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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI'm practicing for "talk like a pirate day" - How am I doing?:
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I'm practicing for "talk like a pirate day" - How am I doing?: (Original Post)
ashling
Jul 2012
OP
"You're all laid off, but the good news is that a bunch of people in China got jobs."
HopeHoops
Jul 2012
#4
Archae
(46,345 posts)1. Except it's a load of crap.
We're basing our view of "pirate talk" on Robert Louis Stevenson's fantasy.
Besides, REAL pirates would have thrown Rmoney overboard after 5 minutes.
Hey, even they had standards.
ashling
(25,771 posts)2. Well, I think your attitude is a load of crap
matey
csziggy
(34,137 posts)3. I love firing people!
Some pirate GIFs for your week:
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)4. "You're all laid off, but the good news is that a bunch of people in China got jobs."
lastlib
(23,286 posts)5. "Let Detroit go bankrupt"
"Corporations are people, my friends."
"I have a 59-point plan to wrec...er, SAVE the economy!"
"Job creators need tax cuts."
"Public unions need to be eradicated."