INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY BE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY

INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY BE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY! September 19th -- next Sunday -- be International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Thank ye kindly to the thousands o' pirates who already be signin' up for this fine list. In this email, there be a few tips to be helpin' ye spread the word to all yer friends - plus some special advice for students, teachers, media lackeys, anyone who happens to be in government, an' those pesky bloggers... --- ARE YE A STUDENT? Then why not print out some o' the fine posters available at www.yarr.org.uk an' spread 'em around yer campus or school? Talk Like A Pirate Day be a fantastic way to annoy all yer teachers! Celebrate it on the Friday before, or the Monday after - since when did pirates be carin' fer timekeepin'? ARE YE A TEACHER? Then what better way to keep yer students' interest than be addin' in a little pirate talk to yer lectures. Or, if ye be teachin' littler pirates, then why not use the Day as a way to teach 'em about history (the pirate era), geography (the Caribbean), maths (if twenty pirates have forty pieces of eight, then...) or science (this be how a cannon works)? ARE YE IN THE MEDIA? Why not get an article in yer paper or program on Pirate Day - Mad Cap'n Tom be available fer interviews, ye know. Already, two radio stations be askin' fer interviews! ARE YE IN GOVERNMENT? Now, there have been a couple'a .gov addresses signin' up fer this here list, from all o'er the globe. Why not try an' get yer elected officials to mark Pirate Day in some way? Perhaps ask a question to yer Prime Minister and add "yarrr" to the end o' it? Or p'raps a proclamation for the day? ARE YE A BLOGGER? Linky us! The site be www.yarr.org.uk ! ARE YE NONE O' THESE? Then why not just tell yer friends. Email 'em, call 'em, set up a pirate party, whate'er ye wish! Just stay true to the spirit o' the Day an remember to pillage, plunder an' pirate on September 19th! --- Now, I be off - there be rumours o' hidden treasure on an uncharted island in the Caribbean! Yo ho, me hearties, ahoy!