It's Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Ahoy, ye landlubbers! Aye!

This lilly-livered scallywag done walked the plank!

He be found at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies.

YO HO (A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME)
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

We pillage, we plunder, we rifle, and loot,

Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot,

Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

We extort, we pilfer, we filch, and sack,

Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

Maraud and embezzle, and even high-jack,

Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

We kindle and char, inflame and ignite,

Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

We burn up the city, we're really a fright,

Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

We're rascals, scoundrels, villans, and knaves,

Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs,

Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

We're beggars and blighters, ne'er-do-well cads,

Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,

Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

Lyrics by Xavier Atencio and music by George Bruns

Pirate Vocabulary

Pirate Day History

Find your pirate name here. Aye! I be Mad Morgan Bonney!

Westerns

I like western movies. I would blame it on living in a house full of men for so long, but I think it goes back beyond that. My dad loved the old Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. We would all pile in the car and go to the drive-in. We were so young that after the cartoons, we would fall asleep. In those days, cars were big enough to live in. My sister and I would sleep in the back, and my baby brother would lay in Mom's lap. Once we were all down and quiet, Dad was left to enjoy Fist Full of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Hang Em High, and of course The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, which in my opinion has the best theme song and the best ending of almost any western.

Westerns have such great dialogue. You just cannot beat them for quotes. Here are some of my favorites:

Blondie: In this world there's two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Josey: When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.
Lone Watie: I notice when you get to DISlikin' someone they ain't around for long neither! The Outlaw Josie Wales

Lone Watie: I didn't surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender. They have him pulling a wagon up in Kansas I bet. The Outlaw Josie Wales

Tuco: I'm looking for the owner of that horse. He's tall, blonde, he smokes a cigar, and he's a pig! The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Stranger: Somebody left the door open and the wrong dogs came home. High Plains Drifter

Josey: Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? The Outlaw Josie Wales

Daggett: You just shot an unarmed man!
Munny: He should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend. Unforgiven

Jeremiah: [Jeremiah and Bear Claw hunt elk] Wind's right, but he'll just run soon as we step out of these trees.
Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Trick to it. Walk out on this side of your horse.
Jeremiah Johnson: What if he sees our feet?
Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Elk don't know how many feet a horse has! Jeremiah Johnson

Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Can you skin Griz? Jeremiah Johnson

Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Watch your top knot.
Jeremiah Johnson: Yep, watch your'n. Jeremiah Johnson

Crazy Cora: You know, if we're lost, you can tell me.
Matthew Quigley: We're lost.
Crazy Cora: I can take bad news. Just tell me straight.
Matthew Quigley: I don't know where the h___ we are.
Crazy Cora: No sense takin' time to make it sound better than it is.
Matthew Quigley: I reckon we're goin' in circles.
Crazy Cora: Wire things up and I'll see right through. So, just tell me honestly. Are we lost? Matthew Quigley: Nope. I know exactly where we are.
Crazy Cora: That's good, 'cause, frankly, I was gettin' a little worried. Quigley Down Under

And now to pay homage to my all-time favorite western, Tombstone:

Ike Clanton: What is that, Holliday? Twelve hands in a row? Ain't nobody that lucky.
Doc Holliday: Why Ike, whatever do you mean? Maybe poker's just not your game. I know! Let's have a spelling contest!

Johnny Ringo: Isn't anyone here man enough to play for blood?
Doc Holliday: I'm your huckleberry.

Wyatt Earp: All right, Clanton... you called down the thunder, well now you've got it! You see that? [pulls open his coat, revealing a badge]
Wyatt Earp: It says United States Marshal!
Ike Clanton: [terrified, pleading] Wyatt, please, I...
Wyatt Earp: [referring to Stilwell, laying dead] Take a good look at him, Ike... 'cause that's how you're gonna end up! [shoves Ike down roughly with his boot]
Wyatt Earp: The Cowboys are finished, you understand? I see a red sash, I kill the man wearin' it! [lets Ike up to run for his life]
Wyatt Earp: So run, you cur... RUN! Tell all the other curs the law's comin'! [shouts]
Wyatt Earp: You tell 'em I'M coming... and hell's coming with me, you hear?... [louder]
Wyatt Earp: Hell's coming with me!

Sherman McMasters: Where is he? (Referring to Wyatt Earp)
Doc Holliday: Down by the creek, walking on water.

Billy Clanton: Why, it's the drunk piano player. You're so drunk, you can't hit nothin'. In fact, you're probably seeing double. [Billy Clanton draws a knife]
Doc Holliday: [takes out a second gun] I have two guns, one for each of ya.

Big Nose Kate: I'm a good woman to you, Doc. Don't I always take care of you? Nobody cares for you like me. I'm a good woman.
Doc Holliday: It's true, you are a good woman. Then again, you may be the antichrist.

Wyatt Earp: What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?
Doc Holliday: A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of himself. And he can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.
Wyatt Earp: What does he want?
Doc Holliday: Revenge.
Wyatt Earp: For what?
Doc Holliday: Bein' born.

Wyatt Earp: You gonna do somethin'? Or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?