Tuesday, September 19th, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I will be participating; will you? I’m not sure if I’ll be able to find an eye patch to wear for the occasion, so I’ll have to wear other pirate clothing—like AAARRRRRR-gyle socks.
(Thanks to fellow expatriate and pirate-talker Amanda for providing the material for that joke.)
Since I’ve been here I’ve met several medical students and a handful of soon-to-be lawyers. In the interest of being helpful, I’ve taken to working phrases and terminology they need to know for their careers into all of our conversations. Phrases and terminology that work best when yelled. Like:
1. I hold YOU in contempt.
2. I’ll put the SYSTEM on trial.
3. I need 40 CCs of ____, STAT.
4. What’s my problem?! Have you ever had a man die in your arms? Have you ever seen the evil depths of the human soul?
In other news, my doctor and lawyer friends have inexplicably stopped calling me.
Quick notes on fruit:
1. orange juice here kicks ass—mostly because they squeeze it right after you order it. Pulp, for the first time ever, seems delicious. I cherish it.
2. papaya: tastes like old socks.
3. guayaba: like biting into a big Sweet Tart, and then getting punched in the face.
4. cantaloupe: a fruit I generally dislike, but am trying to enjoy, as I can’t stand papaya and guayaba.
7 comments:
Another phrase best yelled, and one quite useful for certain careers, is: "How come every time you come around, my London London Bridge wanna go down?"
-Mike
Thank god you reminded me about the pirate thing. I'll be on the high seas* for the next week and will be sure to ARRRRRRRticulate correctly.
- Greg
* okay, Puget Sound isn't the HIGH seas. still.
With all the groups you seem to be spearheading - SULPA, SFL - please don't forget that you have a cult to organize. That's a lot of work you know: there's manifestos to write, victims... er, I mean, members to brainwash... eh, I mean, initiate. And I can't just willy nilly design my own white robe either. I think someone needs to prioritize.
Dana
And amazingly, they don't sell large bandaids anywhere in the city. You'd think with the roads and sidewalks around here people would get big cuts. Maybe amputation is the perferred method of dealing with these sorts of problems.
I almost forgot about Talk Like A Pirate Day! I'll be sure to do so tomorrow when I'm voting in the Mass. primary.
Good thing I read this before I left for school. I'll have to let Billings and Roberts know...I'm sure they'll want to parrrrrrrrrrticipate. Boisvert's new teachers should appreciate his knowing about it too.
Chris
Do you like Edward Gorey? If you've never heard of him I recomend looking up his work, any of the Amphigorey seires. I have a feeling you'd love his sense of humor.
-rhiannon
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