Monday, September 19, 2005

Rrrrr

It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day. So get to it.

You know where "Rrrr" comes from? Well, check it out: "it had something to do with Treasure Island... it was Robert Newton in the 1950 movie version. A short bio of Newton is here"


2 comments:

Gavin ・ ギャビン said...

Where's the "shiver me timbers" key?

Joe said...

my pirate name is "Calico Tom Rackham"!

http://www.fidius.org/quiz/pirate/

"Often indecisive, you can't even choose a favorite color. You're apt to follow wherever the wind blows you, just like Calico Jack Rackham, your namesake. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!"