While playing racquetball June 6 1995, John Baur and Mark Summers began to talk like pirates for no reason at all. “Cap’n Slappy” and “Ol’ Chumbucket,” as their friends know them, decided that there should be a day set aside for otherwise mature, sensible people to talk and dress like pirates. So they founded International Talk Like a Pirate Day. As June 6 was already taken, they chose the 19th of September: Summers’ ex-wife’s birthday. A few years later they sent a letter to columnist Dave Barry, who liked and promoted the idea. The holiday has definitely caught on. There are even pirate-speak translator websites to get you started. My grandson celebrates his first birthday today. It may be a while before he’s ready to talk much - pirate lingo or otherwise - but I’ll wish him a very happy birthday all the same: “Avast, laddie, ye’ll be an old salt smartly.”
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