its not just snowdog day but also ......speak like a pirate day!!!

Ahoy! today be natter like a pirate day so if ye be natterin' like one then ye had better be dressing like a one as well... get yer best pirate clothes on 'n count yer doubloons... it prolly better nah t' ravage 'n ransack yer scallywags 'n neighbors 'cause tomorrow ye will 'ave t' give it all back...

pirate snowdog?

if ye 'ave a ship then today be t' day t' get out on t' ocean wave, raise t' jolly roger 'n be a pirate! if ye be landlocked then raise a jolly roger anyway 'n raid t' fridge. its a good day t' go down th' shoreline 'n look fer loot... thar might be shipwrecks t' explore 'n booty t' be smuggled away failin' that thar be usually a good galley t' go 'n 'ave some pirate fodder 'n even if ye be nah by th' sea ye could always imagine climbin' th' riggin' 'n swillin' th' decks...its prolly better way t' do housework anyway..

so get skewerin' those gizzard ye salty sea bass.. it'll be grand fer tea tonight

rather then actually ransackin' hearties perhaps ye can jus' trade insults.if yer need insults heres some t' start yer off

''we'll rip an'burn yer Jolly roger, ye salty,pox-faced kraken...''

''yer a scurvy- infested bilgedrinken' swab''

''yer a sorry black spotted nattering wretch''

so tell yer wenches, mates, husbands 'n beauties cook some pirate grub drink yer rum 'n sin' some sea shanties...

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