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I'm practicing for "talk like a pirate day" - How am I doing?: (Original Post) ashling Jul 2012 OP
Except it's a load of crap. Archae Jul 2012 #1
Well, I think your attitude is a load of crap ashling Jul 2012 #2
I love firing people! csziggy Jul 2012 #3
"You're all laid off, but the good news is that a bunch of people in China got jobs." HopeHoops Jul 2012 #4
"Let Detroit go bankrupt" lastlib Jul 2012 #5

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(46,345 posts)
1. Except it's a load of crap.
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 01:41 AM
Jul 2012

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.

lastlib

(23,286 posts)
5. "Let Detroit go bankrupt"
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 06:12 PM
Jul 2012

"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."

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