The 19th of September be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Don't be hesitatin' to check out this here glossary to brush up on yer pirate lingo. And here be some clues to lead ye mateys to the plunder we pillaged! (Pirate party summons by Madeline. Ain't she a beauty?)
Hoist the warning of pillage to come.
The sight of me will make land-lubbers run!
Fill ye tankards here, ye dogs.
And don’t be wishing it were GROG.
For vittles and drink, here we’ll gather . . .
Unless to the yardarm or keelhaul you’d rather!
Hang from my lumber the rigging and sails;
I’ll keep you from those fearsome whales.
Beauties and wenches will enter one door.
Mateys and wastrels, the other, fer sure!
It’s dark and dank, like the sty of a pig.
This foul storage is worse than the BRIG!
We ship out to sea at a future date.
Your order will come to a box by the gate.
The trusty plank is destined for
This funeral pire . . . or the shore!
Land ho! Ye scalawags, steer clear of these,
Or our ship will be dashed, and you’ll fall to yer knees.
(The internet, though fair she be, was sorely lackin' in clues to me treasure. So I took me ink, and jotted these down. Perhaps yer brains will be tellin' ye what they mean.)
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