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30 September 2008
Pirates: They are so misund-Arrr!-stood. →[More:]What do they want? Just money. So maybe we really understood them all along?
Is this the right place to point out that if you click on 'Settings' in your Facebook account (assuming you have such a beast), then click on the 'language' tab, right at the bottom of the list of languages that the Facebook interface has been translated into is English (Pirate)?
A sense of the absurd may serve you better here than the butterfly stroke. A command of blasphemous imagery is a must, however. Avoid ticking crocs and Russian gunboats.