I pop online this morning, start up meebo in a Firefox tab and see this blog post as I log in explaining how meebo is celebrating Talk Like a Pirate Day with pirate emoticons and a Pirate Speak translator for IM conversations. Little did I know that this was an “international” holiday.
Ten minutes later, my bro’ Ken sends me a message…
[07:53] Ken Brevoort: Ahoy, ye scurvy dog! And a happy International Talk like a Pirate day to ye'.
[07:57] mikebrevoort: Ha ha, I be jus' readin' somethin' about that... pretty funny
[08:08] Ken Brevoort: Have you not heard of it before?
[08:11] mikebrevoort: No, first time. I can't believe I've been in the dark this long.
[08:17] Ken Brevoort: Yeah, I've been celebrating for several years now.
Later in the day I'm ripping through my feeds with Google Reader, and I come across this post from Mike Cannon-Brookes (Aussie, co-founder of Atlassian) highlighting how ticked he was that Flickr was humorously celebrating Talk Like a Pirate Day. Speaking of Aussies and Pirates, I'm suspicious that Cannon-Brooks is actually Captain Feathersword of the Wiggles. You do the math...
This had me wondering what other "B" holidays I've been missing. I found this list of thirteen.
By the way, if anyone's looking for a new Festivus Pole, I've got you covered.
In recognition to Talk Like a Pirate Day, you can read this post in Pirate.... ARGGH!
Mike, while I appreciate your linking to me I do not appreciate your copying my list. I must ask for you to please remove the list and link to the post.
Yarr! I be keeping quiet on the good Captain. I be wagering that he be liking the Jaaava language the best for singing though. Arg
Rose, I removed the list but not the link. If you have problems with people linking to your site you should go back to paper.
Mike, I believe my comment requested that you link to the post. I have no problem with you linking to my site. I appreciate it, however I do have a problem with anyone copying content from my blog without permission. Thank you for removing the list. Have a nice day.