap'n Slappy and I are grateful (and still more than a little surprised!) that so many people all around the world are having fun with our little idea. And that's what it's about ? fun. Don't read anything more into it than that. But if you're one of those who don't get it, who are a little too uptight to be a little silly, who sniff that, "But pirates were criminals, they were evil," we would say, sure. That's OK. All we can do is invite you to play. If you don't want to, that's fine. If everyone were a pirate, who'd be the prey? Here are a few of our videos to help you get in the spirit. The Five As ? a quick and dirty Pirate Talk Lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cKCkbWDGwE&t=23s Cap'n Slappy's Random Phrases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Rq5wzn-4k Dress Like a Pirate (On the Cheap) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz4mnxuEO9o&t=9s And, Wooing Wenches, Ol' Chumbucket and Mad Sally give a lesson in love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El23Vdb2GJw Seize the Day! And enjoy it! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chumbucket at talklikeapirate.com Thu Sep 21 10:06:48 2017 From: chumbucket at talklikeapirate.com (chumbucket at talklikeapirate.com) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:06:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Poopdeck] =?utf-8?q?The_Poopdeck_=E2=80=93_Issue_144_=22The_Afte?= =?utf-8?q?r-Action=22_Report?= Message-ID: <319018652.230454151.1506013608884.JavaMail.zimbra@talklikeapirate.com> THE POOPDECK The Official Talk Like A Pirate Day Newsletter John "Ol' Chumbucket" Baur, editor September 21, 2017 ? Issue No. 144 ? www.talklikeapirate.com ? www.facebook.com/InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay ? www. baurlife.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- In this edition: ** TLAPDay ? The After-Action Report ** No Fun in the Caribbean ** Got a Picture? ** TLAPDay ? The After-Action Report Well there you have it Another International Talk Like a Pirate Day in the books. Another day of swaggering and growling and letting our inner pirates out to romp among the normals. This is just to say thanks to all the people around the world ? from Perth to New York to Seoul to Ecuador and back ? who had some fun with the holiday. That's all it was ever about ? the sheer anarchic fun of groups of people all over the world, literally on all seven continents, prattling like pirates and bellowing like buccaneers in the most unlikely and inappropriate places. Cap'n Slappy and I had an idea, and we shared it. And you all took it and ran with it and made it so much more than we'd ever thought it would be. We've met many of you, made some great friends. People ask us from time to time "How long are you going to do this," with a tone that implies, "You're not still doing this, are you?" And we always say the same thing. "As long as it's fun." Still going strong. Thanks. Let's do it again next year! ----------- ** No Fun in the Caribbean Some of you may know that almost ten years ago Mad Sally and I brought our family to live in the Caribbean, on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Four years later we moved to New Orleans, but I still work for the V.I. Source, an online news source covering the territory. We're "a newspaper with no paper." So I'm still connected to the islands, and this has been a really rough couple of weeks. First Hurricane Irma, now Hurricane Maria, have battered the islands. 90 percent of the electrical distrubution system is gone, some parts of the island may not get power back for months. Many houses have had their roofs blown off. Roads are impassable. Communication is difficult ? virtually no cell service or internet. And those of us on the staff who are stateside have been working almost non-stop to fill the gap. If any of you in the pirate community want to help, anything you can do would be appreciated by the islanders, fellow Americans who are reeling from the double blow of Irma and Maria. The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands is taking donations at the website below. CFVI is legit, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has been operating in the USVI for more than 25 years. It has supported past relief efforts in the region and is working closely with government and community providers to identify priorities and direct resources for immediate needs as well as long-term recovery efforts. You can pitch in at https://www.usvirecovery.org . The islands have a long road ahead of them to get back to anything approaching normal, and your help can make a difference. Thank you! ------------------ ** Got a Picture? We have seen on social media some great pictures of people celebratin' the holiday. If you'd like to share one (ONE ? 1) you can send it to our Webwench, Jexebel, at webwench at talklikeapirate.com and she'll put it in the Talk Like a Pirate Day Flikr gallery. You can send one to webwench at talklikeapirate.com. And don't forget to "like" the International Talk Like a Pirate Day page on Facebook Until next time, Ol' Chumbucket -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: