puddles Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Pirate Name Quiz I am: IRON TOM FLINT!....>?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddak Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Iron Mary Bonney. Damn ironic since I hate being called Mary........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahbelle Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 ok I am obsessed with pirates so this was the best quiz I have ever seen. I'm Mad Mary Bonney.. Lots of marys in these parts.. yarrr.. Shiver me timbers Mad Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Bloody Tom Flint strong and reliable i am, i am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Black Davey Vane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Apparently I'm Calico James Bonney. And appropriately enough, someone sent me this yesterday - apologies to those who missed the special day - arrrr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pirate talk could shiver your timbers By Dave Barry Every now and then, some visionary individuals come along with a concept that is so original and so revolutionary that your immediate reaction is: ``Those individuals should be on medication.'' Today I want to tell you about two such people, John Baur and Mark Summers, who have come up with a concept that is going to make you kick yourself for not thinking of it first: Talk Like a Pirate Day. As the name suggests, this is a day on which everybody would talk like a pirate. Is that a great idea or what? There are so many practical benefits that I can't even begin to list them all. Baur and Summers came up with this idea a few years ago. They were playing racquetball, and, as so often happens, they began talking like pirates. And then it struck them: Why not have a day when everybody talks like a pirate? They decided that the logical day would be Sept. 19 because that -- as you are no doubt aware -- is Summers' ex-wife's birthday. Since then, Baur and Summers have made a near-superhuman effort to promote Talk Like a Pirate Day. As Baur puts it: ``We've talked like pirates, and encouraged our several friends to, every Sept. 19, except for a couple where we forgot.'' And yet, incredibly, despite this well-orchestrated campaign, the nation has turned a deaf shoulder to Talk Like a Pirate Day. In desperation, Baur and Summers turned to me for help. As an influential newspaper columnist, I have the power to ``make or break'' a national day. You may recall that almost nobody celebrated Thanksgiving until I began writing about it in the 1970s. I have given Baur's and Summers' idea serious thought, looking for ways to improve it. One variation I considered was Talk Like a Member of the Lollipop Guild Day, on which everybody would talk like the three Munchkins in the film version of ``The Wizard of Oz'' who welcome Dorothy to Munchkinland by singing with one corner of their mouths drooping down, as though they have large invisible dental suction devices hanging from their lips. But I realized that would be stupid. So I have decided to throw my full support behind Talk Like a Pirate Day, to be observed Thursday, Sept. 19. To help promote this important cause, I have decided to seek the endorsement of celebrities, and I am pleased to report that, as of today, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Britney Spears, Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, the Osbournes, Tiger Woods, Ted Koppel, the Sopranos, Puff Doody and the late Elvis Presley are all people who I hope will read this column and become big supporters. I see no need to recruit President Bush, because he already talks like a pirate, as we can see from this transcript of a recent White House press conference: REPORTER: Could you please explain either your foreign or your domestic policy? PRESIDENT BUSH: Arrrrr. To prepare for Talk Like a Pirate Day, you should practice incorporating pirate terminology into your everyday speech. For example, let's consider a typical conversation between two co-workers in a business office: BOB: Hi, Mary. MARY: Hi, Bob. Have you had a chance to look at the Fennerman contract? BOB: Yes, and I have some suggestions. MARY: OK, I'll review them. Now let's see how this same conversation would sound on Talk Like a Pirate Day: BOB: Avast, me beauty. MARY: Avast, Bob. Is that a yardarm in your doubloons, or are you just glad to see me? BOB: You are giving me the desire to haul some keel. MARY: Arrrrr. As you can see, talking like a pirate will infuse your everyday conversations with romance and danger. So join the movement! On Sept. 19, do not answer the phone with ``hello.'' Answer the phone with ``Ahoy, me hearty!'' If the caller objects that he is not a hearty, inform him that he is a scurvy dog (or, if the caller is female, a scurvy female dog) who will be walking the plank off the poop deck and winding up in Davy Jones' locker, sleeping with the fishes. No, wait, that would be Talk Like a Pirate in ``The Godfather'' Day, which is another variation I considered (``I'm gonna make him an offer that will shiver his timbers''). But the point is, this is a great idea, and you, me bucko, should be part of it. Join us on Sept. 19. You have the buckles, darn it; don't be afraid to swash them! Let's make this into a grass-roots movement that sweeps the nation, like campaign-finance reform or Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I truly think this idea could bring us, as a nation, closer together. But not too much closer. Some of us will have swords. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Barry writes for the Miami Herald. Write to him C/O the Miami Herald, One Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla. 33132. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFH Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Mad Jenny Bonney Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 I'm Swarthos the Swarthy Pirate. but the quiz says I'm Red Sam Flint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonberry Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Mad Tom Bonney... Or Swarthos Jr. You Decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Mine is Chris Hood. What a frightening name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Calico Ethel Vane i kinda like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treyter Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 my name is Dave "i only got one" Ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 Dirty Sam Rackham ...hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 Strange. mine was Cap'N Crunch. How in the hell did that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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