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September 19th is national talk like a pirate day. Huh?

Apparently two guys from Oregon were bored back in the 90s and thought it would be grand to have a day where everyone spoke pirate so they shared their holiday with humor columnist Dave Barry, he promoted it, and here we are, more than a decade later, calling each other "matey" and telling everyone to walk the plank.

What? You didn't know it was talk like a pirate day? Get with the times, man. Urban Dictionary's word of the day is "pirate bath." (Where, in lieu of a shower, you take the washcloth and some soap and stand at the sink to wash the, uh, necessary parts.) Even Facebook is in on it, offering users the option to switch to the language "English (pirate)" on their profiles for the day. You can even visit www.talklikeapirate.com to brush up on your pirate vocab and hear a raucous rendition of the official talk like a pirate day song that boasts:

So hoist up the mainsails and shut down your brain cells,
They only would get in the way,
Avast there, me hearty, we're havin' a party,
It's "Talk Like A Pirate" Day!

But why September 19th? They selected September 19, simply because one the guys had recently divorced and it was his ex-wife's birthday. He said "the date was stuck in my head, and I wasn't going to do anything with it anymore."

And that children, is how a holiday is made.