Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for September 19, 2013

He’s going which ever way the breeze blows.

This is your banker. This is your banker after too much Brain Bleach. Now is the time to ask him about that loan….

Looks a little point heavy.Dont use the paper clip…

Make mine a Redbreast Irish, neat with wee a kiss of water.><><><><><>Before the day starts, let me go on record as saying that I know that today is Talk Like A Pirate Day, and I hereby promise a free drink of their choice to anyone who DOES NOT attempt to talk like a pirate. To my professional ears, it is almost as annoying as those that would attempt an Irish of Scots accent.

Arrgghh……. Michael do be prone t’ flights o’ fancy, do he not?

Avast ye, Michael… ‘tis time t’mind yer chores. Arrrggghh….

Um…. what say ye, Linguist?

Oh.Well… I… um….

No…. I don’t want to walk the plank….. please…..

In sooth, it be not “Talk Like A Pirate Day.”It be “Talk Like Robert Newton Day.”

Sa lá atá inniu tá sé caint cosúil le lá pirate.

Ach conas a dhéanann tú é sin ina hÉireann, X?

Nanner Daks make lovely nightcaps, Thanks Ling. Yikes now my fingers want to type like a pirate,…..must…..control…..Arr….Phew!

Crith dom adhmad! Bí seo conas sí a dhéanamh?Aaarrrgh!

2OLD!!

Please do not wear that daiquiri on your head!

Ahoy, X! Be ye about?

There be a keg o’ fine ale here, if ye’d have a pint….

Aargh, Susan a flagon of ale sounds right good.Since I don’t how talk like a pirate I’ve been studying up on it.The Five A’s

Pirate Song

shiver my timbers

Susan, can I buy you a Red Tail cus I don’t Ling will be springing for drinks tonight?

Well, I can talk like a pirate…. sorta…. like a movie pirate, anyhow…. but Fenton puts his fingers in his ears when I do it…A tall ale fer ye, Sir… (look at him cringe.)

Avast ye, Doggie…. Tis but one day a year….I know, I know, m’lad….t’were hard enow fer a dog to learn English the right way….and yer stayin’ w’that.

LOL

It’s a good thing that Fenton eats right otherwise we’d be calling him a Scurvy Dog.

Thank you X!

Actually if you ask Fenton, he’ll deny eating anything but meat and bones…. but I catch him every now and then in the back room, chewing on a carrot or enjoying an apple.

And combating those pirates.Haul Away Joe

Just the thing for today. (No, not the one I posted earlier)Shiver My Timbers

All For Me Grog

CEO in operation here.Pat attention all of you….There will be a test after this.

It has deviated to an “air flow”.Checkmate, Arrrr!

Fenton is our Bartender at the Tiki. Yes, he is a very large and regal one but don’t tell him he’s a dog. He thinks he’s above the pack. Of course we have a dog as a bartender ( and some tiny monkeys to help out ). This is Ballard Street, after all. What else would you expect from a Tiki Bar that’s owned by an ape who also is our Sheriff ( Sorry there Sherif MunkyBluz for calling you an ape ).

….since when did he begin to flow?………..

Sorry I slept late, and woke up with a headache. And some sticky stuff in my hair….hmm……bananas?

My dear Michael, don’t feel bad and don’t be sad. It happens to the best of us. Down to your last back up pencil, I see. Your mind begins to wobble and before you know it, you have gone off track. You spent most of your yesterday, deciding which was the best route for you; to obviate, which carried a definitive and more aggressive pursuit of irresponsibility or has today’s lack of decision making simply defaulted to the random meandering of a mind lost in the fog. I get it, been there. Actually I don’t care one way or the other, and I don’t think badly of you in any case. Here’s the deal, you are truly ahead of the curve. The paper plane a symbol of flight and fancy, yet firmly affix to the scepter of authority. And whose authority, why yours of course? The man who can push a mountain with a pencil. And who choose the red and yellow tie with the fine blue suit, well Shirley did, but that’s a different story. So back to the scepter and the authority metaphor. It is you, my good man. You are in control, not looking for control. It is brazen, open, and notorious….its your office, the corner office with two windows, so deviate to your hearts content.

stayed up too late last night…great old movies….all I can think about thus far today is…

“Talk like a pirate day”….I don’t speak the appropriate African language.

HELP ALL YOU TECH PROS HERE!

Well, I see GOCOMICS HAS SCREWED UP AGAIN! I CAN’T ADD ANY STRIPS TO MY COMIC COLLECTONS WITHOUT IT CHANGING MY FAVORITE ON MY PAGE! EVERYTIME I DO, IT PUTS THAT COMIC THERE AS MY FAVORITE AND I LOSE MY ZACK HILL THAT IS THERE FOR CARMY!

Any ideas how or if that can be fixed?

yay! I made it through a whole day without once speaking in Pirate speak nor did I post one Pirate Pic…I am soooo inutterably proud of myself!…Fenton, a bottle of Reisling please…on Linguist’s tab…those silly pirates never knew what a good white wine tasted like….too busy downing rum…silly pirates…

Fenton by the way, I have 3 lovely red homegrown tomatoes ready in my kitchen window….wanna go have some?…Tomatoes that is….

ok, your job comes first….keep those Banana Daquiri’s spinning….♫ Will it go round in circles…will it fly high like a bird up in the sky…will it go round…..♪

I am walking a fine line here Fenton…. not speaking like one, but surely educating the unknowling…ah well, I taught for 35 years, its second nature….

instead of a Daquiri, could I get a Mango Papaya Vodka please Fenton….I am feeling islandish….

in other military news…or in other words to all pirates in general…

being concerned for Linguists and his crews health, I felt I must post this…

Fenton, a Malibu Rum and coconut milk please…thank you my swabbie sweetie…

and my last word on the subject…Note: I still have not tried to speak like a priate – or a piarate – or even a pirate (dangit where is spell check when I require its presence?)…anyway, I am sure you will be glad that I have walked my plank with this one…

Sorry Stel, th\is guy inspired me and made me post all of the above….said you would understand

ok I have to beg for all of the Ballardeers indulgence…I know you have barely been putting up with me, but I saw this and cant resist posting it! It rocks!!

Just because…

omg….just saw this one…bear with me people…I swear I will get over speak like a pirate day…

I thought that day passed a while back. I did not have time to follow all the links and only saw one (lyrics) that was any more than what was read on the morning news. (Except for some idiot with such a giggle fit) The one with various participants was cute (hope that was included).

I have been having more trouble with the computer so probably need to re-open in AM – GN all!

Night all

Sparkly!

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